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http://www.geocities.com/doncyberdadmckinley/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Ann Ryan" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 10:35 AM Subject: Re: Confused OTHER THING BEEN DONE THAT. I GOT TO KEEP MY HEAD HIGH SO I WON'T CHOCK 2 OR TWIN ADIUSTABLE BED PUSHED TO GETHER SO WE CAN SNUGGEL WHIT A THING THAT U CAN BUY FOR IN BE TWEEN THEM IYQ > George, you question is timely. My husband recently had a quintuple bypass > and has severe PD. We now have a hospital bed that he has finally adjusted > to, but the mattress is terribly uncomfortable. > > Not far from us is an adjustable bed store. We had previously looked at the > beds and Jamie had tried them out. We discovered that he had great > difficulty moving in the bed that provided the 'molded to you' mattress - > that soft foam pad that is supposed to caress you body doesn't allow folks > with PD to move at all. We finally decided on 2 twin adjustables - I think > that Sealy made the mattress. Unfortunately, we were going to gear up our > bedroom for the beds and never got around to ordering them - now I'm > scrurrying around trying to fix our bedroom so that we can look at the beds > yet again and decide which will be best for Jamie. > > Adjustable beds offer the option of head and knee elevation. Elevating the > knees provides for better back support. So.......we're going to get > adjustable beds. The cost, incidentally was $1500 per bed and the mattress, > and the cost is tax deductible. Getting a prescription from the doctor will > also lower the price. > ----- > God bless > Mary Ann Ryan (CG Jamie 63/23) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn