For the last couple of years at least I have been using an alternating air pressure reducing mattress that is a rental from a local medical vendor. Medicare pays for the majority and we have to pay something like four dollars or six dollars every couple of months or something like that. Even though they like to try to get away with much more.
The only reason I do this is because all air mattresses easily get punctured or something happens to them in less than a year or so ... so they need to be replaced and when you are with a vendor they will bring another one out ASAP. But I also keep 2 waffle air mattresses (that do not require electric pumps) on hand just in case I decide to go back to using one of those. I began using them in 1995 and liked their comfort then. I switched to the rental alternating air one because... well I can't remember why now unless I thought it was better for my buttocks, etc.. Lori C4/5 complete quad, 2 years post Tucson, AZ On 10/15/07, John S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just out of curiosity, What kind of mattresses do those of you using > hospital beds use. I have used egg crate toppers on regular staw filled > vinyl mattresses and I had a low air loss mattress I was able to keep > workingfor 9 years. Now I have an alternating pressure mattess from ebay > that a sister bought. Its reasonably comfortable but no help with pressure > areas. If I have a bad spot getting red I have to get egg crate under it or > this alternating system will rip the skin apart. > With medicare/medicaid no mattrss suppliers want to deal with me because > in Ohio they often refuse payment on low air loss mattresses. I sure havent > got 5 thousand dollars or even 21 thousand for e bay. > > john >
