The SCI Blog Feed

Sep 21, 20213 min read

"Constant Burning Sensation, Could You Have Central Pain Syndrome Too?"

One of our readers was recently diagnosed with Central Pain Syndrome (CPS). This is a diagnosis new to us so we did some research and...

Jun 7, 20213 min read

Don't Make My UTI Symptoms Worse! Foods to Avoid!

Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) are on everyone’s mind when catheters must be used to empty our bladder. And that’s because most of us...

Mar 21, 20213 min read

Here Comes the Rain, There Goes My Back - It’s All a Pain in the Neck

Here we go again. The weather is changing and with it, the level of discomfort ramps up throughout our body. As evidenced by comments in...

Mar 21, 20214 min read

UTIs: Another Annoyance of SCI

Once again, Roberta and I have been brainstorming and we’ve decided it’s time to tackle Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) head-on. We’ve...

Mar 21, 20213 min read

Syringomyelia…What’s that?

Just when we thought we finally had a handle on everything we needed to know about our Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) we learn there’s yet one...

Mar 21, 20213 min read

The Connection Between SCI, Surgery, and Heart Problems and Why Does it Matter?

This is a true story and one The Rollin’ RNs wanted to explore. This event unfolded when a friend of ours with a spinal cord injury (SCI)...

Mar 20, 20212 min read

Making Sense of Sepsis with a Spinal Cord Injury

Recently we have witnessed a good deal of discussion related to sepsis and spinal cord injury (SCI). But are we really aware of the...

Mar 20, 20214 min read

ROLLIN’ INTO PYELONEPHRITIS Enough to cause us to slam on the brakes!!

Urinary tract infections or UTIs. Most of us have been plagued with these obnoxious occurrences because we are using a urinary catheter...

Mar 20, 20212 min read

My, What a Colorful Bag You Have

Today, we’re here to chat about the color purple. And no, we’re not talking about the movie starring Oprah. We’re talking about when...

Mar 20, 20214 min read

Getting the Score on a Pressure Sore

Oh no…..the dreaded reddened skin. You know what I’m talking about. Sitting too long, getting ready for bedtime, undressing, and there...

Mar 20, 20215 min read

Them Bones, Them Bones, and the Spinal Cord Injured

Mitzie Bower, Illustrator The term “Osteoporosis”……what comes to mind? An elderly person? Post-menopausal woman? But what does bone...

Mar 20, 20212 min read

Osteomyelitis: Keep it Clean!

OSTEOMYELITIS…. we hear this term frequently in our spinal cord injury community but do we know what it really means? Osteomyelitis is an...

Mar 20, 20218 min read

Roberta’s Experience with the Mitrofanoff Procedure...or something like it!

My name is Roberta and I was injured in an ATV accident on 5/24/14. My level of injury is T3 Complete. I am a Para with full use of my...

Mar 20, 20212 min read

Mitrofanoff Procedure: "Game Changer”

Two topics of discussion frequently on spinal cord injury websites are autonomic dysreflexia and urinary tract infections specifically...

Mar 20, 20216 min read

Life with a SCI: Important Health Care Providers

It’s important for all of us to have a health care provider to help manage our health care needs. For most people, that means having a...

Mar 20, 20213 min read

Developing Foot Drop? Quite Possibly Another Consequence of SCI

We present yet another frequently discussed topic in our spinal cord injury (SCI) Facebook groups…“foot drop” or “drop foot.” You will...

Mar 20, 20213 min read

Pressure Sores and the Flap Surgery Option

Recently, the question came up, “What is flap surgery?” In a nutshell, it’s a surgical procedure where a piece of healthy skin from...

Mar 20, 20213 min read

Edema: “FLINTStoes” ROLLIN’ ON!

The nurses writing for The Rollin’ RNs decide on topics based on our own findings. This topic is no different. You all know the story of...

Mar 20, 20215 min read

Remaining DVT-Free While Immobile

September is National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness month and because of that it is our mission to shout awareness of an issue near and...

Mar 18, 20213 min read

Cellulitis, What You Need to Know

Cellulitis is defined as an infection of the skin and is something many of us may have already experienced since living with a spinal...

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