I don't know if you can call what medicare and medicaid do as being help.I had a hill-rom 840 that lasted 32 years before the it finally got so bad that it had to have a kill switch mounted where I could get it. Med/Med decided all I needed was a semi-electric bed. Stop saying you want a hospital bed. Your not sick. Ask for a bed for handicapped people. This thing they dumped on me is crap. The mattress is just unbelievable. It has a set of springs inside. On top it has an alternating pressure pad. This was listed as an alternating pressure mattress.(this is really an over priced pool toy and should be labeled as such). Be very carefull of your language and tell your doctor you must have a low air loss mattress and tell him you need a fully electric bed with controls you can use.
good luck, john ----- Original Message ---- From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 5:37:09 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] bed Hi Everyone, Has medicare helped anyone with a new hospital bed? My bed now is so old and is always in disrepair.I am not happy with the company that I have been dealing with.I need a hospital bed being that I am a C5/6 quad.What kind of bed do you all use? Any suggestions? -- Keep on Rollin, Paul ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
