Like the saying goes, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." Excellent video!! Looking forward to the next one on this topic.

@EmpoweredPara

5 ай бұрын

100%!

This video had great tips on preventing pressure injuries. I'm a C-4 quadriplegic and have been in a wheelchair for almost 19 years. About six years ago, I had a pressure sore on my butt the size of a dime. Because of the scar tissue, I still watch that spot closely. Every morning and night, my caregivers take pictures of my skin to check for changes. At first, it felt weird, but it's important and helps me sleep better knowing I'm okay. I really like your KZread channel. You share a lot of personal and helpful stuff that benefits people like me.

@EmpoweredPara

15 күн бұрын

So important to check your skin! No need to be embarrassed, we all have butts lol. That's for sharing your story!

I wasn't aware of this on people with dishabilities, i knew this was a thing on old people but never though that it was a so important issue on people with disahabilities; i should think more.

I've had a pressure injury now for 2+ years. It's finally starting to heal slowly. Been using a wound vac for about 6 months. Insurance won't pay for surgery or hyperbaric treatment. Brittany is right yall. Keep an eye out and treat as soon as you see redness

@EmpoweredPara

5 ай бұрын

Sending healing vibes!

We certainly weren't expecting a video, especially from a warm balcony in winter! It’s great seeing you in a different way. As soon as I get time, I really need to watch this in preparation for the Live so I can help my friend who is now a permanent wheelchair user. I’m only a bit into this video as it is a busy day, but why the difference between “ulcer” vs “injury”? And that stat of 36% of people with an SCI currently - currently - have a Pressure Injury is just mind-blowing! Based on what I’ve learned about Pressure Injuries over the past 2 years, and even notwithstanding the deadly factor, I think about not being able to go to work or school, and the loss of time when someone can’t do the fun things of life while the long-healing process takes. This freaks me out Brittney!

@EmpoweredPara

5 ай бұрын

Pressure ulcer is just an old term.

@westiepower2020

5 ай бұрын

@@EmpoweredPara Thank you. Then I’ll definitely put more effort into encouraging my friend who recently became a wheelchair user (after 2 serious brain-bleeds) into thinking more about this part of his health.

That’s extremely important information 👍

@EmpoweredPara

5 ай бұрын

It sure is!

I do hope you'll recover soon, but your voice sounds fine to me.

Keep it up Britney❤❤❤❤❤❤

Hello...I was going to say, we're all bundled up here. I hope you're doing well.

THERE YOU ARE!!! 🎉🎉🎉

Lovely Brittney, thanks for posting! I hope your Mexico trip goes great and your cold gets better soon. Best wishes from Minnesota.

@EmpoweredPara

4 ай бұрын

Mexico was lovely! Vlogs coming soon!

@jhors7777

3 ай бұрын

@@EmpoweredPara cool! fyi do you have a toilet seat bidet? I recommend trying one. Easy to install and pretty inexpensive. I love mine.

@EmpoweredPara

3 ай бұрын

@jhors7777 no I don't. For some reason I think they'd spray stuff towards the area I'm trying to keep mess out of.

@jhors7777

3 ай бұрын

@@EmpoweredPara Buy one. Honestly you will love it. In fact, whole family will love it. I think increasing the force of spray may also also stim?

You must be waaaay more chill than me! When you say staying off your butt for extended periods of time as just being “inconvenient”! I’d be freaking out. Shear and Deep Tissue Injury also freaks me out. So scary! (I am A-B but I am concerned for several friends - my friends mean the world to me) Am I correct in thinking that the higher your level of injury, and if a person has a Complete Injury, that more care must be taken to prevent a Pressure Injury? So much to think of with a SCI. We are all lucky that you are willing and able to share your knowledge and experiences with us all! You are truly unique!!

This is an excellent video, Brittney. I'm pretty sure you covered everything. I've had several pressure injuries (ulcers) over the years, feet, toes, butt, tailbone, back of my legs. You're also right about them taking up to two years to heal the last one on my butt took one month less than two years to heal (Dec 2020 to Nov 2022). I do have a PSW who monitors my skin virtually every day for sores and when that one started over the course of 48 hours it got to be the depth of an adult's pointer finger down to the first knuckle but with constant homecare nursing for dressing changes and two hospital stays with IV antibiotics and lots of time in bed during the day at home it did finally clear up but yeah when your wheelchair is your way of mobility and independence that really makes life inconvenient. Anyways, just wanted to say you really covered your bases. These sores are real and can be so awful especially when you have no sensation and can't just get up and move around like us. On that note I'm in the process of getting a new back for my powerchair and probably a cushion too when the back is all done. As it's all served it's two years and I'm now covered for new seating here in Ontario.

@richardjones5255

5 ай бұрын

I am more fortunate than most here, my spinal operations were successful some years back. However, that does not make me immune from pressure sores. I treated one on my left foot successfully for a few months, the right foot is almost sorted, but it has taken 10 months or more. I guess being 78 does not help. Padding and pressure relief along with suitable ointment and dressings is the only way forward. If you do not get the warning from pains the problem is orders of magnitude worse.

