Posted on Nov 29, 2017
VA Treatment: Juxta Cures for Venous Ulcers, who has experience and did it work or not for you? If not, what did and how to get VA approval?
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For the past 9 months or so, the VA in Houston has been treating my leg for venous stasis ulcers using the Juxta Cures system. I had previously had a similar problem back in 2009 in Tulsa and was treated with something they called a "unnaboot" (sp?) and it worked really well and I had no further problems until last year. I am not generally given to spontaneous ulcers and the ones I have now grew out of a singular injury and this "treatment system" causing further problems. I have asked to go back to the "unnaboot" system, but have been told the VA doesn't use that anymore. My Home Health Care Nurse (also a wound care specialist) thinks that better results can be had using Coban wraps and, since that was part of the previous system used, I am inclined to agree. But the Wound Care department at Houston seems hell-bent on using a system which I find irritating to painful, not user friendly and, IMHO, more damaging all for the sake of saving a little money? So I am reaching out to the community to see if anyone else has experience with this and see how they dealt with it.
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Sorry to hear of your situation best wishes in trying to get treatment from the VA.
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CPL Robert Ray
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Thank you very much, sir. I am trying to remain positive in the situation, although there has been some good-natured banter (in my head, not by medical professionals) about the possibilities of healing once the leg is removed... :-)
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I am sad to hear of your predicament. I just wanted you to know that I am thinking of you and hope this problem you have can be resolved.
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CPL Robert Ray
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Thank you. I appreciate all positive thoughts! If I could just get the VA to consider other alternatives, I think things would improve significantly.
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CPL Robert Ray
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SGT (Join to see) - I've had to do that for some procedural issues in the past and it seemed to help when I lived in Oklahoma. But this seems a bit more of a medical issue than a procedural one, and I am not sure how that would work.
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