That bad in the hospital during my long hospitalization and after my surgery. If I had trouble using my Dragon also I did not know you could get them at home I had mine at KU medical center Medicare is primary and Blue Cross is secondary so I'm sure Medicare would not pay for the bed at home? My fixator put a hole in the mattress twice. Dana
Sent from my iPhone On Jun 21, 2013, at 8:48 PM, greg <g...@eskimo.com> wrote: > My insurance covered the Clinatron bed. At least 80% of it anyway. > I got a pressure sore on my butt again, it's the biggest one I've had. > Staying in my regular bed getting turned every two hours was a big hassle. > Not even really getting turned I had to stay on my right side. So I was > either turned really far, or I was turned just a little bit. It put too much > pressure on my sore if I was on my back or my left side. > The Clinatron bed is full of sand, that blows around inside the mattress. It > used to be a huge bed though now it's the size of a regular hospital bed. It > has one big problem, it is very loud. It's so loud my environmental control > unit barely works. At least I can lay on my back part of the time. I have a > hard time using Dragon also, but I guess it's worth it. > They say you can lay on your back and not get turned at all, but I think it's > better to get turned now and then anyway. But man is it loud. > Greg >
