I have an air mattress, which alternates pressure between different sections. Yes, it is harder to get warm, because the air pump is blowing cold air into the mattress, and probably through the mattress and under your sheets.
The good news is: cooler temperatures and alternating pressures help to reduce wounds. The bad news is the cold. I sleep with three blankets and sometimes a wool cap to keep warm. Dave From: nichole rohling [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2014 7:44 PM To: 'Raymond Kelly'; [email protected] Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] SelectAir air mattress I use flannel sheets year round and I'm in Oklahoma. Nicki From: Raymond Kelly [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2014 4:53 PM To: xQuad-list Subject: [QUAD-L] SelectAir air mattress Hello, I am a C3/4 complete quadriplegic. I have been sleeping on a foam mattress for years without a problem, but I recently got a chance to try out a SelectAir air mattress.I was offer this mattress secondhand for free and I have heard how air mattresses are supposed to be better for us quadriplegics so I figured I should give it a try. The main problem I seem to have with it is that I could not keep warm enough. For some reason I had to put a lot more blankets over me to warm me up on the air mattress then on the foam mattress. I am just writing wondering if anybody on this list uses that type air mattress and have had the same problem? While I am writing, I am wondering what other people who use that mattress used for sheets. Thank you very much in advance for any information you could offer me about this. Raymond Kelly
