Diane, don't let a "know it all" bother you. There's always one in a group.
Smile Everyday > On Sep 5, 2015, at 12:54 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > I'm all to familiar with exactly what a P.T. does and an O.T. does W, unlike > you, I was a patient on an SCI floor for 4 months. I haven't seen a Rehab > doctor for 25 years. Medicaid will not cover the care of such a specialist > after discharge. I was due for a new chair and went thru all the proper > channels Medicaid will pay for. That being my Primary, a P.T. to eval the > approval of a reclining chair and special seating for my scoliosis. After > doing so, I then called the company who provided my prior chair. Who then > sent out a sales rep to measure me for this new chair. If you read my story, > it was not a seating problem. I sit in the same chair, the same cushion, all > is fine now. What you missed in the story was while she was so concerned > about the back, the plate under the cushion was not adjusted. "Dave" moved it > three inches forward. I remember now why I lost interest in this list as did > most others. And yes, I live close to Metro hospital in Cleveland that has an > SCI floor but again, Medicaid doesn't cover those channels. Yes, I'm seeing > a well known wound specialist at the Cleveland Clinic > Dianna > I hope you are working with a certified wound specialist and wound medical > doctor. A wound nurse with updated training every year is a great asset. > Wounds fail to heal for a number of reasons. Age, Diet, Tangible tissue, Bad > Habits (smoking) and how much you lay on the wound. I'm sure there are other > factors. Skin Flap Procedure is available only when a wound has been the > healing process 90%. > Best Wishes > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wheelchair <[email protected]> > To: lwillis82153 <[email protected]>; quad-list <[email protected]> > Sent: Fri, Sep 4, 2015 10:25 pm > Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Sitting wrong/Pressure sore > > I hope you are working with a certified wound specialist and wound medical > doctor. A wound nurse with updated training every year is a great asset. > Wounds fail to heal for a number of reasons. Age, Diet, Tangible tissue, Bad > Habits (smoking) and how much you lay on the wound. I'm sure there are other > factors. Skin Flap Procedure is available only when a wound has been the > healing process 90%. > Best Wishes > > In a message dated 9/4/2015 6:36:07 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > How easily something simple can become tragic! I have been battling a butt > sore for over ten years now. It is about 3x4 in. and just will not heal. Not > much depth but wide open and raw. (When my daughter was small she asked why I > had Bologna on my butt.) I imagine I will take it to the grave. > > Sent from my iPad > > Begin forwarded message: > > Resent-From: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: September 4, 2015 at 5:08:23 PM EDT > To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] > Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Sitting wrong/Pressure sore > > Did you actually go to a clinic that specialize in seating and positioning or > did someone hold their thumb up to your profile? Positioning is so > important, especially today. Do you have a Comfort Company set up? > > Best Wishes > > In a message dated 9/4/2015 3:37:58 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > funny you should ask that. no, but I sure am sweating now! or clammy I should > say. first thing in the morning and after wound changes...I hate the feeling. > feels like my blood pressure raises too & I feel mean...actually I am after > wound changes that is! my doc has ordered the wound cleaned with a solution > that smells like bleach. I know i'm having a reaction to it cause I feel > sweaty. I didn't mention I've gone 25 years without a problem on my butt > until now. > Dianna, what a drag. thanks for sharing this important info. Did you not feel > sweaty or anything as the sore was coming on? that's the scariest for us, > not to feel it until it's to late. > Kind regards, > Shirley Bell > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: shirley bell < [email protected]> > To: diannal767 < [email protected]> > Cc: quad-list < [email protected]> > Sent: Fri, Sep 4, 2015 2:51 pm > Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Sitting wrong/Pressure sore > > > Dianna, what a drag. thanks for sharing this important info. Did you not feel > sweaty or anything as the sore was coming on? that's the scariest for us, > not to feel it until it's to late. > Kind regards, > Shirley Bell > www.ShirleyBellDesigns.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, September 04, 2015 12:27 PM > Subject: [QUAD-L] Sitting wrong/Pressure sore > > ~Thought I'd share my story with everyone in hopes of preventing this of > happening to anyone else!! Finally got in my new chair July 1. By August > 14th, I was in the hospital getting surgery on a sore on my butt. I'm home > now with a sore the size of a 50 cent piece and 3/4 of an inch deep. Hooked > up to a Wound vac and hopefully next week, I'll get this pic line out. > ~The wheelchair rep made countless visits to my home to adjust the back, then > finally changed it to a air back cushion. Worked on programming the controls > that still are 'crazy'. Through the month, Dave said "Your butts hanging out > the back". I thought he meant to say, it was big because that's how it felt > to me reaching back. What he should have said was, "Your cheeks are hanging > over the back of the cushion" ! I was sitting out on my patio & looked in my > bay window to actually look and see from the suns reflection, what my butt > looked like in this chair. This was a Saturday. I was feeling chilled that > weekend, wearing a sweater while it's 80 degrees out. Anyway, I immediately > said to Dave, "My butts hanging over the cushion, my butt looks huge"! > Dave:, "I told you" Saturday night, he noticed a pencil size sore on my > butt, by `Monday morning, it broke open a little with bleeding. I had already > had an appointment Monday with my wound doctor for a healing sore on my > ankle. She sent me to the E.R with a letter requesting a plastic surgeon, Dr > Raj. I also encountered two > infections from the wound, one being staff A and another letter to go with > it...couldn't care less at this point. Eight days in the hospital, I just > wanted to go home. > ~That Monday morning, Dave announced he could fix this, (6 weeks too late) > Moved the plate under the cushion 3 inches, now the cushion is correct and so > is my butt. The wheelchair rep should have checked and caught my seating in > corrections!! > ~Not finished. I had waited about 2 months for a prior authorization from > Medicaid to get the driving equipment installed on my chair. Three inches now > has my head about an inch from the door post in my car. Driving it now > slightly reclined but it throws everything off, steering wheel, brakes. I had > to resubmit another prior to adjust either EZ-Lock or bolt on my chair from > the adjustment on chair. > Quantum 6000, I do not like it. The ONLY feature I like about this chair is > recline. > Dianna > If you think your butts bigger than you think, in a new chair....check it out
