What is the name of the ointment? I could've used some of that when I was dealing with a stage 2 (at least I think that's what it was) in August. It took me nine or 10 days in bed.
I had real good luck with bag balm speeding the process up though. Quadius On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 10:03 PM, Dan <d...@unh.edu> wrote: > whoops! I meant 3 x 3 cm. > > At 10:01 PM 1/20/2012, Dan said something that elicited my response: > > > > same here. This is my first sore in my lifetime. It's right over my > ischemia. It's a stage II. I cannot stay in bed because it makes me very > weak. So, I have to get in my chair no matter what. I went to the wound > clinic and they debrided it. Now I am treating it every day with an > ointment that dissolves dead tissue. Almost all the dead tissue is now > gone. So, I'm hoping the wound will slowly close up. Right now it is 3 cm x > 30 cm. Wish me luck! > > Dan > > > At 09:23 PM 1/20/2012, greg said something that elicited my response: > > > I've had a sore on my butt for months now. It was not wide, butt it was > deep (7cm) I think. I've been going to a wound clinic and it's down to only > (2cm), butt it seams to have stalled. It's just right and above my tail > bone. I think it's from bed not my chair. It goes in, then tunnels > sideways. I sleep partly on that side, well... did. Though I did sit > slightly tilted a lot. I'm going to get pressure mapped again just to > check. I still get up in my chair every day, I'm just reclining a lot. I > know it would heal faster if I stayed in bed, even if it's not caused by my > chair. I'm sure it gets some pressure there sitting up. I just couldn't > stand laying in bed that long. > Greg > > > > * "Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to > mankind...War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious > objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does > today." > - John F. Kennedy* > > ** > > ** > * "Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to > mankind...War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious > objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does > today." > - John F. Kennedy* >
