Same wound on my ishial, caused by shearing,i.e., my mattress is made up with air pockets and the bed has multiple movement settings. If I bring my head up without raising my feet first it causes a "shear" problem between my skin and skeleton. Picture your skin as a sack that. Houses your skeleton.
Never had any breakdown until the VA gave me the bed. Also, I have a ROHO Contro Select cushion that has my ishial suspended over a hole so it provides pressure relief in that. Area. Meds Iam using: Santyl to disenffect the wound covered by Mepilex change when necessary. Once odorless I use Aquacel in the wound to close up. This works best for me. Your wound specialist knows better. The FIRST THING IS TO STOP WHATEVER IS. CAUSING THE PRESSURE. GOOD LUCK Bill Lang via IPAD HD > On Sep 21, 2016, at 18:43, DAVID LEWIS <curlyle...@verizon.net> wrote: > > Hi, > i have a sore starting near my tailbone thats having trouble healing because > im always on it. > My wound doc says i have to relive the pressure at times by shifting my hips > side to side. > Even when im sleeping on my back i have to do that. > He said about a wedge. I looked online but i think before i order one. > Can you guys please give me some advice on what you use or used. > Thanks alot.
