Roho cushions are one of the best most especially if someone has had wounds on their ischial tuberosities. Which I did... with no thanks to my primary care physician and a nurse who caused it. In any case, I had never had any problems with wounds before 2009 so when I got my Stage III wound ... I sought out what would be best for me and got an e-mail from the president of the Rojo Corporation. I have had one since 2011. A high-profile and mid-profile cushion.
Before that I was using a VARILITE cushion which worked best for me until it started to go flat. All my primary care physician had to do was fax in an order for a new wheelchair cushion for me to get one. For some reason he kept not answering his phone and when his medical assistant would answer I would tell her what I needed but they refused to call me back. My wound kept getting worse and finally I left a message on his voicemail saying something like "This is the last call I am going to make before taking further action." Well, THAT got him to do what he was supposed to do in the first place but it did not help my wound. Then when a home health agency nurse measured my wound for my physician (a Medicare thing that needed to be done) she had taken a piece of paper to measure it with (out of her bag where god knows how many homes or places that bag had been) and what we did not know at the time was that he had a particular bacteria on it so my husband began to wonder when my wound began traveling down my leg. Thankfully, my husband knew enough to know that only bacteria would spread that we so we should get it cultured... which we did. Sure enough it had been infected and then it just got worse and worse and worse. Like I have said so many times before... so many physicians and nurses have hurt me more than they have helped me which is sad. Anyway, after acquiring that wound and it taking so long to heal I found out about ROHO cushions and the different kinds being one of the best. The only thing I do not like about them is that they are maintenance cushions and have to be checked all the time. Ironically, the one I have been sitting on for numerous years now went flat several days ago and the caregivers who were staying with me while my regular caregiver was on vacation had to speak to my sister over the phone for my sister to describe how to put air back in it and how much, etc. etc. etc. As far as getting burned by anything... I have always known over the last 38 years not to be left alone with an electric blanket and to be very very very careful with having a hot drink next to me but since I can't hold one anyway and has never been an issue. The only thing that I was kind of burned by was when I got a cheeseburger from McDonald's back in 1982 or 1983 and because I can hold one with my thumb on top and my bended forefinger (neither which I can feel) it was very hot and left a big blister on my forefinger. Now I can kind of tell when something is too hot for me to hold or I ALWAYS check before hand to make sure. Just my $.02. ~Lori On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 1:03 AM Dana Wray <daano...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am so sorry. We need to really check our roho’s every day but we > don’t. I have heard of many people getting burned On heating pads and > electric blankets, since I first joined the Quad-list. > I recently was burned when my hot coffee glass’s straw broke . It was a > Drink Aide straw attached to insulated mug that I got at CVS. We Were > duct taping it together. A caregiver was not carefully watching and it > siphoned .I am now I am using a Fleximug by Fleming. You can order > different lengths of straws. We don’t know we are getting burned because we > can’t feel. > I have had long straw siphon quite a number of times causing burns, but I > didn’t need surgery. They did need debriefing and wound care appointments > for several weeks . > > It is terribly unfortunate that the Roho Corporation cannot make a device > to check the quantro cushion for the proper air distribution . Why sell a > product that can cause wounds on Spinal cord injuries. It has happened to > me several times . > Dana C 4-5 44 yrs post > > On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 7:08 PM Greg <g...@eskimo.com> wrote: > >> I wanted to dress up a bit for a photo, jeans instead of sweats. Only 1 >> day and I got a sore on my butt. It was not bad, but kept getting worse. >> Found out I was bottoming out my Roho. The cover I used was a bit too big. >> So the Roho was spreading out too much. >> >> Now last night my shoulder really hurt so I used a heating pad. Like a >> mini electric blanket 2x2 feet. It left a big burn blister about 2 inches. >> >> >> Greg >> > -- "Petting, scratching and cuddling a dog could be soothing to the mind and heart and deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer." ~Dean Koontz
