Re: Re: Great Ideas for People With Special Needs/mattress heater-AJ

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Hi cindyh

I am like you - when I get chilled I have to warm up my whole body to get

back to the right temperature. I have noticed since I started using this

that my skin does not do that thing where the skin aches from fluctuating

temperatures as much.

I have not had a bone freezing night since I got the mattress heater. I had

heard (read) others here on the list using it and it is worth it. It sounds

like it might be just the thing for your sad hips. Whatever touches the

mattress is what gets the warmest; so that it does not heat what does not

touch it - really great for the joints.

Since the pillows come in contact with the pad they heat up as well - so

when you flip them over they are warm. They don't stay that way -- just

long enough to conk out at night.

The pad has controls, mine has one control with settings up to 25. I keep

mine between 11 and 13. It shuts itself off after 11 hours and it cools

itself off when it touches air. (not sure if I am describing this

correctly) There were some king sized ones with two controls so that you

could control your side of the matterss.

The one I got ran about $50 and had a three year warranty on it.

One thing I did notice is that I sometimes kick off all my blankets when it

gets too warm and caught my first cold that I have gotten in a very long

time.

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> Subject: Re: Great Ideas for People With Special Needs/mattress heater-AJ

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> Hi AJ,

> When you mentioned the mattress heater, I remembered having seen an ad for

> one. It sure is something I could use too. I nearly freeze at night. A bone

> chilling cold-like the bones themselves are cold-and the whole body is

> affected.

> With that, and the body pillow (which ever shape I decide on) it will be a

> help. I have been having trouble sleeping from bursitis in BOTH hips-and the

> unending 'cold bones'.

> In the past it's only been the right hip that's this bad. Even my shoulders

> are aching- face it----my whole entire body aches!! A never ending ache!!!

> Sometimes I wish I could lay on a nice warm cloud and have *nothing*

> touching my joints, but that's asking for the impossible . Ahhh, but what

> bliss that would be!

> I'm getting ornery too from this, and that's not my usual 'sunny'

> disposition shining forth!< LOL>

> With the mattress heater, does it ever get too warm? (at this point I don't

> think there is such a thing as *too* warm)--or are there controls to set the

> temperature?

> Thanks for the memory jogger on the mattress heater.

> cindyh