Re: Memory Foam, for the third try!

[Guest guest]

Hi Elspeth,

I have the memory-foam mattress topper that I got through a Sears mail

insert flyer. I later pick up the memory-foam pillow that is curved for

side-sleepers. As I said before, I prefer my waveless waterbed but since my

husband didn't like the waterbed, the memory-foam is the next best thing. I

also use a pillow wedge for under my knees (actually it's a body pillow

folded in half or thirds, depending on how sore I am at the time) when I

feel like sleeping on my back. Everyone is different but this is my

experience.

Llweyn

Memory Foam, for the third try!

He Everyone,

This is the third time I've tried sending this message. Sorry.

I was wondering if any Flatbackers have tried the new memory foam

mattresses? I currently sleep with various pillow wedges and other

stacks of pillows (my poor husband calls it my " rig " ) and I admit I'm

intrigued by the commercials for the memory foam mattress. They cost

a bundle, so before I let go of the cash I was hoping someone in the

group had tried one and could testify on thier behalf.

Thanks

elspeth

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[Guest guest]

Hi elspeth! I have a Tempur-Pedic matteress and love

it. It was expensive but worth it for me. We also have

the topper on one of our beds. That doesn't work as

well for me but I think it's because the mattress

itself is bad. -Kathi (PS: I have 2 little dogs who

love the Tempur-Pedic also. They minute they climb on

the bed - they are out like a light!)

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[Guest guest]

Hi, Elspeth:

I have the Tempurpedic, and love it. However, before I had the

revision surgery, no mattress was effective for helping me sleep; I

had to have bed wedges to prop me up in the hospital-bed position.

Tempurpedic makes bed wedges for your back and legs that you can get

at Relax the Back and other stores. I found wedges to be much less

expensive than hospital beds, and much more effective than trying to

keep from falling off big piles of pillows that kept rearranging

themselves. Post-revision, it was very weird to actually be sleeping

next to my husband instead of towering above him like I had been for

years.

Just my $.02. Also, in some states, if you have a doctor's Rx

for " orthopedic mattress, " you can be exempt from sales tax. (True

for sure in Texas; don't know about other states.)

Best,

Elissa

> Hi elspeth! I have a Tempur-Pedic matteress and love

> it. It was expensive but worth it for me. We also have

> the topper on one of our beds. That doesn't work as

> well for me but I think it's because the mattress

> itself is bad. -Kathi (PS: I have 2 little dogs who

> love the Tempur-Pedic also. They minute they climb on

> the bed - they are out like a light!)

>

> __________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

Elissa,

When were you revised? And did you have the memory foam mattress before

revision?

xoxo's

[Guest guest]

Hi, :

My revision was about 18 months ago -- January and February, 2003. I

had the Tempurpedic before then -- I got it in 1997 when I first

developed painful flatback symptoms and couldn't sleep on a regular

mattress anymore. It turns out that the Tempurpedic was no help for

me then -- I had to sleep in a hospital-bed position to be

comfortable no matter how good the mattress was, so I got the

Tempurpedic bed wedges for back and knees. But, we kept the mattress

anyway. As soon as I had my surgery, I could start enjoying the

general niceness of the Tempurpedic mattress itself, but pre-

revision, there's not a mattress in the world that I could have slept

on -- I had to have my back and knees elevated to keep my facets and

disks from grinding together.

If you're pre-revision, have difficulty sleeping without pain, and

have not yet tried sleeping in the hospital bed position (propped up

with pillows or wedges), I recommend at least trying it to see if it

temporarily fixes the problem. Many pre-revision people report

success with this; for example, I believe slept in a

beloved reclining chair pre-revision, which is essentially the same

position: knees elevated, head and back slightly elevated,

no " backwards " pressure on the disks below the fusion. For me, as

weird as it was to spend years sleeping sitting up, it was vastly

preferable to not being able to fall asleep for the pain or drugging

myself to the point that I'd fall asleep but wake up in agony.

Just my $.02, and I may well be misreporting 's chair.

Elissa

> Elissa,

> When were you revised? And did you have the memory foam mattress

before revision?

> xoxo's

>