Comments on: KG’s Blog Post #53 – 5/1/10 8:23pm http://www.kengreenscomeback.com/kens-blog/kg%e2%80%99s-blog-post-53-%e2%80%93-5110-823pm Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:15:06 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Tom Briggum http://www.kengreenscomeback.com/kens-blog/kg%e2%80%99s-blog-post-53-%e2%80%93-5110-823pm/comment-page-1#comment-2303 Tom Briggum Sun, 16 May 2010 03:26:34 +0000 http://www.kengreenscomeback.com/?p=968#comment-2303 There's a good chance that rash is fungus, it loves to grow in the moist, dark, warm environment of the liner. Prescriptions for it are Oxistat and Naftin. You can also use the drugstore stuff for athlete's foot and jock itch. It goes away in a couple of days. Tom Briggum LBK in Virginia Beach, fighting the same fight only 18 strokes higher. There’s a good chance that rash is fungus, it loves to grow in the moist, dark, warm environment of the liner. Prescriptions for it are Oxistat and Naftin. You can also use the drugstore stuff for athlete’s foot and jock itch. It goes away in a couple of days.

Tom Briggum
LBK in Virginia Beach, fighting the same fight only 18 strokes higher.

]]> By: Todd Peterson http://www.kengreenscomeback.com/kens-blog/kg%e2%80%99s-blog-post-53-%e2%80%93-5110-823pm/comment-page-1#comment-2114 Todd Peterson Sat, 08 May 2010 16:47:12 +0000 http://www.kengreenscomeback.com/?p=968#comment-2114 It looks like you're getting some advice on the rash. An amputee in my family recomended the the Amputee Coalition of America for info. On amputee-coalition.org they have a fact sheet section with info about these sort of issues. I saw stuff about the topical steroid creams and such as well as the issues about cleaning liners and such. I was told about the possibilities of allergic reactions to soap as well. Get sfter it in Birmingham! I'll be firing off a letter to Finchump on your behalf. I wish I had a green envelope to send it in just to irritate that little troll... I'm still hoping for an online petition for your cause. It looks like you’re getting some advice on the rash. An amputee in my family recomended the the Amputee Coalition of America for info. On amputee-coalition.org they have a fact sheet section with info about these sort of issues. I saw stuff about the topical steroid creams and such as well as the issues about cleaning liners and such. I was told about the possibilities of allergic reactions to soap as well.

Get sfter it in Birmingham! I’ll be firing off a letter to Finchump on your behalf. I wish I had a green envelope to send it in just to irritate that little troll… I’m still hoping for an online petition for your cause.

]]> By: Pamela Boyd http://www.kengreenscomeback.com/kens-blog/kg%e2%80%99s-blog-post-53-%e2%80%93-5110-823pm/comment-page-1#comment-2061 Pamela Boyd Tue, 04 May 2010 13:49:51 +0000 http://www.kengreenscomeback.com/?p=968#comment-2061 Dear Ken, I have been looking for a way to contact you and here you are... Bob and I saw you last week on the tube and you look great. A definate warrior. So glad to see that you are back on the course and hope that it will only get better. We have all come a long way from that unoffical olympic event at Wild Dunes so many years ago....Calc, Sander, Green and Boyd!! A great time was had by all. Hope we run into you soon. Let us know if you make it to the Carolina's. Would love to be a groupie for ya!! Be well and stay blessed on your journey!! Dear Ken,
I have been looking for a way to contact you and here you are… Bob and I saw you last week on the tube and you look great. A definate warrior. So glad to see that you are back on the course and hope that it will only get better. We have all come a long way from that unoffical olympic event at Wild Dunes so many years ago….Calc, Sander, Green and Boyd!! A great time was had by all. Hope we run into you soon. Let us know if you make it to the Carolina’s. Would love to be a groupie for ya!! Be well and stay blessed on your journey!!

