Intro & question: suffers from bad back

[Guest guest]

Hi. I'm so happy I found this group. My name is Michele. I am married

and we have 5 children. We are a " Natural " living type of household.

We pratice herbal teas instead of RX and over the counter medications,

I made our own laundry detergent, dish washing soap, bath soap, ect...

 

I'm sure I will learn a lot more than I know being on this group.

Everyone seems to be very nice from the posts I've read.

 

My question is about my mom. She is very ill and suffers from bad back

problems. She is now unable to get out of bed or get up from a sitting

position after her 4th back operation and has developed a bad bedsore

on her bottom area. We rotate her often but during the day she is left

alone and she will not try to slightly move herself.

 

Can anyone recommend anything I can do or make to put on her sore to

help it stop hurting her and make it go away? My and and I give her

salt bathes now but she needs an ointment of some kind to cover it.

Any suggestions? My dad has put many oinments on her that are store

bought but none are helping. Her dr. has not perscribed anything yet

and the sore is not looking too good.

 

Thank you for letting me join this group and I hope I am able to help

others as I also learn new things.

 

Michele

[Guest guest]

Michele,

 

This may sound or be way too simple, I'm sure others here might have much better

suggestions, but my first feeling when I read about your moms bedsore was

Lavender essential oil. If it's a large open wound, don't, but if it's scabbed

over in the slightest, you might try, but ask someone you trust about it before

trying it.

 

~Cassie Sala

Our family blog: http://salafamilyblog.blogspot.com/

" Peace on Earth begins with birth! "

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Smidgets: I am sure the group will have alternative medications that

will help the bedsores. Medically - she NEEDS to have her position

changed every half hour (no longer than an hour at the very most). If

your family is unable to do this - can a neighbor help? Chances are

she has medicare and they will pay for a Home Nurse or Aide to come

in and help you. The bedsores are a breakdown of the skin and are

going to cause serious infection. Is she diabetic? Be all the more

careful with this! She should not stay in the same position all day

long --- even if it hurts her to move honey. Watch that her feet are

also not touching the bottom of the bed (put a pillow there) --- put

sheepskin under any pressure points - elbow, ankle etc. Put a pillow

between her knees to avoid that pressure area. Any pressure point

will break down and turn into a bedsore and infection if this is not

done and she is not repositioned regularly. Take care. Helen

 

 

, " smidgets_5 "

<smidgets wrote:

>

> Hi. I'm so happy I found this group. My name is Michele. I am

married

> and we have 5 children. We are a " Natural " living type of household.

> We pratice herbal teas instead of RX and over the counter

medications,

> I made our own laundry detergent, dish washing soap, bath soap,

ect...

>

> I'm sure I will learn a lot more than I know being on this group.

> Everyone seems to be very nice from the posts I've read.

>

> My question is about my mom. She is very ill and suffers from bad

back

> problems. She is now unable to get out of bed or get up from a

sitting

> position after her 4th back operation and has developed a bad

bedsore

> on her bottom area. We rotate her often but during the day she is

left

> alone and she will not try to slightly move herself.

>

> Can anyone recommend anything I can do or make to put on her sore to

> help it stop hurting her and make it go away? My and and I give her

> salt bathes now but she needs an ointment of some kind to cover it.

> Any suggestions? My dad has put many oinments on her that are store

> bought but none are helping. Her dr. has not perscribed anything yet

> and the sore is not looking too good.

>

> Thank you for letting me join this group and I hope I am able to

help

> others as I also learn new things.

>

> Michele

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you Helen. Yes, she gets moved around often but I do not think

it is often enough. Unfortunately we do not know any of her neighbors

because they just moved into their new house and she is unable to

collect medicare benifits. No, she is not diabetic. My Aunt told me

that my mom may have shingles but after looking at pictures of people

who suffer from that virus, it does not look like that. It looks like

a bedsore to me.

We are taking her to the dr tomorrow to get checked and hopefully will

have a for sure answer and possibly a medication that will work.

Thank you for replying to me. I really appreciate it.

 

Michele

 

 

 

 

, " helen_1947_slaughter "

<helen_1947_slaughter wrote:

>

> Smidgets: I am sure the group will have alternative medications that

> will help the bedsores. Medically - she NEEDS to have her position

> changed every half hour (no longer than an hour at the very most). If

> your family is unable to do this - can a neighbor help? Chances are

> she has medicare and they will pay for a Home Nurse or Aide to come

> in and help you. The bedsores are a breakdown of the skin and are

> going to cause serious infection. Is she diabetic? Be all the more

> careful with this! She should not stay in the same position all day

> long --- even if it hurts her to move honey. Watch that her feet are

> also not touching the bottom of the bed (put a pillow there) --- put

> sheepskin under any pressure points - elbow, ankle etc. Put a pillow

> between her knees to avoid that pressure area. Any pressure point

> will break down and turn into a bedsore and infection if this is not

> done and she is not repositioned regularly. Take care. Helen

>

>

> , " smidgets_5 "

> <smidgets@> wrote:

> >

> > Hi. I'm so happy I found this group. My name is Michele. I am

> married

> > and we have 5 children. We are a " Natural " living type of household.

> > We pratice herbal teas instead of RX and over the counter

> medications,

> > I made our own laundry detergent, dish washing soap, bath soap,

> ect...

> >

> > I'm sure I will learn a lot more than I know being on this group.

> > Everyone seems to be very nice from the posts I've read.

> >

> > My question is about my mom. She is very ill and suffers from bad

> back

> > problems. She is now unable to get out of bed or get up from a

> sitting

> > position after her 4th back operation and has developed a bad

> bedsore

> > on her bottom area. We rotate her often but during the day she is

> left

> > alone and she will not try to slightly move herself.

> >

> > Can anyone recommend anything I can do or make to put on her sore to

> > help it stop hurting her and make it go away? My and and I give her

> > salt bathes now but she needs an ointment of some kind to cover it.

> > Any suggestions? My dad has put many oinments on her that are store

> > bought but none are helping. Her dr. has not perscribed anything yet

> > and the sore is not looking too good.

> >

> > Thank you for letting me join this group and I hope I am able to

> help

> > others as I also learn new things.

> >

> > Michele

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Michele,

 

Helen already gave you some excellent

suggestions.

 

Here is some more, and a link to a place for

an excellent herbal healing salve that you

won't find advertised commercially.

 

First: Have you considered a sheepskin

under your mother's back? Real sheepskin,

not something synthetic. As one of my fave

oldtimers used to say, there is magic in wool.

 

Next: I love this healing salve. It is made in

small batches in the kitchen of my friend's

log home. The ingredients are olive oil,

organic local herbs, beeswax, love and Reiki.

 

The only place it was ever advertised was

a tiny magazine The Compleat Mother.

Best story: a woman whose Caesarian

section remain unhealed after 2 years.

MMO* took care of it. The lady was so

grateful she paid for advertising in the

magazine for a while.

 

If any topical salve can take care of your

mother's pressure sores this stuff will.

Find it here:

www.flyinghandsfarm.addr.com

 

*Magda's Magic Ointment.

My name for it, not hers.

 

Ien in the Kootenays

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