MORE ON THE SORE

I have been stuck in bed again as my sore has returned with a vengeance and I am trying to figure out when it occurred in the first place—way back in the past—perhaps only a few years after my injury. Who knows? The other problem I have been having is that because I am paralyzed and can’t feel, I am disassociated from my bottom half and tend not to remember things that I should. So from time to time that gets me into trouble! I recently got a new wheelchair and again, forgot the process and the supplier didn’t follow a protocol that he should have—like measuring my original chair so that he could duplicate it for the new chair! So it took about 2 months of changes to get the new one so it was like the old one! AARGH, one of those was that my knees were not at a 90 degree angle and this I think put pressure on my butt which made the sore break through again. So of course that means it wasn’t really healed right in the first place!! The Doctors in this area are not the most up to date on medical procedures for paralyzed people I guess, they only just got an accessible exam table!!! Anyway”Would a, Could a, Should a”. I feel pretty good about how it is going now. I have a competent, dedicated wound care nurse, who is communicating often with the doctor, and a wound vac that seems to be working. Who knows how long it will take for it to heal this time? I do have the tempurpedic bed which is very comfortable so that helps a lot. I have been pretty compliant only getting up to go to the toilet once a day& occasionally to have a meal with a friend or Maggie & Brett. They came today for Mother’s Day and Brett made brunch!