Five years now I have been sitting in a wheelchair or power chair. I can only stand up briefly when transferring and then only if I am holding on to something with both hands. Last night a neighbor came over to try to help me with a computer problem and first off he noticed my pants were about halfway down my hips and informed me that I needed to pull them up. This or something similar happens several times a week. So I explained to him that I can get my butt of the seat only by pushing on the armrests with BOTH hands and would he please tell me where my third arm is to pull the pants up with, unless he was volunteering his services. Before I get out of bed I roll both ways on the bed and pull my pants up until I'm about to give myself a wedgie, but in the process of sliding over into my chair inevitably the waistline starts it's journey downward. Then during the day as I have to readjust my position in the chair they slide downward a little more. I try to make sure everything stays covered up but sooner or later if I have company somebody informs me that I need to pull my pants up. What's a guy to do?

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Bob DeWoody

My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events.

How about trying bib overalls? Or put suspenders on your pants.

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Old James

Try putting overalls on while lying in bed and then getting them down every three or four hours to empty the bladder while still sitting. As for the suspenders I tried them but inevitably the clasps end up in a location where they chafe or cut me. Remember I am either sitting in my chair or lying down, so I sit there up to 8 hours at a stretch. One solution I could join a nudist colony. Living in Florida I would only need clothes a couple of months out of the year. My normal dress at home is boxers, a pair of sweat shorts and a t-shirt.

This is a minor travail and I admit I really just wanted to vent a little steam. But any truly inspired suggestions will be considered, but try doing what you suggest while sitting and not using your legs, if it works then tell me.

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Bob DeWoody

My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events.

Try putting overalls on while lying in bed and then getting them down every three or four hours to empty the bladder while still sitting. As for the suspenders I tried them but inevitably the clasps end up in a location where they chafe or cut me. Remember I am either sitting in my chair or lying down, so I sit there up to 8 hours at a stretch. One solution I could join a nudist colony. Living in Florida I would only need clothes a couple of months out of the year. My normal dress at home is boxers, a pair of sweat shorts and a t-shirt.

This is a minor travail and I admit I really just wanted to vent a little steam. But any truly inspired suggestions will be considered, but try doing what you suggest while sitting and not using your legs, if it works then tell me.

How about just a bathrobe then? Or just get and old fashioned nightshirt. I know LL Bean used to sell them.
Edit- The kind of long night shirt You see guys wear in old movies. The one I remember the best is the old movie about Scrooge.

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Old James

I actually have this issue except without legs it's easier to pull myself in and out of my chair I suspect. The morning wedgie is extremely familiar to me. Once in awhile they tell me at work to get my hands out of my pants with the way I have to pull them up.

I'm not quite sure how to tackle this one either.

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Just an idea, not based on experience:
Braces?

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

The idea about wearing a long night shirt or T shirt is worth investigating. I wore braces as a child until I was 13 or 14. Neither the doctors nor medicare view setting me up in braces as an option. It's been over 5 years now since the car accident that forced me to give up walking and any attempt now to get me back on my feet would require more physical therapy than they will authorise If I were independently wealthy I would have hired a physical therapist and paid for the necessary medical equipment myself. Believe me, I would rather be walking than riding if I could.

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Bob DeWoody

My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events.

Just an idea, not based on experience:
Braces?

If I remember right, what Brits call Braces, Americans call Suspenders.
What Brits call Suspenders, Americans might call Garter belts - used to hold up Ladies' stockings.

America and Great Britain - two peoples separated by a common language.

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Donald
Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired

Just an idea, not based on experience:
Braces?

If I remember right, what Brits call Braces, Americans call Suspenders.
What Brits call Suspenders, Americans might call Garter belts - used to hold up Ladies' stockings.

America and Great Britain - two peoples separated by a common language.

Ahh, OK, suspenders had already been discussed. My definition of braces is that they are devices that people wear to reinforce weak joints like knees and ankles. You see them on American football players all the time.

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Bob DeWoody

My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events.

Donald - Thanks for the translation - I spent hours looking and failing.

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

Donald - Thanks for the translation - I spent hours looking and failing.

Two years bouncing back and forth to Scotland, I learned a few of those differences the hard way....

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Donald
Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired

Hi Bob,

Have you tried a monkey bar? The triangle thing they use on hospital beds. You can get a free standing one (not freebie!). If you could lift yourself up a little with one hand and pull up your trousers with the other, then swap over for the other side. It would also give your arms some good muscle workout. Google "monkey bar hospital bed"

I'm a quad and my tracksuit pants often have less than standard elastic waist for comfort and although I don't shift in my chair they do come down on occasion. I figure if someone can't handle the sight of a butt cheek or something else then they are disabled in head or heart!

KBO as Churchill said!

Donald - Thanks for the translation - I spent hours looking and failing.

Two years bouncing back and forth to Scotland, I learned a few of those differences the hard way....

I suppose one of the most important things to learn is that sh@g is not a type of carpet.

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

If your trousers have belt loops get 2 pieces of string and tie your pants to the arms of the wheelchair. If you make the string one big loop you wont have knots sticking into your back. You could atach some velcro tape to the chair end of the string or just tie the string like a shoelace with a bowknot.

Edit: Venetion blind cord is cheap, soft, thin(2mm) and incredibly strong. We used to use it for tow ropes for sea kayak rescues.

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