Kickas.org Forums Ankylosing Spondylitis General Discussion #1 AS Web Support Group The Next Few Weeks

I've been looking at the hospital beds for a while. I use a zero gravity chair most of the time. but it would !be nice to be able to have more adjustments than the way I have now.
It never occurred to me to request a prescription for one. Brilliant!

If you have medicare they will pay if your Dr. says you need one. mike

I have had an adjustable bed for over 20 yrs. It has had some benefit, but I have and still do spend a lot of nights in the recliner, sometimes that is the only place I can get comfortable. Everyone is different and I have been dealing with stress fractures more than anything the last few yrs.
I was on Medicare when I got mine and they would not pay for it back then, but a prescription let me claim the expense on my taxes. Might be different now.
J.R.

Beds are a big decision... shoes as well for me. The wrong choice and it is money down the drain.

In the States I loved the sleep comfort beds so I could adjust them. Here in Argentina I told them about my issues... I would go to stores and lay on the beds for 1/2 hour, they were OK with that. That is all the time I need to know if a bed will work.

Best to you Elmer on finding a bed.

Hope things are better with parents. Sounds like the talk did a little good.

Tim

Yes, I am careful about what shoes I wear also, I have tossed a couple new pair of shoes away in the past.
Iam going to be moving into an apartment tomorrow, it is a decent place, its very clean and the location is good.
I called my doctor today and requested a hospital bed, Iam waiting for news on that. I hope its very soon.
I think the best way for me is to just take care of myself at this time.
I need very little, a place that I feel at home, that I can relax my mind, and hopefully get some better quality sleep.

I hope that bed came today! My recliner is sitting right by the fireplace waiting on me.

The bed did get here but it's missing a bar that the motor turns to tilt it.
I was pretty disappointed but they can order the missing part. I hope its more comfortable than looks. So for the time being I have a flat bed. I am happy though that my insurance paid the total cost.

I use a sleep number bed it's a glorified air mattress. i keep it soft my shoulders don't like a hard mattress. Mike

Pezzami,
It never occurred to me either, I thought they were just for sick people.
I hate to think I have been suffering for the past year needlessly.
I know its nerve pain because its only at night. But it's some wicked pain and I dread it every night. Iam feeling exhausted because Iam losing so much sleep.

Pokonomike,
I did check out the sleep number beds and I just didn't want to spend that much money. They did I have have a tilt option frame, but was just too much money,
I am just hoping this bed will help. I did buy a name brand air mattress and covered it with a memory foam a few months ago. its really comfortable until you fall asleep...