Debixiyo (New Jersey ) on 07/09/2024

I developed bedsores on the back of my heels some time after I broke my left hip. I had been sedentary and somewhat bed ridden for a while because I suffer from the effects of late stage kidney disease. After the hip surgery I came out of the anesthesia with excruciating pain in the back of my heels that made it unbearable to have them touch the bed, so I asked the nurses to elevate my feet. I suspect that something happened while I was under, however it never occurred to me to have them check my feet. Weeks went by with no improvement in the level of pain until one day I asked my daughter to help me with a foot soak. Afterwards when my feet were dry I noticed big flakes of skin coming off the back of my heels. I couldn't see at that angle so I took a picture with my phone and was HORRIFIED to discover a big black sore on each heel at the back close to the ankle. I soon found out they were pretty badly infected bedsores. I can't say for sure when they started but they were full of pus when the podiatrist cut them open to drain. Upon my second visit I had such a terrible experience with that doctor that I resolved never to go back to him. Being someone who often uses this platform and am distrustful of modern medicine, I decided to try several different things. I tried lavender essential oil, Peru balsam salve, salt water soaks, tea bags, rose water, jojoba oil, but ultimately, I decided to stick with using nothing but hydrogen peroxide. In spite of the fact that there's so much on the Internet to discourage us from using hydrogen peroxide, I persisted with it. I put some 3.5% straight from the bottle into a little spray bottle and sprayed both sores at least twice daily. If I felt a lot of pain I would just spray every few hours until the pain subsided. All the while I would keep them bandaged to keep out the dirt. After about a month my daughter became my personal "podiatrist" and she debrided the sores very masterfully (I told her she missed her calling--lol). We continued daily peroxide until the left foot was healed over enough to keep it uncovered. Eventually, I allowed the right foot to remain uncovered while I was home and only covered when I had to leave the house. Right now the left heel has a small hard scab that I will allow to fall off when it's ready. I seldom spray it. The right heel still has the tiniest opening that I cover with a gauze pad or a sock whenever I go out. I still spray at least twice a day. I think the main thing to remember is that bed sores take a long time to heal. I started treating them at the beginning of March and I don't expect to be fully recovered until the end of the year.