For a few weeks now, I’ve been having problems sleeping. When I was discharged from the hospital, I was sleeping on the recliner downstairs but I was sleeping great. My Fitbit thinks I’m only getting 3:40 of sleep each night this week on average. Part of the problem was my mattress. I had just purchased a nice foam mattress online and it was fine prior to surgery. Post surgery, it was way too soft to support my back and I could not find a comfortable position at all. I ended up switching back to my cheapo Ikea mattress which was a lot firmer but still not great.
We ended up at Custom Comfort mattress store last week looking for a new mattress. I purchased a mattress from them about 20 years ago and really liked it. Long story short, I bought a new adjustable Twin XL bed. My bedroom is pretty small so I had to stay with the small sized mattress. In trying out the bed, if I raise my back slightly, it seems to take pressure off my chest. With a mattress protector and some nice sheets, the bed came out to be ~$1,500. I thought that was expensive but my mom said it was pretty reasonable. The delivery is supposed to be here anytime; hopefully this will help me get a few more hours of sleep each night.
Life with chronic diseases 