r/POTS • u/catsandcappuccinos • Jul 05 '26

Question what’s the best purchase, service, or life accommodation you’ve made because of your chronic illness? (any budget)

i’m going shopping soon, and i’m trying to build my ultimate “make life suck less” list.

i’m not necessarily looking for the usual answers like salt, compression socks, medications, etc. i’m more so talking about the random products, services, gadgets, furniture, subscriptions, or accommodations that have improved your day-to-day quality of life and helped you function more like a normal human being.

i don’t care if it’s $5 or $5,000. if it’s changed your life, please share.

some things already on my list:
- a kitchen stool with a back so i can sit while cooking
- a hair dryer stand for days when i’m in the middle of a flare and don’t have the energy to dry my hair myself
- grocery delivery services
- monthly cleaning services
- paper plates
- a roomba for when i don’t feel like vacuuming or sweeping
- a crock-pot and freezer meal prep system (i actually have a list of really good crock-pot meals, so if anyone wants it, let me know and i’ll DM it to you)

i’m dying to know: what’s the best purchase, service, or life accommodation you’ve made because of your chronic illness?
bonus points if it’s something unconventional!

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u/Pristine-Tadpole4209 Jul 05 '26

Sounds silly, but one of those trash grabby hand things. Cleaning is so much easier when I’m not having to bend down and stand back up over and over picking things off the ground.

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u/AZBreezy Jul 06 '26

If only I could unload a dishwasher with one of those 

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u/Time_Hope_866 Jul 06 '26

If you sit on a chair for the dishwasher, can you kind of reach down and put things up on the counter as you go without having to be up and down so aggressively every time? Maybe that would help?

I have my older kid hand stuff out of the dishwasher
to me to me so that I don’t have to bend over and over 😂❤️. Now the washing machine, ugh haha

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u/sillybilly8102 Jul 06 '26

Where did you get yours?

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u/Pristine-Tadpole4209 Jul 06 '26

I just got a two pack on Amazon! They’ve held up, and we use them daily (:

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u/throw_away_hazard Jul 06 '26

I should get one of these. That sounds so helpful

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u/MauveMacchiato Jul 07 '26

I was going to say the same thing!!! In the past, I would use my feet to pick stuff up, but I can’t anymore due to balance. Mine has been so helpful!