turning in bed - Parkinson's Disease Message Board

ziggy · 09-27-2001, 09:13 AM

Can anyone explain why it's so difficult to turn in bed? This has got to be one of the worst aggravating problems associated with PD, at least in my case.
Sometimes i get claustrophobic and suffer mild panic attacks when i can't get comfortable.
Strange, strange...i hate this @##&% disease!

Googy · 09-27-2001, 02:24 PM

Ziggy ,Do you have silk sheets.I know many PD folks swear by them.

Googy

ziggy · 09-27-2001, 05:29 PM

silk sheets?...i'll try anything once!
thanks googy

Bruce · 09-27-2001, 08:11 PM

Ziggy, I am very familar with your problem. Satin sheets might be cheaper and another thing that realy slip and slidesis I wear nylon warm up pants to bed. You can order them on the internet. Adidus is one brand. The combination of the satin sheets and the nylon warm up pants works very well and doesn't take much effert to turn over.

Bruce

Pelicangirl · 09-28-2001, 06:02 AM

Hi Ziggy,

Satin Sheets seem to do the trick for many people, but it didn't for us. We couldn't seem to make the sheets stay on the bed and we couldn't stay in bed. It was very funny in some ways. The satin just slipped all over the place.

Now, I did read of someone who did this. She sewed a patch of satin right where she slept and it worked! That way there was no bottom sheet and top sheet to work with.

Pelicangirl (aka Ruth)