About 6 years ago I did what most adults do at one point - I decided that our 20 year old mattress needed to be replaced
As the owner of and eco-friendly store I had already decided that I needed an expensive non-toxic organic mattress. I couldn't wait until it arrived!
As I slipped into the beautiful bed sheets anticipating my perfect nights sleep disaster struck.
I woke up unable to move
I swear it was that very day that my back took a turn for a worse (I have been told that it was coincidental relating to perimenopause)
Okay that lead to a very expensive quest to find a good mattress
1. Organic rubber mattress - too hard
2. Organic rubber mattress medium rubber topper - not right
3. Organic rubber mattress with wool topper
4. Organic innerspring mattress
5. Organic innerspring mattress with rubber topper
6. Organic innerspring mattress with wool topper
7. Regular firm innerspring mattress
Etc. ect. Etc
It was a goldilocks moment. Nothing worked. I crawled out of bed worse and worse, resigned to the fact I would never be comfortable again
With suggestion from Gail (my Schroth therapist) we put a regular blow up air matress on the bed. That seemed to give me some relief
But after weeks of leaking, inflating with a hairdryer every night, feeling like I was going to be airborne when my husband got into bed,
We discovered a solution!
$105.00 air mattress bed that self regulates (not the $4500 sleep number bed I was tempted to buy)
Slept on it last night and it may work! It may be toxic but I don't care
* used plush setting and released air for 5-10 sec. Put on my box spring