Craig, Kessler, Shepard Hospitals all have seating and positioning clinics. I'm sure that are several others in North America. Some might say "All They Do Is Pressure Map" your butt, but its more than that and could take up to 4 hours with a potential follow-up. Rehab Doc's are great for ordering the evaluation over the order for a new wheelchair. We have a couple of medical pros among this group that can explain it better, based on their personal experience. In your case, someone failed to carry out a very important procedure in the eval process. Best Wishes In a message dated 9/4/2015 6:26:43 P.M. Central Daylight Time, diannal...@aol.com writes:
No. it was time for a new chair so I called the company who provided me a chair 5 years ago. SAW a PHYSICAL THERAPIST, was MEASURED for this particular chair and that was it. Thus put my faith in their reputable positions. Just who should of suggested I go to such a clinic W?? Perhaps that's exactly what she did! No, I've never heard of such a company nor directed. Dianna Did you actually go to a clinic that specialize in seating and positioning or did someone hold their thumb up to your profile? Positioning is so important, especially today. Do you have a Comfort Company set up? -----Original Message----- From: wheelchair <wheelch...@aol.com> To: diannal767 <diannal...@aol.com>; sbell137 <sbell...@cox.net>; quad-list <quad-list@eskimo.com> Sent: Fri, Sep 4, 2015 5:08 pm Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Sitting wrong/Pressure sore Did you actually go to a clinic that specialize in seating and positioning or did someone hold their thumb up to your profile? Positioning is so important, especially today. Do you have a Comfort Company set up? Best Wishes In a message dated 9/4/2015 3:37:58 P.M. Central Daylight Time, _diannal767@aol.com_ (mailto:diannal...@aol.com) writes: funny you should ask that. no, but I sure am sweating now! or clammy I should say. first thing in the morning and after wound changes...I hate the feeling. feels like my blood pressure raises too & I feel mean...actually I am after wound changes that is! my doc has ordered the wound cleaned with a solution that smells like bleach. I know i'm having a reaction to it cause I feel sweaty. I didn't mention I've gone 25 years without a problem on my butt until now. Dianna, what a drag. thanks for sharing this important info. Did you not feel sweaty or anything as the sore was coming on? that's the scariest for us, not to feel it until it's to late. Kind regards, Shirley Bell -----Original Message----- From: shirley bell <_sbell137@cox.net_ (mailto:sbell...@cox.net) > To: diannal767 <_diannal767@aol.com_ (mailto:diannal...@aol.com) > Cc: quad-list <_quad-list@eskimo.com_ (mailto:quad-list@eskimo.com) > Sent: Fri, Sep 4, 2015 2:51 pm Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Sitting wrong/Pressure sore Dianna, what a drag. thanks for sharing this important info. Did you not feel sweaty or anything as the sore was coming on? that's the scariest for us, not to feel it until it's to late. Kind regards, Shirley Bell _www.ShirleyBellDesigns.com_ (http://www.shirleybelldesigns.com/) ----- Original Message ----- From: _diannal767@aol.com_ (mailto:diannal...@aol.com) To: _quad-list@eskimo.com_ (mailto:quad-list@eskimo.com) Sent: Friday, September 04, 2015 12:27 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] Sitting wrong/Pressure sore ~Thought I'd share my story with everyone in hopes of preventing this of happening to anyone else!! Finally got in my new chair July 1. By August 14th, I was in the hospital getting surgery on a sore on my butt. I'm home now with a sore the size of a 50 cent piece and 3/4 of an inch deep. Hooked up to a Wound vac and hopefully next week, I'll get this pic line out. ~The wheelchair rep made countless visits to my home to adjust the back, then finally changed it to a air back cushion. Worked on programming the controls that still are 'crazy'. Through the month, Dave said "Your butts hanging out the back". I thought he meant to say, it was big because that's how it felt to me reaching back. What he should have said was, "Your cheeks are hanging over the back of the cushion" ! I was sitting out on my patio & looked in my bay window to actually look and see from the suns reflection, what my butt looked like in this chair. This was a Saturday. I was feeling chilled that weekend, wearing a sweater while it's 80 degrees out. Anyway, I immediately said to Dave, "My butts hanging over the cushion, my butt looks huge"! Dave:, "I told you" Saturday night, he noticed a pencil size sore on my butt, by `Monday morning, it broke open a little with bleeding. I had already had an appointment Monday with my wound doctor for a healing sore on my ankle. She sent me to the E.R with a letter requesting a plastic surgeon, Dr Raj. I also encountered two infections from the wound, one being staff A and another letter to go with it...couldn't care less at this point. Eight days in the hospital, I just wanted to go home. ~That Monday morning, Dave announced he could fix this, (6 weeks too late) Moved the plate under the cushion 3 inches, now the cushion is correct and so is my butt. The wheelchair rep should have checked and caught my seating in corrections!! ~Not finished. I had waited about 2 months for a prior authorization from Medicaid to get the driving equipment installed on my chair. Three inches now has my head about an inch from the door post in my car. Driving it now slightly reclined but it throws everything off, steering wheel, brakes. I had to resubmit another prior to adjust either EZ-Lock or bolt on my chair from the adjustment on chair. Quantum 6000, I do not like it. The ONLY feature I like about this chair is recline. Dianna If you think your butts bigger than you think, in a new chair....check it out
