I didn't realize that. I'm I the the only one on the quad list that sleeps an old-fashioned waterbed turned on hundred. I never get any kind of sores from the my bed. It can happen with underpads both disposable and reusable. One time I burn my bottom because the power cord from my laptop was under my bottom and it was very hot and about to burn out. When we cannot feel it is so hard., I have gotten pressure sores from my cushion going flat and not knowing. I use a high-profile, quadta Roho. Why can't there be something invented that would let you know when the air goes out. Someone needs to invent that. Dana In a message dated 1/27/2014 7:56:41 A.M. Central Standard Time, davekrehb...@earthlink.net writes:
I have an air mattress, which alternates pressure between different sections. Yes, it is harder to get warm, because the air pump is blowing cold air into the mattress, and probably through the mattress and under your sheets. The good news is: cooler temperatures and alternating pressures help to reduce wounds. The bad news is the cold. I sleep with three blankets and sometimes a wool cap to keep warm. Dave From: nichole rohling [mailto:zoocr...@windstream.net] Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2014 7:44 PM To: 'Raymond Kelly'; quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] SelectAir air mattress I use flannel sheets year round and I’m in Oklahoma. Nicki From: Raymond Kelly [mailto:kelra...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2014 4:53 PM To: xQuad-list Subject: [QUAD-L] SelectAir air mattress Hello, I am a C3/4 complete quadriplegic. I have been sleeping on a foam mattress for years without a problem, but I recently got a chance to try out a SelectAir air mattress.I was offer this mattress secondhand for free and I have heard how air mattresses are supposed to be better for us quadriplegics so I figured I should give it a try. The main problem I seem to have with it is that I could not keep warm enough. For some reason I had to put a lot more blankets over me to warm me up on the air mattress then on the foam mattress. I am just writing wondering if anybody on this list uses that type air mattress and have had the same problem? While I am writing, I am wondering what other people who use that mattress used for sheets. Thank you very much in advance for any information you could offer me about this. Raymond Kelly