My weekend away with my hubs was very
relaxing, but not as restful as I had hoped. That is the super short version of events.
Ever since I was a teenager, I've
suffered from back spasms on and off. Because of my bone disease,
all the bones in my body, including my spine, aren't formed the way
they are supposed to be. This causes my muscles to want to protect
my bones when they move a certain way that my muscles don't think
they should be moving (can't we all just get along? Apparently not).
Before I was put on my current medications, the spasms used to
happen 3-4 times a year, as opposed to the once or twice a year now.
But even if it's not in full on spasm (meaning I can't move for
days), there are many times that it is achy and annoyingly
bothersome.
In general, I usually have a hard time
sleeping in any bed that isn't my own (I have this all natural latex mattress at home and it's awesome!). I've had better luck with
high end mattresses, like the few Tempur-Pedics that I've slept on,
and even air mattresses have been good when traveling (well, good
enough). If I don't have any of these, I end up with back pain,
sometimes for days. It makes for very uncomfortable traveling.
This past weekend was the third time
that we've stayed at this particular bed and breakfast. The past two
times we stayed in two different rooms and both were very
comfortable. Since it's such a beautiful house to stay in, we've
tried to stay in a different room each visit. Well, the room we
slept in this weekend had the softest bed that I think I've ever
slept in--ever. It was so soft that we just sunk into it. I imagine that
many people would feel like they were sleeping on a cushy cloud and
would enjoy the entire experience. I did not.
Luckily I travel with
an arsenal of medicine (just in case) and so after waking up Sunday
morning, completely exhausted from getting hardly any sleep for the
second night in a row, I started the muscle relaxer routine. I took
2-3 Flexeril pills a day for the past 3 days. Today is the first day
that I'm Flexeril free.
My back is almost all the way eased
up...I can still feel where it's a bit tight in one spot. Thankfully
I didn't have any appointments in the beginning of this week and so I
was able to stay in bed while my back worked itself out. And many
thanks to my husband...for, once again, picking up the pieces while
I'm stuck I bed feeling like crapola. I love you Jason!
What kind of mattresses have you found to be helpful for problem backs?
