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Get someone to drive you to Ikea with your own wheelchair or have someone bring a store wheelchair to the car for you. Go flop on the thicker mattresses 'til one feels good Then get a thick mattress topper for even better accommodation of pain issue.Have you done this? How did you work it out?
I'm relieved they still make these.I ultimatlely ended up with my sturdy two-sided mattress
I did wonder how those would work out. Thanks for the report.he ordered me a hospital mattress
I would have just had to randomly order one online otherwise and use my memory foam to soften whatever i got.
Get someone to drive you to Ikea with your own wheelchair or have someone bring a store wheelchair to the car for you. Go flop on the thicker mattresses 'til one feels good Then get a thick mattress topper for even better accommodation of pain issue.
This would be my approach too but without trying the mattresses out as I cannot go out. I ended up getting a mid-range mattress from a mid-range brand (not too expensive but good enough quality so that is doesn't start falling apart in a year or two), knowing that the mattress would likely not be perfect. Expecting the mattress to be quite firm, I also bought a 2 inch memory foam topper (in a zipped washable cover) to go on top of the mattress. This actually worked out surprisingly well. It is easier to make a firm mattress softer with a topper than make a soft mattress supportive.
@WillowJ, I agree with Valentijn. If it is at all feasible, trying out mattresses is the best way to go. But I understand that it might not be possible.Get someone to drive you to Ikea with your own wheelchair or have someone bring a store wheelchair to the car for you. Go flop on the thicker mattresses 'til one feels good
I forgot to add a couple things.
I agree with folks who are saying the pillow-top mattresses lose their comfort fairly quickly. The one we used to have got flattened out after about a year (or maybe less) with hollows/depressions and did not bounce back.
I don't mind having a one-sided, non-flip mattress. Who has the energy to flip them?