Don't "F" with my chair!

[angieskidney]

Today I grabbed 2 cups of ice prior to hookup

[Panda_9]

I saw a new chair that was on trial for the new unit and they looked very uncomfortable. The seat part was that eggshell matress stuff and there were two wing type things on the headrest, which for me would be uncomfortable as when I fall asleep I put my head to the side. I think those chairs would make that uncomfortable. Not that Ive really been sleeping on the machine lately. Too busy checking BP.

[angieskidney]

what is the most comfortable chair for hemo dialysis?

[Zach]

what is the most comfortable chair for hemo dialysis?

They're at a small dialysis center in the République et Canton de Genève.  Oui. It was the best!!!
 

[kitkatz]

I sat in a fairly comfy "new" chair on Friday.  It was pretty comfy, I was surprised. It looked like it had been kicked to a curb a few times.  That was probably why is was comfy! I had a place for my butt and it did not slide out like the other chairs.  If the chairs would just lay back and not slide out your butt.  If the new chairs they buy for the unit suck, I am going to lose my mind totally.  (And you all thought I had lost it already!)  Just wait.  They say new chairs and machines in our unit by December.  Holy crap!  There has not been a changeover in machines since I have been there.  They were changing over to new machines when I started at this unit eight years ago. They went from really old machines, to slightly newer ones.  We are supposed to be getting the "gee whiz bang" new machines.  I am not holding my breath!  We got new chairs around four years ago, not as comfy as the old recliners we had.  I adjusted to them. 

I really will lose my mind if the new chairs are not comfortable.
I will tie the director of the place down to a chair with paper tape and clamps and ask them if they want to sit there for four hours at a time!!!

[angieskidney]

I really will lose my mind if the new chairs are not comfortable.
I will tie the director of the place down to a chair with paper tape and clamps and ask them if they want to sit there for four hours at a time!!!

lol you go girl!! 

[tubes]

here is a pic of our new and old chair.
blue=old
brownish red=new

The new chair has been making its way around the unit since last week.  Wednesday was my day to sit in it.    I was not a happy camper.  At first it was uncomfortable...then I asked if the head went down any further.  Head went down, feet went up, it was so much nicer in that position.  But I got very hot sitting in that chair.
Well I can Bitch all I want but thats the chair we are getting. 

[angieskidney]

wow your new chair looks like ours. But ours I hate because they slide your butt out and are so hard to get back into a sitting position at the end of your run without cramping. How do you find them? Yours (both old and new) are different than the ones at my unit, but looking at  your old chair, damn that looks comfy lol

[tubes]

What do u mean angie,

How do you find them?

That is a pic of my unit, if thats what u mean.

[kitkatz]

If I want to slide my butt out in a chair and be super uncomfortable for four hours, I just go to my dialysis center three days a week!

[angieskidney]

What do u mean angie,

How do you find them?

That is a pic of my unit, if thats what u mean.

I mean how COMFORTABLE did you find them.

[Zach]

The blue=old looks a lot more comfy.  Is it a Lazy Boy?

[Sara]

Just speaking as someone who doesn't have to sit in those, that old blue chair looks pretty nice, and that new red one looks like a torture device!  Who the heck designs these things?  I completely agree that the directors and nurses should have to spend 4-5 hours in these chairs before forcing them on the patients.

[angieskidney]

Just speaking as someone who doesn't have to sit in those, that old blue chair looks pretty nice, and that new red one looks like a torture device!  Who the heck designs these things?  I completely agree that the directors and nurses should have to spend 4-5 hours in these chairs before forcing them on the patients.

Exactly my point! 

[BigSky]

Dialysis chairs are made for medical advantage, not necessarily comfort.

While the Lazy boy is more comfortable it has several disadvantages.


The biggest one being it is does not let patients be put into the Trendelenberg position when needed.

[sandman]

For those of us ( like me for example ) who don't know what the Trendelenburg's position is, here is what that means.

http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/967.html

[tubes]

What do u mean angie,

How do you find them?

That is a pic of my unit, if thats what u mean.

I mean how COMFORTABLE did you find them.

Sorry angie, had a brain fart.  I didnt like it at first, but after my nurse reclined it all the way back it was bareable. 

The blue=old looks a lot more comfy. Is it a Lazy Boy?

It reclines.  Not sure if it is an actual "Lazy Boy" brand.

These chairs do have the "medical advantage" as Bigsky was saying.  For the nurses, the chairs are higher up so the nurses dont have to bend so far over.  The blue chairs are not sanitary, I was told.  The red chairs, the side of the chair opens up on both side for easier cleaning and removing a patient that needs taken off quickly.
One thing I like about the chair is the pillow.

[angieskidney]

Ya the pillow is unique! It looks like mine but mine doesn't have the pillow! lol Mine when it reclines slides the butt out .. which I find at the end of dialysis when your run is done and you want to sit up, the only way to sit up since you butt is out and you are on your back .. is to either use your stomach muscles and cramp OR to use the side tables as leverage which inturn releases the lock and the tables fall down and so does all your stuff

Just my take on my chair lol I'll try to remember to take a pic as well!

Anyone else posting pics of their chairs?

[Panda_9]

The pillow on that new chair looks awful. They always seem to make the pillow part for tall people so you end up with a kinked neck. Our remote controlled chairs have the pillow bit and for me to be comfy I have to recline the chair. We also have chairs similar to the blue one and they are comfy, however if you need to lay flat the nurses have to push the back of the chair down for you, and because Im short, it slowly creeps back up. The other chairs you can recline the foot and the head seperately, and you can raise or lower the chair. Only thing I dont like about them is they are really hard on your bum.

[kitkatz]

We had a chair that was broken and if you reclined in the chair it would slowly recline you all of the way into a lying down position and then you would get stuck in that one position.  They had to put a trashcan behind it to get it to stay up and not flatten you all the way down.
They claim we are getting a brand new redo of the entire center.  They plan to close down parts of it each time until it is all finished.  I am not holding my breath.  I will believe it when I see it.  We have all new Fresenius machines now.  One of the brand new machines has a touch screen that is already a "pound on it" screen.  It was interesting withing the tech try to get it to accept commands while he is putting me on it the other day.  Sheez!  They say they will have new chairs and new TVs for us soon.

[Sluff]

We had a chair that was broken and if you reclined in the chair it would slowly recline you all of the way into a lying down position and then you would get stuck in that one position.  They had to put a trashcan behind it to get it to stay up and not flatten you all the way down.
They claim we are getting a brand new redo of the entire center.  They plan to close down parts of it each time until it is all finished.  I am not holding my breath.  I will believe it when I see it.  We have all new Fresenius machines now.  One of the brand new machines has a touch screen that is already a "pound on it" screen.  It was interesting withing the tech try to get it to accept commands while he is putting me on it the other day.  Sheez!  They say they will have new chairs and new TVs for us soon.

Well I hope you do get the updates.

[goofynina]

We had a chair that was broken and if you reclined in the chair it would slowly recline you all of the way into a lying down position and then you would get stuck in that one position.  They had to put a trashcan behind it to get it to stay up and not flatten you all the way down.
They claim we are getting a brand new redo of the entire center.  They plan to close down parts of it each time until it is all finished.  I am not holding my breath.  I will believe it when I see it.  We have all new Fresenius machines now.  One of the brand new machines has a touch screen that is already a "pound on it" screen.  It was interesting withing the tech try to get it to accept commands while he is putting me on it the other day.  Sheez!  They say they will have new chairs and new TVs for us soon.

Well I hope you do get the updates.

My prediction is that you have your transplant before all these changes take place  

[kitkatz]

 

[Adam_W]

Hmmm, I'm surprised I missed this thread. At my old centre we had those ugly medical green chairs. At first they were absolutely awful to sit in, but after a while my bum would just go numb and I wouldn't feel the pain of the awful chairs. Now I just sit on my bed when I dialyze, and if I get uncomfortable, I just get up and walk around my room a bit and stretch my legs. I'm probably one of the most "mobile" dialysis patients because I regularly get up and do things around the room while I'm on the machine (I put extra tape around my lines to make sure my needles don't come out).

Adam

[kitkatz]

I changed dialysis centers recently. Nice staff where I am now. Friendly people. No cable TV!  I need cable TV, oh well they do have a DVD player that can play movies for all of us.  I guess I am going to be up to date on movies.