I was bedridden for almost one year with one sore on each cheek on my bottom. The wound center doctor dragged me along for his profit. After one year I got in touch were a plastic surgeon to get a double flap surgery. I believe everyone, as soon as they are unfortunately paralyzed and wheelchair-bound, should get a double flap surgery on their bottom before the sores start popping up.A plastic surgeon cut a long indecision in the shape of C, cutting through the center of the sore. Even though the sores had a small hole on the outside, the inside tissue was completely rotted. She took out rotten, infected tissue that was larger than a grapefruit. She told me that if I stayed in bed for 10 years the sore would never have healed. My bones were infected with the same infection that Chrisfer Reeves (sp) died from.After cutting the pointy bones on the bottom of my butt cheeks, making them flat, she twisted my skin so that each half of the sore touched healthy tissue. I was out of bed in three weeks and have not had a sore on my bottom for 10 years.Peter 25 yrs
----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], quad-list@eskimo.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Pain one of the most personal battles Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 23:25:29 EDT Hi Joan and Ron, so sorry about your sore Joan and being in day for five months. Two years ago I went through that for six months and it seemed so much longer . To Ron about your pain, sorry about that also. I also agree with your words. It would be good to make a list of what everybody has used on their source from year to year just to compare and ask about to your doctor. I know it all depends on where the sore is. No one can know what another person is going through until they've been. Dana In a message dated 5/8/2007 7:00:34 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [IMAGE][IMAGE]Joan, you are so right. Many who do not actually experienced the malady cannot understand others' health problems. How arrogant! Joan, how is your sore healing? Joan Anglin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Those of us who are lucky enough to be blessed with high pain thresholds, or relatively manageable pain, should never say âdonât do itâ because we do not know what it is like. I had a high threshold of pain before I broke my neck-walked around on a broken foot with multiple breaks for four days before I went to the Dr.! I still have constant pain to deal with, but for the most part itâs manageable with OTC drugs and keeping very busy. I have been in bed now for five months and the pain has been much more difficult to manage then when I am able to be up and outside. But thatâs the nature of the beast.Each of us struggles with a different problem-and we have to deal with our own problems in the way that is most acceptable to us. Before we make a blatant statement in response to an email on this list, we should remember that speech inflections do not show up in our printed words. And we might mean this as tongue in cheek, but the opposite of what we actually mean is taken offensively by others.Have a great day every one JoanFrom: RONALD L PRACHT [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 7:03 PM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: [QUAD-L] Pain one of the most personal battles Hey, I read the arrogant comment to stay off drugs. Well....obviously this person has no real pain because let me tell you this much, if you are in serious pain that puts you in bed moaning and crying...you will try drugs. People that have little or no pain think that those that use drugs are weak addicts. This is flawed thinking. If you are in bed 5 days a week with pain, and with drugs you are able to function just lets say two more days it is worth it. None of us are going to live forever, so making the time we have more productive and happy is the name of the game. Life is about doing what you gotta do, moreso with spinal injury. Ron c7 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.2/785 - Release Date: 5/2/2007 2:16 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.2/785 - Release Date: 5/2/2007 2:16 PM ------------------------------------------------------------------------ See what's free at AOL.com. -- You Rock! Your E-Mail Should Too! Signup Now at Rock.com and get 250MB of Storage! http://webmail.rock.com/signup/
