I think I've gone on and on about having my home health person come in three times a week to assist me going to the toilet and then showering me. This person is much more than just a caregiver she's also a nurse kind of person who really takes a close view of what's going on with my body. One of the things I really count on her to do is keep an eye on my butt and be able to change the dressings I have on there most of the time. They're not really dressings as much as they're special tape that's fairly lightweight so it does not damage the skin. From what I understand the tape I use is a high Choice among people who do tattoo work and must have a delicate tape to work on their pieces of work- I don't know if that came out right or not but you know what I mean. Anyway this morning, I felt it was time to change the the dressing I knew major pieces of had rolled up and was no longer even pressing the skin. So she removed the tape and there's a little bit of discomfort but that's nothing new what was due was blood on the floor of where I was hanging over the floor in my sling going from the shower chair to my power chair. This was new and quite frightening for me cuz once I get pressure sores just seems like it's all over for me even though that's not really the case it just feels like it's one of the first steps into the end. We took the light way out and decided that we would tape it up with other kinds of tape that's much less adhesive and see how it looks on Friday.
I didn't realize it but today my wound care nurse showed up. I don't remember it being on the schedule for today but I'm glad she did it today. She came about an hour after my home health first and left. Been a long story short she threw me on the bed and we for nickel the way to get my pants down to the point where she was able to ascertain the wound. Fortunately it's not a pressure wound as much as an abrasive wound which is I guess a little less traumatic- - according to my wound care nurse. She put my mind to ease in the key and it was an easy fix applied a couple of Band-Aids with some ampicillin or the similar and advised me to keep fresh releases regular. I'm truly hoping this is the case. I think that I put too much weight on my right side which is over the butt cheeks. I'm a little freaked out because she says the tape I've been using is the part of the problem because that's so adhesive and pulls the skin whenever I remove the tape. She advises to keep the tape off until the skin rejuvenates. She says it shouldn't be long. I'm of the belief that maybe the tape is a problem and that I need to rely on just doing pressure release on a regular basis and face out of the second skin argument. I still might use it if I need it but I think I'm done with it for a while
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