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Originally Posted by Blessings2You
I appreciate the suggestions so far. I see my PCP next month, and I'm going to see if there's any chance he would prescribe one of those $$$ cushions. First I'm going to see if my insurance even covers DME.
In doing a little research, I found one thing (at least) that I'm doing wrong, and hope it doesn't come back to bite me. I do a lot of sliding/dragging myself to get off my recliner, sofa, and bed. And because of the muscle problems I've been having with my legs, I also tend to slide forward in the chair. Sliding/dragging = bad.
I have one cheap ($20-30) cushion that does seem to help. I've ordered a couple similar ones (thank God for Amazon), and I think I'll get some kind of cushion for the car. I can't imagine squirming around on that hard car seat trying to keep my legs "comfortable" is a good idea either.
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Yeah, shearing, not good.
Three major factors in the development of pressure ulcers are (1) prolonged pressure on a part due to the weight of the body or a limb; (2) a shearing force that exerts downward and forward pressure on tissues beneath the skin (this can occur when the patient slides downward while sitting in a bed or chair, or when bedclothes are forcibly pulled from under the patient); and (3) nutritional status: good nutrition is essential for preventing pressure ulcers and healing already existing ones; a dietary deficiency should be suspected with a loss of 5 per cent or more of body weight or a serum albumin level below 3.5 mg/dl.
http://medical-dictionary.thefreedic...pressure+ulcer