[quote=“Phoenix” post=52155]Hi HoosierLife,
[quote]I must have misspoke. When I placed the latex topper on my Seeley, that’s when the back pain disappeared. I put the new topper on the old mattress on Tuesday. And every night since I woke up refreshed and relatively pain free.
I did have a little pain this morning, but I slept for 10 hours. That never happens, but a combo of new medication and the topper contributed to that.
Does that change your recommendation?[/quote]
There are too many unknowns and variables involved for anyone (including me) to make any specific recommendations so the best I can do is provide some “possibilities” based on your feedback that you would need to test in your own “real life” experience to see if they work well for you but if your experience or symptoms are different from what you described then it could certainly change the options that would have the best chance of success yes.
At this point I would sleep on your mattress/topper combination for a little longer because your experience is quite likely to change over the first few weeks and then decide on what to do based on any symptoms you are experiencing when you’ve slept on your mattress for a little longer and any “symptoms” you are experiencing have “stabilized”.
If the topper works well on your old mattress and you are sleeping well and “symptom free” then it may also be worth just keeping the mattress/topper combination that is working well for you.
Phoenix[/quote]
Well I have to buy a new mattress as Sleep Number left with my last one…
Here is my analysis of what occurred based off reading all the aforementioned posts and articles you recommended. The Sealy had compressed down so far, that I was most likely sleeping on mostly the support layer. So when I added the latex topper, it then became a new comfort layer that helped with my pressure points. But we bought the Sealy at a discount furniture store and even though we paid a premium price, I doubt we received a quality mattress based off your reccomendations.
So for the past 3 nights, I was sleeping on a wore out comfort layer and support layer that was on its last legs. But just adding a latex comfort layer really turned things around. I probably could have just kept that topper and the old mattress and been fine. But I thought a brand new glorified air mattress would make 10x better. Maybe it will, only the next few weeks can tell.
But based off the above analysis, I think a phone conversation with DreamFoam is in order. As I said, my wife will sleep on anything but was very happy with the topper on the old mattress and with the new air bed. So hopefully after a conversation between DreamFoam and I, we should be able to figure out what latex mattress will be good for me.
Maybe they will even take the topper back.