Beds

[Guest guest]

In all the mess of some band thing people seem to have missed the question

someone asked about beds. I sure would like to hear the answers other people

have for what type of bed do you sleep on to help with body pain at night.

I slept as a child with half of my body hanging off the bed. My mom often

wondered

how I managed to keep from falling onto the floor with most of my body hanging

off the

bed.

Then my step grandma had a special bed made for me. But I grew out of it. my

feet

hung off of the bed and that helped pull my back out strait. she had this made

when we were

at sears and they had a display of a bedspread made up on a small wood box. I

as a child saw

that it was small like me and jumped on it thinking it was a real bed just for

me. What a surprise

I got when I landed on a real hard wood box.

then when I got married we were given the house I grew up in and it had a king

size bed

in it my mom and dad were 6' and 5'9 " . That bed had King size pillows and I

used one

like the body pillows they sell now days. I laid on my stomach and put the

pillow under

my shoulder then around my belly and drew my knee up and over the pillow to help

straiten

out my back.

then my mom and dad bought us a water bed that was 50% motionless. That bed

was the best I had slept in until my hips started to bother me and getting out

of the

bed hurt them.

so my best friend switched water beds with us. and hers is the best bed yet.

it is a soft sided water bed. It has half board half foam sides. the foam is 8

inches above

the board. It also has two different bladders one for me and one for john. and

it takes

regular bed sheets.

s side is filled with so much water that when he lies down he looks like he

is sleeping

on top of a coffin. and he has a heater turned up to 100 degrees.

my side has a low water level to help with back and hip pain. to much water

makes both hurt.

and my heater is turned down to 30.

I would not trade my current bed for anything in the world. When we go to lpa

things I usually

do not sleep very long due to pain sleeping in those over hard hotel beds.

that is my bed history of 37 years.

Beth Reeves