Re: Re: Need help soaking casts off

August 30, 2004

Sounds about like the way we did it too although my dh being a taxidermist we

had access to a wide variety of cutting tools so the casts came off rather

simply (cut with scissors I think mostly).

s.

Re: Need help soaking casts off

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

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