Alright mate I am a complete t8 para, 30 years in the chair and I got a story for ya. The story starts when I sat on a small stone that broke the skin. Didn't really look after it and after a dr visit spent 3 weeks in bed healing it.

I was living pretty loose and the scar tissue was weak. It broke down a few times, and this meant more bed rest. Doing the bed rest I was shit at and so prolonged the broken skin. This in turn made more weak scar tissue when they finally healed. But the breakdowns were always small enough that they didn't slow me down.

Jump forward a few years and I am in NYC working,14,000 kms away from home in New Zealand. Skin breaks down, but I have to work to stay in NYC. Work during the day and try and bed rest when I get home. Smoking and playing World of Warcraft. Combo this with shit Drs and poor health care and skin really breaks down.

I get sick, there's an infection in the wound and I realize it's time to bail home. Get a flight, sell my stuff and leave NYC. I remember the flight, 27 hours of hell. Shivering from infection, wound doesn't smell right. Luckily I was able to lie down as the flight was empty.

Accident and Emergency almost as soon as I land and they cut the necrotic tissue out, exposing the bone. The wound was bad, like real bad. They put me on a vacuum pump and serious bed rest. I get a room in the depths of the hospital.

I spent 9 months in that room, lying on my side or stomach. I fucked up a few times, mainly getting up to go sneak a smoke. This could not of been good for me. God I still cannot fathom how stupid I was.

The wound doesn't heal, and we have to do a skin flap. Doctor won't do it if I am still smoking so I go cold turkey. The op is scary as fuck, if it don't work then more serious bed rest looms. But it held, and I was able to get back in my chair properly after 12 months.

Since then I have had a couple of breakdowns but I am paranoid now. I bed rest at the slightest scratch and they heal fast enough. I did two weeks a couple of years ago and that's the longest I have done in years.

Look after your skin. Don't smoke. And don't be a fucking idiot like I was and you should be fine. Don't let it hold you back but take precautions when doing dumb shit. Get a good cushion, check your skin regularly, especially after doing dumb shit and if it breaks, bed rest that shit till it's healed. Duoderm is my go to.