Afternoon gang! I`m sat here, fleece aroubd me, sneezing and coughing for England.
Well, the district nurses have been re my pressure pains. She took a history…how many times do we have to tell the same story, eh?
Its fun when they ask what I have been diagnosed with.......now theres 3 possiblilites to relate. They look quite stunned when i reel `em off.
Then they looked at my sore heels…red, but no sign of breaking down to pressure sores. But they do cause me pain in bed.
I answered questions to do a risk score. 20…very high risk it indicated.
So she looked at my bed and all it`s layers;
regular matress, plastic cover, terry towelling sheet, small inco pad…then there`s me…talk about the Princess and the Pea. But in my case it would spell pee! LOL!
She recommended an air mattress. Hubby shook his head and said no! The noise from it would stop him sleeping. So we opted for the next best thing…a pressure relief mattress…waterproof, so I won`t need all the extras. She also said some gel heel protectors would help, as my lambswool ones annoy me in bed.
Dya know, all this stuff makes me feel and look so alluring...................not working to attract hubby tho…nah, that ship has long sailed.
Many of my people at work, who are unable to move at all and have to lie flat on their backs without changing position at all, are on high rated pressure mattresses and have had no skin breakdown in 20yrs.
Like you say you dont have the noise disruption and just need the sheet and kylie.
Do have to say cavilon is the best cream invented for sore or red areas.
Sorry my reply got lost along the way. Thanks for the very useful info. My carer puts sudocream on my bum cheeks, vaseline on my heels and germolene if I get sore crease areas. Wonder I don`t slide out of bed, eh?
No I wouldn’t think so its more the full pads, and slips as the sudo transfers onto them and then acts as a barrier so the urine cant go into the pad so you get leaks.