I know what you mean Dan. I just got a brand new power chair with center wheel drive (my first one) and after having it 6 weeks+ I decided to practice dancing. Pete and I like to go to jazz concerts and dance. But by putting the chair in high Greer and going extreme right then left then right again ... I got a super fiscal sore on my butt. Yesterday was 3 weeks and I'll probably be in for another 3 weeks. So, now I can't dance : (. Bobbie
Smile Everyday > On Oct 17, 2013, at 12:31 PM, Danny Hearn <[email protected]> wrote: > > When things are going wrong for a quad it does cause worry and anxiety, my > roho lost air under my rear causing a pressure sore....man now I feel sick, > because little things like that can be a big problem and take tons of time to > get better.(plus trying to get it replaced with insurance red tape and etc.) > Greg have your doc write a script for a low dose of zanex when getting > anxiety, that will help you. good luck, Dan H** > > From: greg <[email protected]> > To: quad-list <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2013 11:04 AM > Subject: [QUAD-L] anxiety > > > I'll try this again. It got sent before I was done. > > I am considering surgery on my pressure wound on my butt. But that would mean > 4 to 6 weeks in bed absolutely not getting up. I'm not sure I could do that. > Right now I'm trying to stay in bed most of the time, only getting up for a > couple hours. My biggest concern is anxiety. It rarely happens, but if I get > really overheated or really constipated, I get A.D. Not only do I sweat, > headaches, claustrophobic, I get this really bad anxiety. Where I just can't > stop worrying about little things. It's only happens about once or twice a > year. If that even. Though it happened the other night. Actually two times > this week. I think being stuck in bed has helped cause it. I started worrying > about my pressure wound, and then I start worrying about totally unrelated > things. Then I start to worry about what if I start to worry. What if a week > after the surgery it happens again. When it happens nothing seems to help > unless I get up. Once I get over it I think to myself how foolish it was to > worry about that. The Dr. gave me something for anxiety once, but by the time > I needed it it had expired. > > It may take two or three times longer to heal up, but I can get up for one or > two hours a day. Or do I just risk it, have the surgery, and hope I don't > have any issues. > > My wound was on its way to being healed up when the cushion went flat, then > when I had my ostomy surgery it took twice as long as it was supposed to and > being on the surgery table caused the wound to be set back a little more. > > It's hard to figure out what to do. > > Greg > > >
