Inclining Bed

Hi All,
I have started to have some success with CPAP and have found that I am able to fall asleep more quickly when I sleep at an incline. I have been on my couch for the past severaly days but would like to get back to my bed. I currently have a sleep number bed and found out that they make a frame that will incline your mattress up to about 70 degrees, which is perfect for me. It costs about $1700.00 though. Has anyone ever had any success convincing thier doctor to "sign off" on this and then have thier insurance company cover the costs? Before I purchase this though I was wondering if any others here have had the same issues I had and dealt with them how I plan on dealing with, i.e., bad sinsues >>> get inclince bed to help.


Thanks for listening,


Admiral_Schmidlap

In the mean time, while you are working this out, I have a bed wedge foam piece that I cannot use (incredibly lightly used - once) that I'd be happy to send to you if you would like to have it. Please pm me if you are interested with where to send it to, and I'll be happy to put it into the mail.

quietmorning wrote:In the mean time, while you are working this out, I have a bed wedge foam piece that I cannot use (incredibly lightly used - once) that I'd be happy to send to you if you would like to have it. Please pm me if you are interested with where to send it to, and I'll be happy to put it into the mail.

Hi quietmorning,
Thank you for the generous offer, I sent you a pm.

You know those firm thick wedge-type reading pillows you can buy in any drug store? What I did was buy one for twenty bucks, flip it over, slide it between my mattress and foundation while placing it to the right side a bit... my favorite side of the bed to sleep on. This raised my head and shoulders about nine inches. This was enough for me to elevate my upper body and get the benefits of an inclined bed for virtually no investment, plus it's instantly reversible.

This may not be enough elevation for you, however think about giving it a try. One other note: I love this setup and also the fact that when I roll over on one side or the other, all I have to do is move to the left half of my bed which is unaffected by the reading pillow implant. Sweet... the best of both worlds

WE cut blocks for Dad's bed and used a drill with a big round blade (for door locks) to make a hole in it so the leg won't slide off.

There are also metal legs available to attach to your bed to do the same thing.

To try it out, you could just put blocks under your bed legs - if you like that, then you could get commercially built raises for the head of the bed.

Admiral_Schmidlap wrote:they make a frame that will incline your mattress up to about 70 degrees, which is perfect for me. It costs about $1700.00 though. Admiral_Schmidlap

Emphasis above is mine: I don't mean to be disrespectful, but you mentioned a super-expensive inclining bed that rises to 70 degrees. That can't possibly be right because if it raised another 20 degrees you'd be sleeping standing up!!! Who needs that? Give my previous post or any of the other excellent posts a try before you try to sleep standing up.

http://www.appliancesconnection.com/coa ... ?ref=azcpc

Looks to be under $1,200. Not bad.

Do you really mean 70 degrees? This is steeper than my recliner at the top reclining position.

Can you sleep like that?

If I could sleep like that I bet it would really help my apnea and lower the CPAP pressure.

I can't sleep in one position all night anyway. Too much discomfort.

WarmBodies wrote:Do you really mean 70 degrees? This is steeper than my recliner at the top reclining position.

Can you sleep like that?

If I could sleep like that I bet it would really help my apnea and lower the CPAP pressure.

I can't sleep in one position all night anyway. Too much discomfort.

Hi Warmbodies,
The demonstration that I saw in the Sleep Number store looked like it was 70 degrees but it could have been less. I am back at home now and was trying to measure the angle of incline that I get while sleeping on my couch and it actually looks closer to 40 to 45 degrees. I am not sure that I could sleep at a 70 degree angle, however, I have fallen asleep with the mask on while sitting in an upright position on my love seat, but only for about 30 minutes.

Sir NoddinOff wrote:You know those firm thick wedge-type reading pillows you can buy in any drug store? What I did was buy one for twenty bucks, flip it over, slide it between my mattress and foundation while placing it to the right side a bit... my favorite side of the bed to sleep on. This raised my head and shoulders about nine inches. This was enough for me to elevate my upper body and get the benefits of an inclined bed for virtually no investment, plus it's instantly reversible.

This may not be enough elevation for you, however think about giving it a try. One other note: I love this setup and also the fact that when I roll over on one side or the other, all I have to do is move to the left half of my bed which is unaffected by the reading pillow implant. Sweet... the best of both worlds

Hi Sir NoddinOff,
This is a very good suggestion which I have just tried and I can see it working quite well with a few minor tweaks. quietmorning was kind enough to send me an additional sleeping wedge so now I have two to try with. I will definitely give this a try before spending so much on a special frame.

Sir NoddinOff wrote:You know those firm thick wedge-type reading pillows you can buy in any drug store? What I did was buy one for twenty bucks, flip it over, slide it between my mattress and foundation while placing it to the right side a bit... my favorite side of the bed to sleep on. This raised my head and shoulders about nine inches. This was enough for me to elevate my upper body and get the benefits of an inclined bed for virtually no investment, plus it's instantly reversible.

This may not be enough elevation for you, however think about giving it a try. One other note: I love this setup and also the fact that when I roll over on one side or the other, all I have to do is move to the left half of my bed which is unaffected by the reading pillow implant. Sweet... the best of both worlds

I am having trouble envisioning this.

Does the wedge only keep up 1/2 of the mattress?

If yes, when you sleep on the side withOUT the wedge, doesn't the mattress on that side slant outward towards the side of the bed & allow you to rolll OUT of the bed?

Pictures would be useful.