That would make him an inverse head sleeper and we don't want none of those
on the list, do we?

Actually I've done it several times.  In the summer with a screen over the
hatch it allows for cooler sleeping.  But I never thought of it as a
solution to no knee bed leg syndrome.

Cool.

Mike

On 10/5/04 8:37 PM, "Joy Hecht" <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU> wrote:

> How about sleeping with your head at the other end, so you can just sit down
> on the edge and slide back?
>
>
> Joy
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> :::-----Original Message-----
> :::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
> :::Of Rocket J Squirrel
> :::Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 4:13 PM
> :::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> :::Subject: Assist bar for getting into bed
> :::
> :::I've got a metal knee with a limited range of motion. Can't bend it much
> :::beyond 100 degrees. This means that if I want to climb in or get out of
> :::Mellow Yellow's bed, it's hard to do so without disturbing my lovely
> :::wife sleeping beside me. Try climbing feet first into bed without
> :::bending one knee very far, it's tough.
> :::
>
> <snip>