Don, what/where does your rope hang from? My hands are getting so weak I wonder if I could lift myself out of bed with it. My brother says there is a bed that adjusts for hiatal hernia slant, lifts you up,moves around, but not a hospital bed...will look into it., Rayilyn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn