Re: Sleeping positions-Janeene

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> Janeene wrote:

> Bennie,

>

> Most of the time I am in the rocker recliner, it gives me the best

> sleep and I don't wake up as often or as sore.  Unfortunately it is

> starting to break down so I don't know how much longer I will have

> it.  I have pretty much rocked it off its rocker, cushions are not

> much of cushion any more and I have to tighten the screw for the back

> rest continuously.  I don't think any chair is made for as much use as

> I give them! :- 0

>  

Janeene,

I laughed about your story and your chair. I slept on the floor for

years, now even my expensive mattress doesn't do it, so

it is just the position you can get in for relief. I would like a

video of the ones I go thru during the night.

I am trying to protect my Fusion and do not lift and am very careful so

I don't know what the answer is. My rods have

kept things very straight and there are two opinions, one that I fused

correctly and I had one radiologist said no at the

lower level but I saw the plain films after my fusion and it looks

fused.

The radiologist was looking at MRI which really are not that great of a

tool that people think, CT's can produce thinner

cuts and each have their pro and cons. My neurosurgeon says you can

only tell if you open you up and look and I am

not at that point.

My neurologist told me that the Fusion would not relieve back

degenerative disc disease but is a functional surgery

fro me so I was not made any promises and went in eyes open.

I have a recliner in my other room and I have a little nest in my bed

that I sleep in and I have been found with a leg

off the side of the pain many of time to relieve the pressure of my

back and SI joint so we all must have interesting

sleep positions.

I don't know what type of insurance you have but some insurances pay

for the pads that go over them and some

of the gel pads are great so you might check into that.

Let us know how you do,