{"id":7897,"date":"2018-09-30T00:10:13","date_gmt":"2018-09-30T07:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/?p=7897"},"modified":"2021-12-23T21:49:34","modified_gmt":"2021-12-24T05:49:34","slug":"help-me-find-a-bed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lee.org\/blog\/2018\/09\/30\/help-me-find-a-bed\/","title":{"rendered":"Help Me Find a Bed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Please help me. I sleep on my side. Most nights my hip sinks into my bed, pulling my back out of wack and giving me a backache. Nearly every bed I\u2019ve had in my life has started to sag in the hip area after a few months. Do you know of a bed that doesn\u2019t have this problem? Please don\u2019t write saying \u201cI\u2019ve never had a problem with xxx bed.\u201d Most people haven\u2019t had a problem with ANY bed. I&#8217;d like to hear \u201cI had a problem with several beds but found THIS bed to be better\u2026\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>For reference, I&#8217;m 6&#8217;1&#8243;, about 210lbs, and a sidesleeper.<\/p>\r\n<p>A partial lineup of the beds I\u2019ve killed:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Actually, the <strong>waterbed<\/strong> I had in high school (thanks mom &amp; dad &amp; 1980\u2019s!) didn\u2019t have a problem.<\/li>\r\n<li>I killed a bunch of beds through college and after but I can\u2019t recall the deets.<\/li>\r\n<li>1999: I think it was a new Sealy Posturpedic. I killed it<\/li>\r\n<li>2003: Bed in NJ. When I moved in 2005, it was starting to feel pretty bad<\/li>\r\n<li>2005: I slept on a <strong>portable Aerobed<\/strong> for 6 months. <strong>It was awesome<\/strong>.<\/li>\r\n<li>2005: store model Macys bed. I lay on it in the store for an hour and loved it. I had it at home for 2 weeks and my butt sank so low, it felt like I was in a lounge chair. Returned.<\/li>\r\n<li>2006: new Ikea Sultan queen bed. I had to throw it away after 3 years<\/li>\r\n<li>2009: another new Ikea Sultan queen bed. I killed it.<\/li>\r\n<li>2012: Megan\u2019s queen size bed for 3 years. I killed it.<\/li>\r\n<li>2015: Nest Alexander Signature Select \u2014 Medium, King size. After 1.5 years, to keep my back sanity, I have a mattress topper, and I put a towel between the mattress topper and mattress (over the course of 2 months I go from 0-3 layers of towel to give increasing support) and every 2-3 months I have to rotate the bed 90 degrees. Originally I had to rotate it every 4-6 months. December 2018: putting a 1&#8243; thick, 18&#8243;x 24&#8243; piece of foam helped a lot. Late January 2019: I&#8217;m starting to get back aches and leg tingles again.<\/li>\r\n<li>2019 I tried a Sleep Number P3 bed for a week. I couldn&#8217;t ever get comfortable on it. It felt like&#8230; it felt my middle was sleeping on a bag of air; my head and feet were over the edge of it so they felt different no matter how I slept on it. Felt just as weird on day 7 as it was on day 1. In one configuration, my middle felt like it was going to roll off the balloon under my butt while my head and feet were &#8220;fine&#8221; or my butt was in a hole while my head and feet were &#8220;fine&#8221;. There was no middle ground :-(<\/li>\r\n<li>5-14-19: tried a &#8220;Lucid&#8221; hybrid spring and latex memory foam twin bed from Amazon. \u00a0The bed started sagging seriously after 2 months. Fail.<\/li>\r\n<li>Update 8-17-20: We went to Bay Bed &amp; Mattress in Santa Cruz in January and got a king size bed. The cover on the bed can be unzipped and the latex cushions changed out. We went with 4 layers: something like medium, medium, firm, firm. After about 2 months, my side was sagging so I fluffed the cushions. After another month, it sagged again. I reduced it to 3 layers and a sheet of closed foam. That has held me for a few months. The adjustability of the bed will hopefully get me through! It takes maintenance but at least I &lt;strong&gt;can&lt;\/strong&gt; do maintenance because of the unzippable cover. They are a small company with very good customer service. Check them out \u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/Update: We went to Bay Bed &amp; Mattress in Santa Cruz in January and got a king size bed. The cover on the bed can be unzipped and the latex cushions changed out. We went with 4 layers: something like medium, medium, firm, firm. After about 2 months, my side was sagging so I fluffed the cushions. After another month, it sagged again. I reduced it to 3 layers and a sheet of closed foam. That has held me for a few months. The adjustability of the bed will hopefully get me through! It takes maintenance but at least I &lt;strong&gt;can&lt;\/strong&gt; do maintenance because of the unzippable cover.  They are a small company with very good customer service. Check it out  https:\/\/www.baybed.com\/\">https:\/\/www.baybed.com\/<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please help me. I sleep on my side. Most nights my hip sinks into my bed, pulling my back out of wack and giving me a backache. Nearly every bed I\u2019ve had in my life has started to sag in the hip area after a few months. 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