]]> By: Chris Brion http://www.kengreenscomeback.com/kens-blog/kg%e2%80%99s-blog-post-53-%e2%80%93-5110-823pm/comment-page-1#comment-2060 Chris Brion Tue, 04 May 2010 13:27:58 +0000 http://www.kengreenscomeback.com/?p=968#comment-2060 Ken: I am happy to hear that you are gonna tee it up in Alabama. I pray that just remember to enjoy the ride. Take with you the lessons from that book I sent you and you will be fine. Let the Lord guide you and ease your pain (and worry, and stress, and everything else) and you will be fine. This is off topic but what happens to all the PING putters made out of GOLD???? Inquiring minds wanna know. Just shoot me an email if you have an answer to that. Ken:

I am happy to hear that you are gonna tee it up in Alabama. I pray that just remember to enjoy the ride. Take with you the lessons from that book I sent you and you will be fine. Let the Lord guide you and ease your pain (and worry, and stress, and everything else) and you will be fine.

This is off topic but what happens to all the PING putters made out of GOLD???? Inquiring minds wanna know. Just shoot me an email if you have an answer to that.

]]> By: Scott Simpson http://www.kengreenscomeback.com/kens-blog/kg%e2%80%99s-blog-post-53-%e2%80%93-5110-823pm/comment-page-1#comment-2052 Scott Simpson Tue, 04 May 2010 02:05:19 +0000 http://www.kengreenscomeback.com/?p=968#comment-2052 Great news that you're going to give it a go in Birmingham. I don't know if you need any help in the pro-am but you know that like St. Reid, there are those of us who would love to help you if we can. It's a hilly course in spots, and so it wouldn't have been my top recommendation for you to play. But with a cart, thinking about it, most of the fairway landing areas are pretty flat and playable. I think it's fantastic that you're progressing so well with your golf game, and sure hope you can find some good ointment for the rash. Great seeing you at Savannah, and the Regions tournament is really a well run great community event. You'll have some fun, and make some birdies!! PS: You sure do crack me up with your blog, and have some great friends who write some funny, encouraging responses. Keep it up! Great news that you’re going to give it a go in Birmingham. I don’t know if you need any help in the pro-am but you know that like St. Reid, there are those of us who would love to help you if we can. It’s a hilly course in spots, and so it wouldn’t have been my top recommendation for you to play. But with a cart, thinking about it, most of the fairway landing areas are pretty flat and playable. I think it’s fantastic that you’re progressing so well with your golf game, and sure hope you can find some good ointment for the rash. Great seeing you at Savannah, and the Regions tournament is really a well run great community event. You’ll have some fun, and make some birdies!! PS: You sure do crack me up with your blog, and have some great friends who write some funny, encouraging responses. Keep it up!

]]> By: Patrick Murphy http://www.kengreenscomeback.com/kens-blog/kg%e2%80%99s-blog-post-53-%e2%80%93-5110-823pm/comment-page-1#comment-2050 Patrick Murphy Tue, 04 May 2010 00:11:31 +0000 http://www.kengreenscomeback.com/?p=968#comment-2050 Hoping you can keep the faith Ken. In the past 20 years the man upstairs has decided to take from me my wife, my daughter, my sister, my brother in law, my dad, your dad, your mother in law, and my cat. They say that He won't put more on you then you can handle but damn if He didn't decide to take my mother two months ago. Right now I don't know if I should feel honored that He thinks me strong enough to handle all of this but I must say I am now tending to feel more numb than anything else. Praying that I can get back to the honored part before I go for the pissed off at the world part. Enough venting from me. Good luck on your journey Ken. Hoping you can keep the faith Ken. In the past 20 years the man upstairs has decided to take from me my wife, my daughter, my sister, my brother in law, my dad, your dad, your mother in law, and my cat. They say that He won’t put more on you then you can handle but damn if He didn’t decide to take my mother two months ago. Right now I don’t know if I should feel honored that He thinks me strong enough to handle all of this but I must say I am now tending to feel more numb than anything else. Praying that I can get back to the honored part before I go for the pissed off at the world part. Enough venting from me. Good luck on your journey Ken.

]]> By: Jim Curley http://www.kengreenscomeback.com/kens-blog/kg%e2%80%99s-blog-post-53-%e2%80%93-5110-823pm/comment-page-1#comment-2048 Jim Curley Mon, 03 May 2010 20:33:20 +0000 http://www.kengreenscomeback.com/?p=968#comment-2048 Ken, I'm the amputee golfer from Malvern, PA. DO NOT use bleach on your liner. Those things cost $300 and you'll ruin them with bleach. Just wash them with warm water and a good antibacterial soap. You don't even need to dry them, just towel it off and throw it back on the leg. They are impervious to water, so they dry immediately. Wash your stump at least twice daily and put a little medicated Gold Bond powder on the rash area at night before bed, and it will clear up quickly. Don't put the powder on before you put the liner on, you'll lose the grip on your skin. The key is keeping everything reasonably clean. It's always going to be a problem as long as you are sweating and active. When you are on the course, go behind a bush every once in a while and pop off the leg and liner and towel the sweat dry. It will help a lot. Check your old PGA emails, and call me if you have any questions. Jim Curley, PT National Amputee Golf Assn Life Member Ken,

