Don, I've slept on a slant for yrs due to hiatal hernia GERD. The rope idea sounds good and I'll see what my brother can do about it for me when he visits next time, since I'm having a real hard time getting out of bed. I have sitdown shower in one bathroom with hand holds, but I need a low hold at bathtub edge on the wall...almost didn't get out last night. My brother is an inventor/engineer who still consults on space shuttle so maybe he can figure out some kind of Rube Goldberg device to get me/other PWP out of bed...an escape hatch. sendin him copy of this email. Thanks for the idea, Rayilyn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn