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Medical Forum / General / General / December 2006Sleeping on a futon couch
I have a very expensive and comfortable bed in my bedroom upstairs but upstair is colder than downstairs and I don't like the heater on at night because it gets hot. I don't like comforter and I like to have weight form blankets on my body. I use a handwoven wool blanket on top of my quilted cotton bedspread and then another layer of velour blanket on top of my wool blanket. I usually use a little portable heater (http://www.todaysconcept.com/holmes-hfh2986-electric-heater-fan.html) in my bed next to my pillow to get the chill out of the bed sheets but lately I ended up liking the heat such that I am qeezing that little heater under the covers next to me so that the heat stays inside this enclosure. Of course, the bedsheets gets too hot and it's not wise to play with fire even though this unit seems quite safe: http://www.todaysconcept.com/holmes-hfh2986-electric-heater-fan.html I have a really nice futon - the most expensive one - that I bought 3 years ago but not used the first 2 years. It is very comfortable to sleep in because the room temperature downstairs in this house where this futon is kept is just perfect (with no heater on at night) for summer time and with a wool blanket in winter. I never unfold the futon from couch position because it's hard for me to put it back to couch position. Sometimes I ended up falling aslep when watching tv at night but I moved to my bed when I woke up in the middle of the night. So I am sleeping in a position where half of my body vertically is not ont he same plane as the other. Last night, I decided not to move to my bed because I don't like turning on that portable heater. Direct heat on my upper body gets my nose dry. I am wondering whether sleeping on that futon couch in such a slanted position can have any medical complication. Per Amanda: >I am wondering whether sleeping on that futon couch in such a slanted >position can have any medical complication. Dunno exactly what a futon couch is, but long, long ago and far, far away I wound up sleeping on a piece two-inch-thick foam rubber over a concrete floor for about a year. It was in a tropical climate, so I was never cold - but I attribute my hip problems today to that year.  SignaturePeteCresswell > Per Amanda: > >I am wondering whether sleeping on that futon couch in such a slanted [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > It was in a tropical climate, so I was never cold - but I attribute my hip > problems today to that year. I think that if you continued to sleep the same way, this wouldn't have happened :) > Dunno exactly what a futon couch is ..... Lots to choose from here: http://images.google.co.uk/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=futon+couch&btnG =Search Basically, you are sleeping on something that is primarily designed for sitting on. In my limited experience they are uncomfortable whether you sit or sleep on them. My personal opinion is that they are probably OK for occasional use but not suitable for sleeping on a regular basis. > > Dunno exactly what a futon couch is ..... > > Lots to choose from here: > http://images.google.co.uk/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=futon+couch&btnG =Search Mine is better than all of those. Paid $550. > Basically, you are sleeping on something that is primarily designed for > sitting on. In my limited experience they are uncomfortable whether you sit > or sleep on them. > My personal opinion is that they are probably OK for > occasional use but not suitable for sleeping on a regular basis. I have knonw people, but young people though, sleeping on a much cheaper one regular basis. And he didn't even unfold it. I wouldn't sleep on regular basis. > > > Dunno exactly what a futon couch is ..... > > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > cheaper one regular basis. And he didn't even unfold it. I wouldn't > sleep on regular basis. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The futon has been discribed in the media thus: "An uncomfortable couch that converts to an uncomfortable bed." Cheers, David H ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > Dunno exactly what a futon couch is ..... > > > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > Cheers, David H > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There are a lot of couches worse than a good futon couch. No couch is made for bed but a lot of people fall asleep on couch. [It's too cold to sleep in her bed and she doesn't want to use more bedding, so she's sleeping on the futon downstairs, or else putting an electric space heater under the covers with her.] Have you considered getting an electric blanket? > [It's too cold to sleep in her bed and she doesn't want to use more > bedding, so she's sleeping on the futon downstairs, or else putting > an electric space heater under the covers with her.] > > Have you considered getting an electric blanket? I don't want direct heat to my body. I can sleep fine in my bedroom. > [It's too cold to sleep in her bed and she doesn't want to use more > bedding, so she's sleeping on the futon downstairs, or else putting > an electric space heater under the covers with her.] > > Have you considered getting an electric blanket? I don't want heat directly to my body even for a little bit much less though out the night. My bedtoom is fine but would be perfect if the ambient temperature is like downstairs. > > [It's too cold to sleep in her bed and she doesn't want to use more > > bedding, so she's sleeping on the futon downstairs, or else putting [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > though out the night. My bedtoom is fine but would be perfect if the > ambient temperature is like downstairs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I don't understand why the downstairs is warmer when heat is known to rise. The electric blanket suggestion is good because electric "blankets" have changed recently. You can now buy an "electric throw" which is 4 feet by 5 feet and which you place on top of your bedspread or quilt. They are made in China (surprise!) and Sears sells them for US $35. The power usage is only 115 watts and the thermostat has 3 settings. The throw is washable but cannot be drycleaned. The conductor is rigid wire, probably 16 gauge. Cheers, David H in Texas ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > [It's too cold to sleep in her bed and she doesn't want to use more > > > bedding, so she's sleeping on the futon downstairs, or else putting [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > I don't understand why the downstairs is warmer when heat is known > to rise. Me neither. Actually, I was referring to downstair living room. I think that when I have the central heater on during the day, the living room gets the heat well while my upstairs bedroom doesn't and hence the bed is pretty cold the whole day. The bedroom design is terrible in this house. Th room is connected, with no dorr, to an area where there are 2 closets, 2 basins a shower room, a jacuzzi, and a small rest room. >The electric blanket suggestion is good because electric > "blankets" have changed recently. I see. > You can now buy an "electric throw" which is 4 feet by 5 feet and > which you place on top of your bedspread or quilt. They are made > in China (surprise!) and Sears sells them for US $35. The power > usage is only 115 watts and the thermostat has 3 settings. When I bougth an electric bedspread (twin size) 11 years ago which I hardly used all these years because I moved soo after that, I wished I bought the electric blanket but you said they have changed. > The throw is washable but cannot be drycleaned. The conductor > is rigid wire, probably 16 gauge. I did remember seeing those. I can use it when sitting at my computer desk as well instead of this portable heater that makes my office chiar so hot at one side. This is a great suggestion. > Cheers, David H in Texas > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > [It's too cold to sleep in her bed and she doesn't want to use more > > > > bedding, so she's sleeping on the futon downstairs, or else putting [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Amanda, In what township is this flat ? Having a bedroom with a washbowl and lu not segregated by a door is weird. It is as if the building were designed for singles having no expectation of a bed partner. It must be the result of a design change by a general contractor who ran out of scope. I found a pension [pensao] in Lisbon in 1990 that had a lovely room with a washbowl and mirror for US $15 per day. But the toilet was down the hall, and thank goodness it did have a door on it. Cheers, David H ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Amanda, > In what township is this flat ? Having a bedroom with a washbowl [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > result of a design change by a general contractor who ran out of > scope. Its a house and I didn't say that the bathroom had no door. Is aid the area where there were 2 losets, 2 basins, etc.
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