I’m the amputee golfer from Malvern, PA. DO NOT use bleach on your liner. Those things cost $300 and you’ll ruin them with bleach. Just wash them with warm water and a good antibacterial soap. You don’t even need to dry them, just towel it off and throw it back on the leg. They are impervious to water, so they dry immediately.

Wash your stump at least twice daily and put a little medicated Gold Bond powder on the rash area at night before bed, and it will clear up quickly. Don’t put the powder on before you put the liner on, you’ll lose the grip on your skin. The key is keeping everything reasonably clean. It’s always going to be a problem as long as you are sweating and active.

When you are on the course, go behind a bush every once in a while and pop off the leg and liner and towel the sweat dry. It will help a lot.

Check your old PGA emails, and call me if you have any questions.

Jim Curley, PT
National Amputee Golf Assn Life Member

]]> By: Dave Dunville http://www.kengreenscomeback.com/kens-blog/kg%e2%80%99s-blog-post-53-%e2%80%93-5110-823pm/comment-page-1#comment-2040 Dave Dunville Mon, 03 May 2010 11:56:28 +0000 http://www.kengreenscomeback.com/?p=968#comment-2040 Ken, Contact your Rehab DR, ask them is you can use "Ketoconazole Cream 2%". The other thing is going to be your liner. You may want to put together a bucket, with a mix of 10% bleach/ water mix. Dip the inside part of the liner in the bleach water mix for about 10 to 20 seconds. Then wash & Dry them as normal. Just keep doing this untill the rash goes away. I found that using the cream on the stump and the bleach/water mix together, works best. I can get ride of the rash in just a couple days. Also there is a product called "Adaptskin50" from Adaptlabs, that helps take away the scrachy feeling, at times as well. It's about $25.00 and the jar will last a good long while. The other thing that may help out on the course is called "Biofreeze". Your Rehab Dr, should beable to hook you up. Ask for the spray bottle, I find it works better. Just remember all amputees are different, so these things that work for me, may or may not work for you. Being an amputee is mind over matter. I dont MIND and It don't MATTER Dave Dunville National Director Amputee Firefighters Association Ken, Contact your Rehab DR, ask them is you can use “Ketoconazole Cream 2%”. The other thing is going to be your liner. You may want to put together a bucket, with a mix of 10% bleach/ water mix. Dip the inside part of the liner in the bleach water mix for about 10 to 20 seconds. Then wash & Dry them as normal. Just keep doing this untill the rash goes away.
I found that using the cream on the stump and the bleach/water mix together, works best. I can get ride of the rash in just a couple days.
Also there is a product called “Adaptskin50″ from Adaptlabs, that helps take away the scrachy feeling, at times as well. It’s about $25.00 and the jar will last a good long while.
The other thing that may help out on the course is called “Biofreeze”. Your Rehab Dr, should beable to hook you up. Ask for the spray bottle, I find it works better.
Just remember all amputees are different, so these things that work for me, may or may not work for you.

Being an amputee is mind over matter. I dont MIND and It don’t MATTER

Dave Dunville
National Director
Amputee Firefighters Association

]]> By: Bruce Berlet http://www.kengreenscomeback.com/kens-blog/kg%e2%80%99s-blog-post-53-%e2%80%93-5110-823pm/comment-page-1#comment-2038 Bruce Berlet Mon, 03 May 2010 11:41:36 +0000 http://www.kengreenscomeback.com/?p=968#comment-2038 Ken: Great to hear you're progressing well enough to try an individual event next week. And don't worry about those comments about the commish. You've always said what you thought and have enough fines to prove it. :):):) Take care and God bless. Your longtime reporter in Connecticut. Ken: Great to hear you’re progressing well enough to try an individual event next week. And don’t worry about those comments about the commish. You’ve always said what you thought and have enough fines to prove it. :) :):) Take care and God bless. Your longtime reporter in Connecticut.

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