@EmpoweredPara

4 ай бұрын

Holy shit. I'd say your lucky to be alive having as many sores as you've had! Stay vigilant!.

Another good video Brittney! A question came to me - does the scar tissue from a Pressure Injury (especially a Type 2 or 3) lead to that area being more susceptible for future Pressure Injuries?

Good presentation. I developed a pressure sore from a medical boot for a broken leg. My foot became gangrenous and my bone became infected. This required surgery to clean up and skin graft followed by hospitalisation. While I was in hospital, I developed enormous pressure injuries on both buttocks. Net result I was in hospital for 6 months. So the moral of the story is be very careful.

@EmpoweredPara

4 ай бұрын

Scary how fast they can get out of hand and how long they take to heal.

Great video! I'm a 68y/o woman with MS. I'm essentially bed bound. For over 1 year I've been dealing with ripped, raw, and painful skin on my bottom from pressure and friction injuries. Finally, a home health nurse suggested that I apply a skin protectant (Sureprep No Sting) and 6x6 silicone coated bandages on both buttocks (insurance did not cover these items). It took several months, but it is almost 100% healed. I still use the skin protectant wipes and bandages daily to prevent recurrence. I saw another video of yours from 1 year ago where you wore adapted pants so you could cath easily. Were those pants adapted by you or purchased online? I really could use that type of pants! God bless. Thank you. ❤😊

@EmpoweredPara

5 ай бұрын

I had them adapted. I just take them to any seamstress and ask for a 9-inch zipper in the crotch.

@toeholt

5 ай бұрын

where did you get ghe sureprep?

@EmpoweredPara

5 ай бұрын

@@toeholt ?

@RoseMaryBowen

5 ай бұрын

@@toeholt I ordered Sureprep NO STING wipes from Amazon. They are expensive, but have saved my skin! Good luck to you.

Hey… great to get out of the snow…

My fiancée has one now, he went in for surgery to fix one and while in rehab unable to move because of surgery on his back, he within two weeks got another one because of the hard bed they had him on. It quickly became a grade 4 and now a year later it's still slowly healing. Ridiculous that he had one fixed and immediately got another one in rehab! Ugh!

@EmpoweredPara

5 ай бұрын

That is ridiculous. So many pressure sores are hospital acquired.

how do you use Pampers? please answer using vt

I think you’ve written 2023 not 2024 for your live. Great video, I’m searching how to prevent arm pain

@EmpoweredPara

4 ай бұрын

lol yeah I definitely got the date wrong. Thanks for catching that!

Thank you, I’m stil waiting on my own chair 5 month now and the chair I use for the time is very bad, the cushion where some basic shit, I buy my own cushion for the time, lucky I can walk a little and can stay a kopple of seconds right up with stick that’s my luck, but with the cushion (basic) my prostate had infected, the skin between my but hole and balls (sorry for language I don’t know the name in English (Dutch scrotum) where irritated, that’s why I buy a new cushion in my tempery old chair, but I glide to much in the chair .. Thanks for your information normally I think always it wil heal its self, I wil be control it better, specially I gain muscle weight, or on my cutting season if I can do a contest again then first time in (my own) wheelchair.. I look forward on the live video..

May I ask? Do you use Pampers every day? If so, how do you use Pampers? please answer with your vt ditiktok or KZread

One of my ex girlfriends passed away from a pressure sore 😢 I lost my leg last week because of a nasty pressure sore on the bottom of my foot and one on my knee

@EmpoweredPara

5 ай бұрын

So dangerous! I'm sorry you've had bad run ins with pressure injuries

Thank you for this video. Sorely needed (no pun intended). I had two pressure injuries and they involved my two little toes in one foot. I did not see them until well advanced (down to bone). Fortunately care and infusion antibiotics healed them. I sit on a high profile Roho cushion. I am a partial paraplegic, no motor waist down, partial sensation in the legs, no reflex circuit. I pressure releave every few minutes. Sleeping is a ____, I try to wake up every few hours and reposition. I need a new toilet seat but I am having trouble finding one. The company that made the one I am using didn't make it through Covid. Any suggestions?

@EmpoweredPara

4 ай бұрын

www.diamondathletic.com/products/portable-toilet-seat-pad?_pos=7&_sid=bd5f73718&_ss=r This is what I use! Call the store to order!

@1stCavReg

4 ай бұрын

@@EmpoweredPara Thank you. I've written them for a quote.

I've dealt with some stage 3/4 in my quad career. My best investment after the fact was a roho cushion for my bed. Even though pressure was never my problem, sheer's on the other hand FML took my out in bed for a year.

@EmpoweredPara

5 ай бұрын

Shear is so dangerous because we often miss it!

I know all about getting old , thin skin yes…enjoy your vacation..

There's an advisory committee???? Why not just make things right??? WOW. Anyway, your tax dollars are going for missed information. Mine's from a sinus dermal tract.