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[Karl187]

Hey guys, just wanting to ask a quick Q.

A new wheelchair cushion arrived for me the other day, totally out of the blue. I use a Varilite Wave and I've had my current one for about 5 months.
The question is: How often do you need/should you need to replace them?

Cheers,

Karl187

[norma]

I've had mine for 14 months. I was told at rehab that you can get a new one every 2 years.
It is still all new to me?? I guess if you need a new one you would need a script for one from an ot.

[Illinois Boy]

I've always used Roho cushions, they're good for at least 5 years if you take care of them........

Have aa bran new Jay I'll sell for 10 bucks, I hate it........

Jim

[CR_L1]

Wheelchair services in essex will supply a new one every 18 months
That's what they told me.
CR

[E-DOG]

How often do you need to replace them?

When ya get a pressure sore the size of a Cadillac that looks like an over ripe moldy tomato.
That would be my guess, but I never get 'em.

[wheeliebear75]

I guess that depends on what you have & what kinda miles it traveled.......or Km in the case of you non-Americans.

[greybeard]

wheeliebear75, on Aug 29 2009, 10:15 PM, said:

.or Km in the case of you non-Americans.

and non-Brits!!

Edited by greybeard, 29 August 2009 - 10:14 PM.

[SnoFl]

Karl187, After a couple of years, my oriignal Jay gel cusion dried up/became hard. So, i gotta Jay2 gel cusion as a replacement... then i decided to buy a gel mattress... cool


IllinoisBoy... the Roho and me did not like each other. heh heeeee

[Karl187]

Cheers for the info guys. I guess I'll give my current cushion a little longer, always good to have a spare one.

(FYI- The Wave is an air-filled cushion, with the valves at the front sides, pretty comfy too I must say.)

[Meadowlarkmark]

I get a cushion when every i can talk, arm twist or what ever my provider and PT will OK...

[August]

Karl187, on Aug 29 2009, 07:14 PM, said:

Hey guys, just wanting to ask a quick Q.

A new wheelchair cushion arrived for me the other day, totally out of the blue. I use a Varilite Wave and I've had my current one for about 5 months.
The question is: How often do you need/should you need to replace them?

Cheers,

Karl187

Wheelchair services seem to think it should be every couple of years or so. However, you may find that physical changes mean you need to opt for a different cushion sooner. A loss of muscle mass and an increase in leg length meant my son's cushion was no longer suitable. It took some months before this was identified as the cause of the problems he was having with marking. We had been warned that a cushion could deteriorate but not that it could cease to be adequate because of physical changes. It might seem obvious in hindsight but even the professionals didn't twig for some time.

August

[Trinity]

I am on an 18 month...ish time scale with wheelchair services

Edited by trinity, 01 September 2009 - 08:46 AM.

[fatcrx]

Karl187, on Aug 29 2009, 07:14 PM, said:

Hey guys, just wanting to ask a quick Q.

A new wheelchair cushion arrived for me the other day, totally out of the blue. I use a Varilite Wave and I've had my current one for about 5 months.
The question is: How often do you need/should you need to replace them?

Cheers,

Karl187

you sure your current cushion aint just a loaner, i have a new cushion on the way but il have to return the old one bak to musgrave.

[E-DOG]

Any female on this site who has a used wheelchair cushion they no longer want please contact me for proper disposal.
Do you know how long it takes the average cushion to bio-degrade? Over a hundred thousand years and we're not talking doggy years here, these are regular years with 365 days in 'em. All they do is add to the already colossal trash problem we have around the world and they take up too much useful space in a closet or garage, leaving no room to hang up the occasional jehovas witness.

I'm gonna try to create a tier marketing company, selling used women's cushions, socks, toothpicks etc. Maybe a telemarketing boiler room and E-bay sales and auctions. Just think of it boys and girls, so many perverts, so few cushions to sniff, to hold, to call yer own in a sea of loneliness and despair.

Of course this will be a non-profit endeavor, for tax purposes and I certainly wouldn't want anything out of it, just trying to be of service to all involved.
Doing my part fer god 'n country and gettin' my fat lazy ass back on the road to financial freedom.

So please people, let's all help E-dog help himself, because without our help he is, well, helpless, bless his pea pickin' lil' heart.

I'm willing to pay 50 cents per cushion plus half the shipping and enigmatic "handling" charges which are $28.95 rounded off to about 40 bucks, I'd say.

So reach deep folks, into your pockets, purses, children's piggy banks and parent's retirement funds.
Help someone who truly cares.
About himself, and maybe others too.

E-dog / I cannot do this by myself people. I need your help. Please. And thank you, from the bottom of a heart ravaged by the inequities of a world gone mad with fear and greed.

[jules]

Not sure if this has got anything to do with it but I had a letter from Varilite - I use a zoid to say that some cushions had been manufactured with a flaw and they were being replaced free of charge. I had to check the serial number on mine and it was fine. Maybe your W/C service had the same problem.
Just a thought, but might be worth checking.
Jules

[carole338]

E-dog.. You didn't put your address...

[Karl187]

fatcrx, on Sep 1 2009, 06:09 PM, said:

Karl187, on Aug 29 2009, 07:14 PM, said:

Hey guys, just wanting to ask a quick Q.

A new wheelchair cushion arrived for me the other day, totally out of the blue. I use a Varilite Wave and I've had my current one for about 5 months.
The question is: How often do you need/should you need to replace them?

Cheers,

Karl187

you sure your current cushion aint just a loaner, i have a new cushion on the way but il have to return the old one bak to musgrave.

Before I left they said they'd let me keep the one I was on and get themselves a replacement. So I was puzzled as to why this new one arrived with no explanation, some guy from a company just dropped it off. I haven't heard from Musgrave at all.