Re: Need help soaking casts off

[Guest guest]

-Real quick sense work is over and it is time for me to head home. I

used lemon juice about a cup and about 4 cups of water. Soaked some

towels in it and wrapped the towels around the cast. Let is sit –

helps if you cover it in bread bag or plastic wrap – for about 45 min

then into the bath tub and start pealing. If they didn't leave a

lump to start from you might need to use some kitchen (utility)

scissor to start. There was usually extra room at the top that I

could safely cut from. HTH.

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Oh, sorry you are dealing with this! When I was soaking 's

casts off, I used the larger side of my double sink and filled with

nice wamr water. The I just poured vinegar in. I would say about

1/2 - 3/4 of a cup but I am not sure since I didn't measure it.

Make sure you massage the casts really well to work the water into

them. We did a combination of cutting and unpeeling. Depended on

if we could find the " end " of the plaster roll. We did use regular

scissors and made sure that one of us held her still while the other

one made small cuts. It usually took about 30 minutes -- for one

cast.

Good luck. If you need more help, email me off list and I'll send

my phone number!

Marilouise

9/9/03, LCF, 3 week cast after tenotomy (14 days left)

Owen and 3/20/99

> How ironic there has been this whole discussion about soaking

casts

> off. Tommy's casts have slipped a little...his toes look like

they

> tunneled in about 1/2 inch. I called Dr. Herzenberg and he said

to

> soak them off as they may be doing more harm than good. Can

anyone

> tell me how to do this? How much vinegar? Do you just pull the

> casts off or cut them? And if I cut them what do I use, a regular

> scissor? How long should it take? Thanks in advance.

>

>

> Tommy Lee 4/23/04 BL CF Cast #2 second series

>

> P.S. See you guys Saturday at the symposium