tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post5637128400746731197..comments2024-03-16T16:44:18.220-07:00Comments on Bad Cripple: Feeling Betrayedwilliam Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00223601480542461802noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-48386659888549699772010-12-22T12:05:56.427-08:002010-12-22T12:05:56.427-08:00I hope your wounds manage to heal soon, I never kn...I hope your wounds manage to heal soon, I never knew bed/pressure sores could be so bad. I looked them up on Wikipedia, and was shocked how bad they can get! And yours was stage 4? That matches the pictures on the Wikipedia article too!<br /><br />The link is here, but DON'T click if you're at all squeamish!<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed_sores<br /><br />It is definitely worth checking yourself regularly for these sores appearing. I am assuming that as your original wound went unnoticed for so long, and with you having paralysis, that you don't feel any pain with it? At least I hope you don't!<br /><br />Best Of Luck and Well Wishes for fast healing!Sketching Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15894873881126771450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-54590732473045688762010-12-20T19:02:48.744-08:002010-12-20T19:02:48.744-08:00Grandma Ginger, My thyroid is fine (I thought of t...Grandma Ginger, My thyroid is fine (I thought of that too). And yes I take a multivitamin daily. I agree more weight would help. Having my son will surely get me eating more as my fridge is stocked to busting. He consumes massive amounts of food as I did at his age. Not sure about the girlie pictures! I prefer the real thing over images! This reminds me of when I was a sick boy and in the hospital. My neurologist would round up the pretty medical students and have them visit me. Wow, did that ever boost my spirits!william Peacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00223601480542461802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-48460503982852077242010-12-20T04:14:50.125-08:002010-12-20T04:14:50.125-08:00William,
Grandma Ginger again!
I didn't get my...William,<br />Grandma Ginger again!<br />I didn't get my degrees from MIT for jack. <br />The average total concentration span consists of 4 to 5 sentences in conversational tones.<br />The history of the Byzantine Empire was lengthy but even that was condensed.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13755018867446972946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-36400960069167353572010-12-20T03:59:41.824-08:002010-12-20T03:59:41.824-08:00And take vitamins also. You don't want infect...And take vitamins also. You don't want infection to get into your bones.<br />Try putting some girlie pictures up on your walls. That should increase you appetite and outlook on life.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13755018867446972946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-43096332784821446052010-12-20T03:54:46.467-08:002010-12-20T03:54:46.467-08:00William,
Has your thyroid been checked?
Start eati...William,<br />Has your thyroid been checked?<br />Start eating and packing on some pounds so you'll have more than bone to sit on!<br />That is a contributing factor to your not healing!<br />Common sense.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13755018867446972946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-67309463479043221462010-12-19T10:31:12.511-08:002010-12-19T10:31:12.511-08:00Eric, Sad to saw your first suggestion was dismiss...Eric, Sad to saw your first suggestion was dismissed instantly by the MDs I have dealt with. It was something i could pursue on my own if I wished. I have heard so many bad stories about supplements that I worry about using them. I will look your suggestion and drink real beer rather than american lite beer.<br />Ginger, I am not happy for sure but far from depressed. I am naturally thin as is almost everyone in my family. I did not even break a 100 lbs until I was well into my 20s. My son is 6'3' and weighs 140 at most. I estimate I have lost five pound or so. I am sitting slightly more and learning how to cook meals that can be made quickly--my preference is for roasting things and getting multiple meals with no waste. I am adapting. and feel free to mother me. I am touched by your care and delighted you read my writing. I think there is much older people with a disability can teach to others--I also have the utmost respect for older people with disability as you lived and came of age well before the ADA existed.william Peacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00223601480542461802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-11641582248997197512010-12-17T16:05:28.221-08:002010-12-17T16:05:28.221-08:00William,
I always feel like a mother to you.
As pe...William,<br />I always feel like a mother to you.<br />As people become older and/or less active, they tend to dehydrate. After using tap water in my vaporizer for when weather is dry, found that the vaporizer clogged with Dirt! I switched to distilled water or whatever bottled water was cheaper. No more dirty, clogged vaporizer.<br />Have you tried drinking soy? It is loaded with good nutrients. You're not outdoors in the sun often enough. You most likely need calcium with Vitamin D to compensate. Also a good multi-vitamin per day.<br />You could try this also for a few days: take note of what your hands touch and what your skin touches.<br />I buy the antibacterial toweletts (about one dollar) for surfaces my hands touch frequently. I've found that for around home a comfortable white t-shirt and robe that can be bleached and changed frequently has kept me to almost zero infections be it a scratch or whatever. The same with any bedding that touches my skin.<br />About a year ago my dentist was contemplating gum surgery. (as people age, gums tend to recede) I upped Vitamin C in my diet and a daily Vitamin C and purchased a toothbrush sanitizer for about ten dollars. My dentist says I no longer need gum surgery. It was bacteria!<br />When my family comes over, they have learned to keep things clean, clean up after themselves.<br />Visits are happier.<br />I am older than you and remember as a child going fishing with my parents. The stream water was so clean we could see the rocks and fish. No longer! We are dealing with dirt and pollution.<br />You'll make it.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13755018867446972946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-11705726825892608342010-12-17T14:25:30.083-08:002010-12-17T14:25:30.083-08:00William,
Hospitals are often a breeding ground for...William,<br />Hospitals are often a breeding ground for carelessness and bacteria. Your weight is way too low. Is depression part of this cause? Have the people who have been helping you 100% sanitary? Do you know the exact cause of your initial wounds?<br />I'd be asking questions.<br />Take careUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13755018867446972946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556371561007953336.post-29864204564033392342010-12-17T11:00:37.236-08:002010-12-17T11:00:37.236-08:00I have two suggestions: one is a reiteration to lo...I have two suggestions: one is a reiteration to look into the possibility of using insulin growth factor 1. You can read some very good (mouse) research here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17173558.<br />The key is using it together with the binding protein.<br />Secondly to help weight gain try the following two recommendations:<br />1. weight gainer formula powders from the body building world. We'll have you sporting a beer belly in no time.<br />2. Pancreatic enzymes (solgar has a quadruple strength one that i give to Segev, every meal)<br /><br />Worrying over things about which you have no control whatsoever: I do it too, constantly, about myself and of course my children. Now also my mother...don't let it nestle in your brain too much though.Eric Fischerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02471331868560587898noreply@blogger.com