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[Snowcat]

Hi.  Can anyone out there recommend a good ‘donut’ type cushion please? With lots of vulval burning, stinging etc I’m trying to find a way to sit down occasionally.  The ones I’ve tried just seen to flatten in use so that they’re as good as useless! I’m not very heavy but I’m not a lightweight either! And some of them don’t seem to have a big enough hole! 🙀 any recommendations gratefully received!

[CLKD]

Have a lookC at the various mobility Companies.

[Joaniepat]

Putnams cushion with the 'Dr Huff' cutout. They do a donut as well. Have a look at their website.
JP x

[Snowcat]

Thank you both - will have a look C at both suggestions x

[Minusminnie]

I went to a mobility place where they do upholstery. They made me a U cushion and padded it to my specification. Let me take it home to try then added more padding etc.
I had 2 made one for car one for house.
What was made is a bit of a squared off U shaped but it gives clearance on the vulva area.
In general I’m not so sore now and can make do when out. Can sit on a hard chair for a reasonable amount of time or look for the padded seats or for cushions.
Large towels rolled up (and tied) under each thigh is another option.
I even bent a hard draught excluder and sewed tape across to keep the U shape. Most draught excluders are too soft but this one wasn’t.
The mobility place used this as a rough pattern.

[CLKD]

You have got yourself a job Minusminnie  - a side line in VA treatment options ;-)

[Snowcat]

Yes Minusminnie - how are you at upholstery now! 😂 that’s a brilliant idea though.  I did actually borrow an elderly friend’s commode (it was ok - she didn’t actually need it lol! and used the rolled up towels but it was very uncomfortable- I keep thinking I’ll end up having my meals on the loo! I’m getting terrible indigestion from not eating in an upright position…

I’m so sore today - it’s like 2 steps forward and 10 back! My GP (who is actually very sympathetic) said it’s taken me 2 years to get into this state so it won’t recover in weeks but gradually over the months - at least she was honest and didn’t tell me like some have ‘oh you’ll be fine in a couple of weeks!’ Honesty I can cope with, false hopes not so much! I’m wondering if it’s this hot weather that’s made it so much worse these last few days.  I know there was a thread about that and several are wondering the same..

[Minusminnie]

You have got yourself a job Minusminnie  - a side line in VA treatment options ;-)

Don’t think so.
I do what works for me within the ‘tools’ available.

[chopsuey]

You could try an inflatable toilet seat raise, designed to make toilets higher but I'm sure could be placed on a seat for the purpose you describe. You can adjust how much air is pumped in but it should be soft to sit on and the hole should certainly be big enough. 

[Snowcat]

That’s a brilliant idea! Thank you so much - I’ll try one of those - I’m always comfortable on the loo so that might work! :-). Everybody is so ingenious on here - I need to rekindle my creative skills!

[Snowcat]

Hi everyone.  So, I ordered a cushion from Putnams designed by a gynaecologist for vulval pressure relief and it arrived today so I was very excited!

However, when I tried it (and yes it was the right way round - I think!) it just seems that the hole is too far back - ok for sore bottoms but I just can’t seem to see how it works for the problem it was created - has anyone else got one? Am I just being thick? On this cushion the hole is towards the back but another one (different brand) the hole is more central.
It feels like it would be comfortable but I’m rather confused! Thought iI’d ask here first as I know some of you have one before I contact the company and make an idiot of myself!!

[CLKD]

Send it back and visit a mobility shop.

[Snowcat]

I might have to. If I can get the dog hairs off it! (Didn’t realise she’d been sitting on the chair before I tried it out 🤦🏽‍♀️  It has such good reviews though - very strange.

[VioletAquarius]

Do they have pictures of it on a chair or anything on their website, or perhaps photos from customers on review sites, so you can see which way round it goes?

[Snowcat]

Hi, yes I had a look and googled which way round it goes - they say with the cut out at the back … I sit as far back on it as I can but still feel the hole’s in the wrong place - maybe it’s just me and it isn’t - it’s really quite comfortable and I’m no different to other women who can’t stop
Singing it’s praises - our consumer site placed it no 1 on their approved list - I’ll try again tomorrow!!