Due to Friday traffic, and the fact their last delivery was out in Indio, the mattress delivery guys arrived 15 minutes past their window. They were very apologetic and set up my new bed in 10 minutes. The mattress is pretty thick and firm, and the adjustable base worked well. The only minor issue was that the mattress kept slipping off the base, even when I just sit down on the bed. I guess everything is new and shiny, and since it was only a Twin XL mattress, there’s not enough inherent weight to hold the mattress down. We managed to find some non-slip pads, stuck them between the mattress and bed base, and the mattress no longer slips.
I slept for awhile in the bed at a slight incline and it was pretty good at relieving the pressure in my chest. However, the combination of dry air and foot numbness woke me up after about two hours of sleep anyway. It’s ~3:00 am and I’m still up. I tried sleeping on my right side but felt that I needed to make the mattress flat so if I change positions during the night, I need to adjust the bed as well. I wished the bed was “smart”, i.e., Alexa compatible so I can just yell at it instead of looking for the bed remote. “Alexa, raise bed back by 15 degrees!“
Life with chronic diseases 