A few years someone asked how many slept in a chair
I have slept in a chair for the past 6 years and not gone to bed ,I can not sleep in a bed
If I try I only finish up down stairs I am sure I'm not the only one
Hope you have all had a good bank holiday or maybe all the days are the same to you like me
Take care
Dorothy xxx
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Hi newlands. I have seen a few people on here that have said they sleep in chair. I hope I never have to do it because I would find it so uncomfortable with my fibro and arthritis.
Many on here sleep sat up, propped up by lots of pillows. I can't sleep propped up either.
As for the days all seeming the same, I know what you mean and for me, that's not caused by my COPD, yet, but, by my fibromyalgia. Being stuck in day after day is bound to make the days seem all the same.
I especially miss Friday's (Pre- sickness.) because it was payday and marked the start of the weekend, when we would do something as a treat. It gave me such a sense of purpose. xx
Hi I have other health issues been offered a hospital bed for my home use already have a mattress lifter but still need to sleep in chair
My main care youngest daughter has fibro
Take care
Dorothyxx
I have slept in a chair since January,when I came out of hospital after an accident with badly swollen legs with fluid. When I try to sleep in a bed I get this urge to sit up with my feet on the floor. The doctor says it is the fluid from my legs travelling up my body and affecting my heart and lungs. Even now that my legs are a lot less swollen due to taking 5 diuretics a day and having my legs bound to get rid of the fluid, I can't sleep in a bed. I do put my legs on a stool but can't keep them there all night! It doesn't cause shortness of breath, just an overwhelming urge to put my feet down! Keep smiling
Carole x
Hi Carole yes that's just how I feel ,needing to put my feet down
I treated myself just before Christmas to a lovely recliner chair it's a big help ,I have had to keep the remote out of the way because when the great grandchildren come they love that chair and so far they haven't discovered what it does
Take care
Dorothy xx
I one of those but if I put the recliner up my legs aren't strong enough to push it back down so I would be stuck in the night
Carole xx
Me too Dorothy, about five years now. I can't lie down AND breathe. I have a recliner and a separate foot stool and now I have got used to it it's quite comfortable.
Love from Bobby xxxx
Hi Bobby so good too hear from you , my daughter jokes well you don't have to make the bed !Do hope you are ok life s a bummer sometime but I wake up each morning
Got my community Matron now have a consultant had ex rays offered day care at the local hospice oxygen and oramorph why have I done without all this for a few years . Matron says I have slipped the net how many more have slipped the net Bobby
You take care and again great to hear from you
Dorothy xx
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