Hi all,
I have been fighting a number of pressure sores since Nov. One on my hip
caused by laying on my right side for 25 years. it is finally closed up. I am a
Vietnam Air Force vet so I get stuff from the VA for free. They gave me a
hospital bed,and a ROHO mattress. I developed a new sore on my sacrum. It
began as a Sheer wound. It was tunneling to the point where it is 2 inches
deep and 1 inch wide.
It was caused by the bed! If I did not lift my feet before lifting my head it
created a sheer. I am currently treating it with Aqua cell which closes the
wound and Mepilex covering. I also battling wounds on both my ankles and the
bottom of my left foot. They are not so bad. We just keep them covered and wear
the dreaded hospital blue boots. I am not, thank God, bed ridden. I suppose if
the wounds get infected down I will go.
Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do! -John Wooden
Billy Lang
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