My bedsore

I have been plagued with a bedsore for almost 5 years now, it is a curse!
Everybody has an opinion, I have tried out most of these "Remedies" and up until now have had no luck…
I'm so frustrated: living my life in a bed, for five years, in a horizontal position is torture… I want to live life horizontally, I want to be mobile, I want to spend considerable time outdoors.

I recently attended a birthday party, I sat for approximately 3 hours but felt terrible, I thought it was my stomach giving me problems, so I "toughed"  it out but in hindsight I realize I must of been sitting wrong, causing massive damage to my pressure areas on my butt – that day I decided to sit on a gel cushion for a bit of variation… Wrong move.

Two days later was my Birthday party, Woodstock fire and ice, I sat for approximately 9 hours and messed my backside up completely, I think the healing process is going to start from the beginning again, it is going to take months to come right. Since Wednesday, which is five days ago, I have been perspiring nonstop and my body has been spasming profusely… This is a sign that my body is suffering severely. I have taken some photos of my butt so that it is easier to understand the severity of the injury, these photographs are very graphic so if you are a little bit queasy don't go there…



I have just completed a massive fund drive for a new wheelchair, a sophisticated piece of machinery that will help me with pressure relief, the wheelchair has the ability to get me into a standing position which will take the pressure off my butt completely, it also has another function called "tilt in space" this position will have me lying on my back with my knees as high as my chest, in this position all the pressure is also taken off my backside…
I am hopeful that this will help my wound to heal and for me to be able to spend considerable time in a horizontal position.

18 October 2010:
this morning, my birthday, I had an epiphany… I am in the business of living, life is good no matter what happens to me. I have the ability to regulate my attitude.

I am determined to get my bedsore fixed, to get into a vertical position and to live life to the fullest.

I've been showered with birthday well-wishes, here some good ones:

My response: Thanks China... October birthdays are the results of shagging in January. In a South African context, that means hot weather, thunderstorms, and sweaty nights, add passion to those conditions and life is formed... January Conception took place in a spirt of celebration and expectations of good things to come...Perfect conditions.
October babies have a good starting point.

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