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I sleep on my left side..it is my only option. Of course, I am constantly fighting sores on my hip bone. I fight it by using a lightly inflated donut. Too much air is painful and too little makes it useless. I know it is probably wrecking my spine, but I have no other solution. Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: > Resent-From: quad-list@eskimo.com > From: Don Smith > Date: May 18, 2017 at 3:56:31 AM EDT > To: bmatt...@earthlink.net > Cc: quad-list@eskimo.com > Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Pressure wound advice > > I agree 150% with what at Wheelchair said, wound vacs are great at healing, > just make sure your wife and caregivers learn how to trouble shot it and keep > any extra clear adhesive drape in case a leak occurs. Also the KCI Wound > vacs are much better then any others. > >> On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 6:29 PM, wrote: >> Hiya Ben! An open wound should be treated with the utmost respect, and >> never... ever be taken lightly. I hope you are being service by a certified >> Wound Care Clinic/Specialist. Make sure your Nurse is a Certified Wound >> Nurse and knows how to use a smart phone to take pictures every day or every >> other day and send them to your Medical Wound Doctor. I'm sure by now, your >> wound has been de-breeded and measured before the wound vac was applied. >> Wound Vacs can be a pain in your butt, but you know that already. If you >> have an aid, have them watch what is done, so they can know what to do if >> tubes to the vac become tangled or your alarm goes off. How many pounds of >> Vac, are you using? An air mattress is most important and laying on your >> side at night time. I truly hope you don't smoke, as that will delay the >> healing process. >> Do well my friend. >> Best Wishes >> >> In a message dated 5/17/2017 7:41:41 P.M. Central Daylight Time, >> bmatt...@earthlink.net writes: >> I have a Stage 4 pressure wound on my tailbone – my first ever! Doc is >> recommending a Wound Vac and perhaps a "low air loss" bed mattress. Anybody >> have any experience with either? How am I going to function witha Wound >> Vac attached to my butt? Do they work quickly? Also,I don't have a >> hospital bed – I share a regular queen-size mattress with my wife – so I'm >> not eager to make my bedroom into a hospital room. What sort of beds do you >> all use? Maybe a Roho overlay would be good enough? >> Thanks for your thoughts. >> Best, >> Ben (SMA quad, 54 years old) >
RE: [QUAD-L] Pressure wound advice
I’ve got a circulating low air loss air mattress hospital bed twin sized that keeps me from getting both pressure sores and women “joking” -Danny From: Nichole Rohling [mailto:zoocr...@windstream.net] Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2017 9:49 AM To: 'Ben Mattlin' ; quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] Pressure wound advice I have an air bed mattress that lays on top of a regular bed but recently had the beginning of a sore on my tailbone. We took foam from a mattress overlay and double layered it. We cut a circle out of it and placed under me at night so there is no pressure at all on the tailbone. It healed rather quickly. Nicki From: Ben Mattlin [mailto:bmatt...@earthlink.net] Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2017 7:41 PM To: quad-list@eskimo.com <mailto:quad-list@eskimo.com> Subject: [QUAD-L] Pressure wound advice I have a Stage 4 pressure wound on my tailbone – my first ever! Doc is recommending a Wound Vac and perhaps a "low air loss" bed mattress. Anybody have any experience with either? How am I going to function with a Wound Vac attached to my butt? Do they work quickly? Also,I don't have a hospital bed – I share a regular queen-size mattress with my wife – so I'm not eager to make my bedroom into a hospital room. What sort of beds do you all use? Maybe a Roho overlay would be good enough? Thanks for your thoughts. Best, Ben (SMA quad, 54 years old)
RE: [QUAD-L] Pressure wound advice
I have an air bed mattress that lays on top of a regular bed but recently had the beginning of a sore on my tailbone. We took foam from a mattress overlay and double layered it. We cut a circle out of it and placed under me at night so there is no pressure at all on the tailbone. It healed rather quickly. Nicki From: Ben Mattlin [mailto:bmatt...@earthlink.net] Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2017 7:41 PM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: [QUAD-L] Pressure wound advice I have a Stage 4 pressure wound on my tailbone – my first ever! Doc is recommending a Wound Vac and perhaps a "low air loss" bed mattress. Anybody have any experience with either? How am I going to function with a Wound Vac attached to my butt? Do they work quickly? Also,I don't have a hospital bed – I share a regular queen-size mattress with my wife – so I'm not eager to make my bedroom into a hospital room. What sort of beds do you all use? Maybe a Roho overlay would be good enough? Thanks for your thoughts. Best, Ben (SMA quad, 54 years old)
