Hi Ed, I looked into the ride but you have to go to Co. to get one. has that changed? Also, do you have to keep getting evaluated to check for positioning changes in your body? Best, Shirley Bell
www.ShirleyBellDesigns.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Ed Tessier To: Gmail Cc: [email protected] ; [email protected] Sent: Monday, November 03, 2014 10:27 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Reclining? I loved my Rojo cushions for 27 years. They worked great and I had no breakdown problems. My first pressure sore wasn't huge but it took more than a year, mostly in bed, to get healed properly. Understanding that cushion was part of the problem took a long time. I tried several new cushions, including the one that electronically varies the air pressure in each cell. The one and only cushion that got me back up and active again was the one I was certain couldn't help, the Ride. Ride cushions are solid, as in hard, custom molded foam. It's counterintuitive that it should work to relieve pressure, it is so customized for you that it can shift the pressure of sitting to more padded tissue along your legs and upper back. If I haven't found it, I'd still be in bed. On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 10:26 AM, Gmail <[email protected]> wrote: I hear ya Larry. Bobbie Smile Everyday On Nov 2, 2014, at 6:36 PM, [email protected] wrote: After 43 years, my skin is as thin and fragile as a soap bubble. I have a shallow but open wound on my butt that has plagued me for close to ten years. Also one on my left hip. Any wound I get on my feet/legs takes forever to heal, if it heals at all. My legs stay bent because of crushed knees. It is a bit of hell on a daily basis. Insert here a long line of $)&;/&$!!! Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: Resent-From: [email protected] From: donald scott <[email protected]> Date: November 2, 2014 at 2:37:58 PM EST To: Danny Hearn <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Reclining? Reply-To: donald scott <[email protected]> I have been in my chair going on 24 years. I have always used a reclining chair, never a tilt. I like that my knees get bending during raises and better blood flow for legs. I try and recline once a hour as well and even more when I'm on my putr just chillin' at home, but just like last night I was at a amusement park and only did 1 raise in 5 hours. So sometimes I'm bad. I have always done 14 hours up and 10 hours in bed. I start on my back in bed and turn on my side about 4 hours into the night. I have heard many horror stories about air cushions so I have stuck with Jay1, Jay2, and now Jay3 mud cushions. I only wear blue jeans. I rarely have any breakdown with this routine. If when I go to bed and there is any redness or openness we put Silver Sulfadazine and a 2x2 gauze patch over it and then more cream at bed time, so twice a day with cream. If it continues to be open or red I start only doing 8 hours up and 16 hours down with same cream and more time on side. This will clear it all up within a week for me. I know everyone has different reaction and situations but this has worked well for me SO FAR. As we age I think the skin breaks down and more issues will arise. I hope this information is helpful. Have some fun today, Donald C6 On Sunday, November 2, 2014 10:21 AM, Danny Hearn <[email protected]> wrote: Nan, I don't understand...if they do a pressure mapping, then what happens or what can be changed then?? I use Roho going on 18 years now. thank you Dan H** On Sunday, November 2, 2014 12:06 PM, Nan <[email protected]> wrote: Bobbie, Do you use a Roho? I do and I've found that they lose air after a while. This causes me to get sores - I've been sitting for so long my skin is incredibly fragile. What I've learned is that when this happens, I need another pressure mapping. Sometimes I have to fight to get one, but once I get it I can heal sores while in my chair. Sometimes I have to recline for a week or so - watch TV, listen to music ... but once a sore starts to heal, I can start living again. Have you had a pressure mapping recently? Nan On Saturday, November 1, 2014 10:35 PM, Gmail <[email protected]> wrote: I try to recline once an hour ... if I remember. I love to paint, and to put my brush down to recline takes the away the flow. And when I'm reading I would need to recline every chapter. I'm only up 7-8 hours and up one day then in 2-3 days for prevention. November 7th I have an appointment to see a wound Doctor because I have a very small area stage 1 or less. I'm using DuoDerm extra thin. But to tell you the truth, I'm sick and tired of needing to deal with all this shit. Bobbie Smile Everyday > On Nov 1, 2014, at 9:00 PM, greg <[email protected]> wrote: > > How often do you recline your chair? > I try to do it at leased every hour. I also am moving around a bit, bending forward a bit to read, etc. > I doubt when I lean forward or sideways a bit, it is enough to move the pressure on my butt. > After my bad pressure sore, I try to recline more often, but when I get into a good book, or am playing cribbage online on my Kindle, I can forget. I often have gone many hours without reclining. > Greg >
