I've had problems with sores on my scrotum before. Now everyday I have the nurses make sure I'm not sitting on my sack when they put me in the chair. I've abbreviated it to "my goods good?" I tilt back and have them hold my balls till I'm upright. Using a lift to get in the chair is the culprit
On Thu, Mar 7, 2019 at 1:45 PM Ben Mattlin <[email protected]> wrote: > I know this subject has come up before, but now I need help: I've got bad > pressure > sores on my scrotum/perineum. > > I just got a new power chair. I love it. But it seems that the improved > posture it gives me is putting more weight in front. After about a month, > my balls are bleeding (to be frank). > > I've added and let air out of the Roho. I've tried tilting back, but > that puts pressure on an old ongoing wound on my lower back/sacrum/coccyx > area. My doctors have ruled out fungus or other infection. It's pressure. > > So for now, I'm back in my old chair and spending more time in bed. My > wheelchair tech at National Seating & Mobility has been unhelpful. I have > a message in to a physical therapist for an eval. > > But in the meantime, do any of you have any suggestions? Perhaps a > hemorrhoid pillow, but that could cause stability problems. Perhaps some > kind of jockstrap? I don't know, but I'm sure pissed. > > Thank you for reading and for any suggestions you have. > > -Ben >
