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Posted 1/8/2013 3:01 PM (GMT 0)
For the past month, I was at the gentleman's house for the holidays and came home to start work yesterday. Very different beds, and very different situations.

Our sheets are all egyptian cotton and my pillows are similar. In fact, when a pillow gets old, it goes to his house. The mattresses are totally different. I have a regular mattress set- but the gentleman's bed is a soft-side water bed, heated. And, of course, when I'm home, I have a body pillow on his side of the bed.

My home bed is comfortable enough... But I definitely havemore stiffness and have a harder time getting to sleep here at home. I am guessing the water's gentle movement keeps my muscles from getting too stiff when sleeping. Whatever it is, I want the water bed back! Here at home, I am stiff until either I take a shower, or my meds kick in.
Posted 1/8/2013 8:09 PM (GMT 0)
I have specially designed my bed to my liking. I got the softest mattress I could find then topped it with a 6 inch memory foam and a 2 inch memory foam. I basically sink into the bed and feel wonderful.
When I go visit my sister I have to sleep on a very hard back support bed. I hurt so much when I sleep at her house.

I've been eyeballing a different type bed lately but it will cost me almost $3,000. I tried one out in the store and thought I was laying on a cloud. It even was adjustable and had massage! So tempting!
Posted 1/8/2013 8:17 PM (GMT 0)
I love my memory foam mattress. I wouldn't go back to a normal mattress.
Posted 1/8/2013 10:08 PM (GMT 0)
Whatever works for you! My ex husband had a water bed way back when and there is no way in the world I could sleep on it now as it's actually too "wavy" in the sense that it doesn't really hug all the right spots with proper support.

I have a regular bed but a 3 inch Tempurpedic "like" mattress topper and then can't live without my specific pillows for my head, small one goes in between my arms and then long skinny one in between my legs when on my side to give perfect support and spinal alignment. They are all Tempurpedic like as well with the memory foam. I may look goofy but it rocks! The mattress topper is even helpful for my dog (yellow lab) who has hip dysplasia.

I think because I have so many spine issues I have to be extremely careful..I was blessed in that my last "gentleman"...(lol) who I dated a few years ago went and bought all of these things to put in his bedroom for me to be comfortable:)

I also change positions literally every hour to hour and a half as that is as long as I can make it. On my back then side to side.

So...glad that you have found something better for you that makes you feel more rested and less pain..that is what we all strive for!
Posted 1/8/2013 10:20 PM (GMT 0)
I, like Snowbunny, use mostly pillows for my comfort. I'm not sure what our mattress is, but it has a pillow top. It's comfortable enough that it doesn't hurt me unless I'm flaring. I use a pillow to prop my right arm on so my ulnar nerve has a chance to slip out of the crevice where it gets pinched and I have a nice pillow for under my knees. Sometimes a heating pad gets added as needed through out the night. Oh, let's not forget our "baby kitty" 7 month old grey tabby who sleeps on my pillow with her paws in my hair. Which would be so sweet if she wasn't the gasiest cat I have ever seen! She also likes to try and nurse my ear lobes before she falls asleep. Other than that my sleep set up is pretty comfy.
Posted 1/8/2013 11:05 PM (GMT 0)
ROFL!!! AV, I love the kitty nursing on your lobes! I've had a cat do that with me before and it feels so odd, but tickles too.
Posted 1/8/2013 11:27 PM (GMT 0)
I kept thinking she'd grow out of it but here we are. She's 7 months old and anytime she's tired she wants to nurse on my earlobes.
She must think my pillow is pretty comfy because she always sleeps there. Our other cat usually sleeps on my feet. So I sleep in a kitty heating blanket.
Posted 1/9/2013 3:10 AM (GMT 0)
Kitty heating is one of the best kinds. My cat who died a year used to sleep on my pillow.

Our water bed is a softside and waveless. There are seven long tubes, each filled with water. You can fill them to your desired level. Even when the dude moves, I don't feel it. I think the water shifting under my body keeps it moving enough to discourage aches. That is my theory, anyway.

I call him the gentleman because I think boyfriend sounds high school.
Posted 1/9/2013 3:14 AM (GMT 0)
My fur baby will sleep near my head, then move near my back, and then to my feet. She's a bed hog on my twin size bed. That's one reason why I want a bigger bed.
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