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Category Archives: Choosing a bed/mattress
The verdict! (Plus benefit woes)
‘Dun, dun, dun’…. I think I’m actually keeping the mattress! I sleep fine on it, the initial aches are fading away and the springs have more ‘give’ in them now my butt has been sat on it for a week … Continue reading
Posted in Choosing a bed/mattress, Disability Benefits, Everyday living, Pain
Tagged autonomic dysfunction, back pain, bed, Chiropractic, chronic illness, Conditions and Diseases, Costochondritis, dysautonomia, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, fybromyalgia, Health, hypermobility syndrome, Pain, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, POTS, Stress
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I’m even more confused.
So, mattress was put on my bed Wednesday night. It is 12″ thick. With my numerous toppers it became 15″ high on top of my sprung base. I almost needed a step ladder to climb into it and I’m not … Continue reading
Posted in Choosing a bed/mattress, Everyday living, Pain
Tagged autonomic dysfunction, back pain, backache, bed, chronic illness, Conditions and Diseases, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, fybromyalgia, Health, hypermobility syndrome, illness, Mattress, Pain, Pain Management, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome
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Soft & Floppy or Rock hard?
Get your minds out the gutter! I’m talking about mattresses! My new one arrived yesterday. Typically, after my good week last week, yesterday I crashed and burned. I woke up feeling so drained and unnaturally tired as if I’d have … Continue reading
Posted in Choosing a bed/mattress, Ehlers-Danlos, Everyday living, Pain
Tagged autonomic dysfunction, back pain, backache, bed, Bedroom, chronic illness, Conditions and Diseases, Costochondritis, dysautonomia, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, fybromyalgia, Health, hypermobility syndrome, illness, Mattress, Pain, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, POTS, Shopping, Sleep, Tassimo
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