I don't know why the subject was not changed so I changed it. Anyway, because of what John said about his air mattress going at the most inopportune time... THAT is precisely why I keep one or two of those waffle air mattresses on hand! They can easily be found at www.ehob.com and always have a brand-new one on hand no matter what the case.
Right now, my alternating air mattress is electric for the airflow but if the electric goes out overnight... I am in just as much comfort and setting my body up for trouble. The waffle air mattresses are not electric but they come with a pump to put in the right amount of air. They have* never ever*caused me any red marks or pressure points. Perhaps you were not a Boy Scout? LOL. "Be Prepared!" And I was no Boy Scout! But that is my motto after all the problems I have had. Live and learn, live and learn. Lori Michaelson C4/5 complete quad, 28 years post Tucson, AZ On Nov 29, 2007 3:39 PM, John S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The air mattress I had died, well, the motor did. I went and bought a > twin innerspring which was all I could afford. It was last Saturday and a > holiday weekend meaning very few places were open and my selection was very > small. I got a couple foam toppers, total waste. They don't do anything at > all. I have a small flat pyramid of blankets and pillows placed > strategically on the mattress. After a few minutes I feel as if I'm on > cement. It is way too hard to lay on either hip. My spine is very misaligned > and it just gets worse as time goes on. I had a dream I was being run over > on a highway and woke up to find my pulse was making my low back and left > hip hurt in short sharp spikes of pain. I've been back to using marijuana > and tylenol pm's with my hydrocodone to get to sleep but it rarely lasts 2 > hours. Doctors have written prescriptions. A wound care doctor and my > regular doctor but medicare and medicaid are not responding to the DME or > the doctors. I keep rearranging pillows because I'm anything but straight > and this thing is flat. Medicare has bought me a mattress once in 32 years > and they have never paid for a bed. I spent about 1.5 hours on hold with a > lady that refused to give me her name earlier today and I was being really > nice to her. Needless to say, the hold finally went off and I was > disconnected. My brother in law got an old waffle type alternating pressure > pad working but it died last night and I don't think it's fixable. It wasn't > helping anyway. If anyone has any ideas, I would try anything. > Thank you for your interest. Everyone that sees it can't believe it. > Thanks for caring, > john > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Papillon MF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: John S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 3:30:37 PM > Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Another trip to Casa ER > > What's wrong with your mattress John? > Marie-France > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* John S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Thursday, November 29, 2007 10:41 AM > *Subject:* Re: [QUAD-L] Another trip to Casa ER > > It is no wonder this list is so quiet,, everyone has gotten sick! It > isn't easy to write on here when you get depressed with UTI's, migrating > syrinxi (ok, What is the plural?) and the anti biotic treatments? > I'm going for some pity here, I've been sleeping on a mattress that is > about the most pain full damn thing. I haven't slept more than 2 hours in a > month now. (If I seem mean I appologize to the point where, Im so tired.) > > > God Bless ya'll, Hope you feel better. > john > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Danny Hearn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 11:31:36 AM > Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Another trip to Casa ER > > Sure hope things get better for you Greg, Yes our Quad body's can be hard > to figure out at times, especially with AD and not always knowing the Cause. > I suffer a lot from a syrinx that has been causing me increased pain and > problems with my entire left shoulder and arm., I'm hoping it don't continue > to get worse. Hang in there........ Dan H. c-6 10.5 years post > > *Greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > > I was in the ER/Hospital for 4 days a month ago, just very sick, shaky, > etc. Of course it's a UTI. > Never really felt good since then. > But then a month later, I was into the ER again. This time admitted for 3 > days. Still not sure exactly what the cause was. While just ending my > B-Program, I got a very bad headache, not fun… BPresure was 170/1??. > Obviously AD, but never had it that bad before. > Many tests, but no clear cause. This time I went to the big city hospital > ( Phoenix , St Joseph 's rather than the local one) much better care for > sure. > > Not been a good month, > Greg > > > > > ------------------------------ > Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try > it > now.<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51731/*http://mobile.yahoo.com/sports;_ylt=At9_qDKvtAbMuh1G1SQtBI7ntAcJ> > > > > ------------------------------ > Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your > homepage.<http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51443/*http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs> > -- Lori C4/5 complete quad, 27 years post Tucson, AZ
