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[McRobb]

I am on my 19th month of healing a Stage 4 ischeal sore. Did the flap surgery, wound vac - all that other. Finally healed and ready to start getting up in mid-June. Did that and surface of wound broke open a tiny bit. Back to bed - then up again. After two weeks up, small opening - back to bed for 10 days. Back up, 4th day, small opening due to helper error - back to bed. Only this time, this got a bit bigger once I was in bed. So now, after a week, finally showing signs of healing but is going to take a while to heal again.

Now, I put all that in so that I can ask a question - Has anyone ever covered a healed wound with a protective film when they got up? I was thinking along the lines of duoderm or like the drape that is used to seal a wound vac. I wonder is the film would help keep the surface of the wound intact and keep it from opening so easily during transfers, etc. I use a lift so I really do not slide on the wound to rub it open as the lift takes me straight out of the chair with no rubbing with a transfer.

If anyone has tried this, I would like to know your results. And if you have an opinion, I would like to hear that as well.

To paraphrase an old axiom, "We have faced the experts and we are him." As in "We have faced the enemy and we are he." So feel free to give me your expert opinions, fellow gimps.

[Smileyblue]

I'm no expert, but I would think that sticking something over the area might do more harm as it would have to be removed at some stage.. I'm just thinking of my skin when I had to have "post-op's" removed..

[Edinburgh Colin]

Sounds like a kind of logical way to help to stop it from being stretched but I gotta side with Smiley, anything that goes on has to come off too! unless you could support all the way around without the actual vulnerable part being in contact.

EC

[cbb1990]

i just had a flap and its right down my crack they said it of in the beginning of my sitting program it didn't bust open. we also used mediahoney