Re: [QUAD-L] Pressure wound advice
I agree 150% with what at Wheelchair said, wound vacs are great at healing, just make sure your wife and caregivers learn how to trouble shot it and keep any extra clear adhesive drape in case a leak occurs. Also the KCI Wound vacs are much better then any others. On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 6:29 PM, wrote: > Hiya Ben! An open wound should be treated with the utmost respect, and > never... ever be taken lightly. I hope you are being service by a certified > Wound Care Clinic/Specialist. Make sure your Nurse is a Certified Wound > Nurse and knows how to use a smart phone to take pictures every day or > every other day and send them to your Medical Wound Doctor. I'm sure by > now, your wound has been de-breeded and measured before the wound vac was > applied. Wound Vacs can be a pain in your butt, but you know that > already. If you have an aid, have them watch what is done, so they can > know what to do if tubes to the vac become tangled or your alarm goes off. > How many pounds of Vac, are you using? An air mattress is most important > and laying on your side at night time. I truly hope you don't smoke, as > that will delay the healing process. > Do well my friend. > Best Wishes > > In a message dated 5/17/2017 7:41:41 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > bmatt...@earthlink.net writes: > > I have a Stage 4 pressure wound on my tailbone – my first ever! Doc is > recommending a Wound Vac and perhaps a "low air loss" bed mattress. > Anybody have any experience with either? How am I going to function with a > Wound Vac attached to my butt? Do they work quickly? Also,I don't have a > hospital bed – I share a regular queen-size mattress with my wife – so I'm > not eager to make my bedroom into a hospital room. What sort of beds do you > all use? Maybe a Roho overlay would be good enough? > Thanks for your thoughts. > Best, > Ben (SMA quad, 54 years old) > >
Re: [QUAD-L] Pressure wound advice
Hiya Ben! An open wound should be treated with the utmost respect, and never... ever be taken lightly. I hope you are being service by a certified Wound Care Clinic/Specialist. Make sure your Nurse is a Certified Wound Nurse and knows how to use a smart phone to take pictures every day or every other day and send them to your Medical Wound Doctor. I'm sure by now, your wound has been de-breeded and measured before the wound vac was applied. Wound Vacs can be a pain in your butt, but you know that already. If you have an aid, have them watch what is done, so they can know what to do if tubes to the vac become tangled or your alarm goes off. How many pounds of Vac, are you using? An air mattress is most important and laying on your side at night time. I truly hope you don't smoke, as that will delay the healing process. Do well my friend. Best Wishes In a message dated 5/17/2017 7:41:41 P.M. Central Daylight Time, bmatt...@earthlink.net writes: I have a Stage 4 pressure wound on my tailbone – my first ever! Doc is recommending a Wound Vac and perhaps a "low air loss" bed mattress. Anybody have any experience with either? How am I going to function with a Wound Vac attached to my butt? Do they work quickly? Also,I don't have a hospital bed – I share a regular queen-size mattress with my wife – so I'm not eager to make my bedroom into a hospital room. What sort of beds do you all use? Maybe a Roho overlay would be good enough? Thanks for your thoughts. Best, Ben (SMA quad, 54 years old)
[QUAD-L] Pressure wound advice
I have a Stage 4 pressure wound on my tailbone – my first ever! Doc is recommending a Wound Vac and perhaps a "low air loss" bed mattress. Anybody have any experience with either? How am I going to function with a Wound Vac attached to my butt? Do they work quickly? Also,I don't have a hospital bed – I share a regular queen-size mattress with my wife – so I'm not eager to make my bedroom into a hospital room. What sort of beds do you all use? Maybe a Roho overlay would be good enough?Thanks for your thoughts.Best,Ben (SMA quad, 54 years old)
