Pressure Sore Recovery: What Nobody Told Me
Pressure Sore Recovery: What Nobody Told Me
Six years of pressure sores, infections, surgery, hospital stays and setbacks condensed into the guide I wish someone had given me at the beginning.
Your doctors and nurses will tell you how they plan to treat your wound.
This guide is about everything else I learned to think about around that treatment.
How much protein does my body need? Is my nutrition helping or hindering healing? Could blood sugar, poor sleep or deficiencies be working against me? What about collagen, supplements and gut health? Are treatments such as HBOT, IV Vitamin C or Amicapsil worth investigating? How can I prepare my body before surgery? And once the wound finally closes, how do I stop ending up back in the same situation again?
Pressure Sore Recovery: What Nobody Told Me shares the lessons, mistakes, questions and approaches I accumulated through years of living with serious pressure sores.
Inside, I explore:
High-protein nutrition and collagen
Foods I prioritised — and what I stopped eating
Vitamins, minerals and supplements
Gut health, Greek yogurt and kefir
Blood sugar and metabolic health
Fasting and when healing must take priority
Vitamin C and IV Vitamin C
Vitamin D
HBOT
Amicapsil
BPC-157 and TB-500
Preparing my body for flap surgery
What I learned when surgery didn't go to plan
Pressure, shear and protecting vulnerable tissue
Why healed doesn't necessarily mean fixed
What I would do differently if I developed another pressure sore tomorrow
Every major chapter finishes with a practical WHAT I WOULD DO NOW checklist.
This isn't a miracle cure and it isn't a replacement for professional medical care.
It's one patient's hard-earned experience of asking a different question:
While my healthcare team treats the wound, what can I do to give my body the best possible chance of healing?
Because the real goal isn't simply to close a pressure sore.
