Question from Judith Wisdom
I still haven’t figured out how to handle this one and thought maybe someone might now see an answer.
Over the period of my illness of 20 years I’ve always had mattrasses that were free of flame retardant, purchased from places who knew about chemical sensitivity problems. Many of you must be in the same situation with regard to having to spend more for mattrasses so you wouldn’t be exposed to toxic outgassing. The mattrasses have been constructed of organic lambswool and/or cotton. I’ve also had a barrier cloth box sspring and mattrass cover. (At the time I bought my last mattrass I was unaware of talalay latex mattrasses, but they are now available and might be even better.)
BUT now due to other physical problems I’ve developed I have to get a different bed frame: one with electric controls that allow you to push a button to raise and lower the back and to raise the bed at the knees.
My doctor will write for a hospital bed and I won’t have to pay a cent.
But they come with ordinary foam mattrasses. They are toxic. And while Medicare will pay for one kind of special mattress–a type that helps minimize or prevent bed sores I’ve heard nothing but no from Medicare hospital bed mattrasses vendors re the special medical need I have. If true, I’d have to pay for the mattrass at one of the many good places that would make them.But that is totally out of the question.
Like many who have been out of work for a long time due to an illness, I am so flat broke now that each month there is worry about being able to pay for food or being able to pay my phone bill. So I haven’t a red cent for a mattress. And my current mattress won’t work on a hospital bed, which will have to be a single bed, while mine is a double bed..
Debra’s Answer
I don’t know if this will work, but here’s a lead.
Flobeds website sells adjustable foundations at http://www.flobeds.com/adjust/index.htm, so perhaps they also sell natural mattresses for them. Just watch out, because this website sells mattresses with natural and synthetic materials.
