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oh thank god a good story. what did you wear after surgery?

sugacube I believe he said 3 weeks with some kind of soft boot after surgery. He said the fibula would heal on it's own. This guy did a...

Thanks.

I met with the ortho surgeon. Luckily he had experience with SCI people and his main concern too was pressure sores. So he recommended a titanium rod and I agreed. 6-12 weeks of being with...

I got the findings online of the xrays. The one of the ankle area:

FINDINGS:There is a mildly displaced spiral fracture through the distal tibial
diaphysis. The bones are demineralized. ...

no leg braces there. thanks

Thanks! I need to come by more than just when I need something :o


Sorry KLD thought you meant stand on my own volition. So surgery is completely out then?

No I'm a complete. The fracture is around the middle of my calf and the ED just called to say I also have a small displaced fracture of the fibula.

Those splints pictured go above knee do they...

I have a displaced and angulated tibia. I'm 37 years post with bad osteoporosis. The ED put on a fiberglass cast until I was to see the ortho they referred me to. I got a call from his office saying...

What is the schedule I should be doing the bladder tests? I know ultrasounds should be yearly. Is it the same still with the cystoscopy and cystogram?

WOUND is now 2cm, it was 3 just on Friday. I'm feeling a little better now :)

omg so sorry, hope it heals well.


both wound nurse and my surgeon nixed the wound vac saying it's too narrow for one, that it would be overkill.


thanks everyone for your experiences, this...

thanks guys. I see the surgeon tomorrow maybe he can help. But a wound vac requires it be attached to you all the time?

Also kld, one wound nurse said to pack the wound with iodoform strips and the other with plain ones. and one said cover with gauze and tegaderm the other with a foam, like mepilex, bandage. any...

I&D and antibiotics. wound is about 3.7 centimeters deep I believe. packing it with iodine gauze strips.

Ah, foam taped to backrest. old chair without tilt has 15", I think, varilite air back. new chair has the tall ride designs Java back. air better with no tilt?

I already am limiting my sitting up...

thanks Patton.

Lyn in the 1st doc's defense my temp was just 99 and my white blood cell count wasn't elevated then.

wow how big a cell phone?? that would be on top of the bandage? change to what kind of backrest? yes I do sacral sit, so don't tilt at all?

It was a rectal abscess. Just got out of hospital. nurses said it's doing well, not much blood, but am still scared. it's not down to the bone though.

the wound nurse said I should not tilt all...

nope. I haven't been in the new chair since Tuesday. but I guess it's possible the edema from my feet, though they aren't real bas as I wear compression hose 30-40hhmg, could've moved to my sacrum....

Went to er, normal blood pressure. no not pressure sore, pelvis bone no fractured. fluid retention was the doc's dx, unknown cause. my mom asked if it could be my new chair, my first tilting one....

not red or warm. its below coccyx, here I do have an old scar from wound but hasn't opened in years. caregiver didn't notice until yesterday. but could've missed it as sweating started Saturday night

I am having the cold sweats and my tailbone area is swollen! never happened before, what could it be? I got a new chair that tilts and has a different back which i feel doesnt allow me to get my butt...

thanks. it's this one http://www.medline.com/product/Medline-A20-Low-Air-Loss-Therapy-Mattress/Z05-PF58542

I haven't taken it out of the box yet because I don't know that I want to keep it.

Does anyone have this? Stanford ordered it for me and Medline drop shipped me 2 but with a slim manual that says not much about what happens when the electricity goes out, which happens frequently...

isn't there something damaging about longterm use of the glycerin ones?


thanks random; and lynnifer though I am curious about monthly costs of it so I can compare w/ enemeez

oops sorry, what I meant is does the saline leak out if you push it in while sitting up?