I had posted the link to the newsletter, hoping it work, and those who don't get it would have a chance to see it and maybe subscribe.
Don ________________________________ From: Bob Vogel <rhvsh...@pacbell.net> To: scamper2...@att.net; g...@eskimo.com; quad-list@eskimo.com; daa...@aol.com Sent: Sunday, July 7, 2013 9:07 AM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] flap surgery Here is the link to New Mobility's article on wound care from the April issue. http://www.newmobility.com/articleView.cfm?id=12343&srch=Pressure%20sore The magazine (I am one of the writers) now offers online subscriptions for $14.95 a year. Bob Vogel --- On Fri, 7/5/13, daa...@aol.com <daa...@aol.com> wrote: > From: daa...@aol.com <daa...@aol.com> > Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] flap surgery > To: scamper2...@att.net, g...@eskimo.com, quad-list@eskimo.com > Date: Friday, July 5, 2013, 4:04 PM > > > > > > Thank you Don for the information that you will give us > through the new > mobility. I don't get that magazine for a number of > years. Please keep us > posted. I know how hard it is to stay in bed I had a similar > sort that to six > months to heal and I had to go to the wound center every two > weeks for care of > it. I'm glad you can access your TV in bed. Period. > Thank you Don, > I'll be > thinking of you and praying for you and Greg. > Always, > Dana > > > In a message dated 7/5/2013 1:19:06 P.M. Central > Daylight Time, > scamper2...@att.net writes: > > > > I'm dealing with an isheal > sore and I started using > whey isolate protein supplement. It has no or > very few carbs and > no suger but good protein, I get the chocolate flavor and > mix with water, it's > not bad but not cheap. I spend 5 or 6 days in bed. > between the computer > and TV I do OK. There's also an artical I > just read in Aprils New > Mobility news letter about wound care. I well > forward it to > you. > > > Don > > > > > > > > > > From: > greg <g...@eskimo.com> > To: quad-list > <quad-list@eskimo.com> > Sent: Thursday, July > 4, 2013 3:01 > PM > Subject: > [QUAD-L] flap > surgery > > > I talked to my doctor about flap surgery. He > said my sore would heal faster if I got it, but I would > have to stay in bed 4 > to 6 weeks. I am in bed now, but I get up for a couple > hours every day. He > said it is the twisting and sliding that is the worst for > your but after > surgery. I worry about doing my B – program, I would > have to do it in bed > while laying on the wrong side. I don't know if that > really makes that much of > a difference. But getting cleaned up and changing sheets > could be a real > problem. > But after 4 to 6 weeks I would assume you can't just get > up and > stay up, you would have to start out slowly and add time > each day or > week? > As for the long-term would it be better for my butt to just > let it > heal or get the surgery? > I know a lot of people here have had flap surgery, > would you recommend it? > I'm in bed most of the time anyway, it's too darn > hot here to go outside anyway. At least for very long. > 115° and that's down > from a few days ago. > One of my main concerns is what if the outside of the > wound heals up good, but the inside doesn't connect or > heal up. It would be > like having bad tunneling going on. > At least just letting it heal you can > see it heal from the bottom up. I just had a checkup and > outside the wound got > smaller around, but it was just as deep. Now it is 1.4 cm > wide and the > tunneling is 1.2 deep. but I don't know if that 1.2 cm > is added on to the > depth of the wound, or if that is a total. I'll have > to ask next > time. > Greg > > > > >
