Barb55
New member
- Joined
- Mar 29, 2016
- Messages
- 7
- Reason
- DX FIBRO
- Diagnosis
- 03/2016
- Country
- AU
- State
- Queensland
Hi everyone l am new to these threads, l have suffered with fybromyalgia for the last 15 years and have now finally been diagnosed. l really wanted to share this with you, l used to suffer with the most excruciating pain it was so bad that l would be sobbing in the mornings with the pain unable to get out of bed, l could not straighten up l used to roll over onto my stomach slide to the floor and then with the help of my daughter gradually get to my feet walking was pure agony and it would be about twenty minutes before l could actually straighten up, on any normal night l would wake up anything up to 20 times during the night with the pain unable to sleep. Now l have controlled the pain by at least 90%. l take one 200 mg celecoxib morning and night as well as one 500 mg valaciclovir tablet morning and night as well, the next thing that l did was change my mattress this made a huge reduction in my pain at least 60/70% l now only have minimal pain in bed and no problems whatsoever getting out of bed in the mornings. I tried every type of mattress and base the last one costing me $6500 Australian dollars, being unable to stand the pain any longer l tried a different approach l bought a mattress with the extra padded pillow top on the top and bottom. I then used this for my base as it would be really soft and also have enough height, all bases have timber in them even the one's covered in fabric that look pretty, not just the timber slated bases, then l purchesed a memory foam mattress also second hand off ebay on top of this l put a 4 inch memory foam mattress topper. It is like sleeping rolled up in a cloud but l can honestly say after purchasing eight other mattresses and bases and not being able get out of bed, straighten up or walk in the mornings it has worked like a miracle. Your partner may not like it but l guarantee you will be absolutely amazed at the difference that it will make to your pain. I still have some pain during the day but it is minimal now compared to what it was and l still suffer a lot of the other things that fybromyalgia sufferers experiance but at least my pain has gone from a 12 to a 3 now. I put it down to our beds just not being soft enough for our bodies as l had every other type of bed in the past even gell and dunlopillow rubber but l really think the combination,of a super soft base and the two memory foam mattresses is what made the difference it is unbelievable, unfortunately if l stay anywhere else l can't sleep on their mattresses but for short stays anywhere else l have a good quality blow up air mattress that l take with me. I really hope that this helps a lot of other people l only know that the difference that it made to my life was unbelievable. Cheers
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