My well-spoken, convincing friends...

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Melisa,

Don't know if anyone has answered this, but I will give my opinion. What we

like for blisters..... Lanisoh lanolin cream and new skin. We mostly put new

skin on red spots to help prevent skin break down. We put lanolin cream on the

blister as soon as it starts to form. These blisters heal up so nicely without

a big sore and all of that. Blisterbloc bandaids work well on heels, but are

too big for other parts of the foot. We never had blisters on the heels just on

the toes.

That said, you need to figure out what is causin hte blisters. If you heal

them, but don't fix the problem they will just come back. And they might not

heal well if there is still much friction in the area. Could be a fit problem

that needs attention, or the heel isn't down, or the tongue rubbing, or

something as simple as getting the shoes on too loose or a baby pulling the foot

out. So give us some more info to find the friction. And good luck

Re: Re: My well-spoken, convincing friends...

Hi,

I am new to the club and have a 3 month old with blcf. He is now in the DBS

and has developed blistering. Do you have any suggestions as to what I should

do? This is his first week in the shoes.

Thanks

MElisa from PHx

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Just my two cents here, but every email that is sent to me to I do respond to.

I'm bad

about keeping up with posts, so if something needs attention right away...I'm

always

willing to badger someone! LOL I've never been shy with my words either.

And

thanks Naomi for forwarding them on to me. I did email her, but never got a

response.

> Hi all,

> I just wanted to make an observation, I know that a large majority of

> us are also members of the " clubfoot " group, but I have noticed

> lately that a lot of our eloquent and very persuasive advice has been

> missing from that board. I know that group is supposed to be a

> mixture of people who have used both non-surgical and surgical

> methods but I have noticed a few parents recently (last 2-3 weeks)

> posting there about possibly having surgery for their young children

> or using AFO's and our responses have been, in my humble opinion, not

> nearly as vocal as they need to be. There is one mom who I have been

> corresponding with trying hard (without attacking her) to convince

> her not to have a soft tissue release (not sure what procedure is) on

> her 16 month old until she has had a 2nd opinion w/ a certified

> Ponseti doc, I've not been very successful in convincing her but I

> thought if you ALL chime in she might be more convinced. I know it

> is hard to keep up with both boards, I haven't even been online for

> almost a week! but I feel it is almost our " duty " to keep giving our

> excellent advice to the parents on both boards! Thanks to all of

> you!!

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> Jenna (4/7/01) & Sammy (9/25/04, RCF Dobbs Brace 16-18/7)

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