Especially for cat dancer

[Virginia]

I was reading something in a magazine and it just caught my eye and made me think of you. It is something about a lady who is in a wheelchair and she receives a regenerative therapy called Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) from Cytomedix, Inc. (cytomedix.com) to ensure her muscles and tissues are as healthy as possible. "It is a way to help the body heal itself from injuries in the skin, cartilage, tendons, ligaments and bones.

She says that wound care is one important part of physical therapy and she chairs a division of the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (aawconline.org), which supports people with open wounds.

I know that you have been doing better, and that you have medical care, but just thought that you might want to see what these people who help support people with open wounds are all about. If they give on line advice, etc. I did not try to type the websites in to see what comes up, but found it interesting.

Lots of best wishes!

[Howie]

That's very thoughtful of you Virginia.

[Cherie]

It's a decent website with some good support and suggestions.
However, I personally would hesitate to take anything recommended on a website that my health care team had not vetted and recommended for me personally.

[Cat Dancer]

Thank you do much, Virginia. I will check this out and share the information with my wound doctor tomorrow. Cherie, I think by now you know I am very sceptical of alternative meds and won't ingest anything that my traditional docs don't know about. But this is interesting, for sure.

[Gary]

However, I personally would hesitate to take anything recommended on a website that my health care team had not vetted and recommended for me personally.

But it is a good website and you can learn something useful about different treatments.

[Cat Dancer]

Yes, there indeed is lots of useful information there, and new questions to raise with my doctor
Thanks again.

[lawnerd]

Cat,

It's been a long time since I've been here. I am so sorry to read that you are experiencing so many and significant problems.

I didn't have near as serious a problem with my inj site reaction chronic wounds, but I do know from that experience how frustrating the trial and error tx's can be - especially when things keep getting worse.

You didn't mention surgery. (Or maybe I missed it.) Have your docs considered surgical revision? Also, how about laser therapy? Don't have an Internet reference handy, but I know there is a chiropractor in Research Triangle area who is just beginning some research to study effacy of laser tx which he had been using (mainly for tx of pain) for years. Man's last name is Wise.

Sending positive thoughts and prayers your way.

lawnerd

[Cat Dancer]

Thanks. Yes surgery has been suggested, but I have to get healthier before they will proceed. Blood levels are all out of whack, iron deficiency being the most troublesome. I'm heading to the wound clinic tomorrow where I may learn more.