Thank you so much for your mattress forum site. In mid-February I bought an expensive bed complete with adjustable base after I broke my shoulder falling onto the sidewalk in NYC (and after sleeping in a recliner for months as that shoulder healed) and then had my toe operated on for hallux rigitis. My old (15 years) Sealy bed with a several year old memory foam topper was making me sore after I tried to sleep in my bed again. Unfortunately, I did not follow recommendations on your site being concerned about buying a bed online or not from a major dealer. So, going to Mattress Firm I first bought a Beauty Rest Legends Plush hybrid. After 60 days of waking up being sore (and trying different positions on my new adjustable base (which as a side sleeper I probably shouldn’t have bought! but having my head up a bit does help because I have Acid Reflux issues and it seems to stop me snoring as well) and having my feet up too, I returned my Beauty Rest bed (the base I’m stuck with) in for a Tempurpedic Cloud that was a floor model (and saved a considerable amount of money and thought it felt good and broken in). Now I am a side sleeper with some back sleeping, female, weigh 161 5’7" and sleep by myself, and found when I got a memory foam topper several years ago it helped with my sore hips and shoulders, so I thought memory foam itself would be softer and work well. Well, after sleeping on it overnight this feels as hard in the morning as did my plush Beauty Rest. I wake up sore all over including my back, hips, and shoulders. One night I woke up with my arms numb. Last night I woke up in the middle with lower back pain after putting a pillow between my legs to help there. I have had the Tempeupedic Cloud for over a month now though I often fall asleep first in my family room recliner watching tv and then go to bed for another couple of hours, and I was traveling so it isn’t like I have slept in the bed fully for a month or more nonstop. But after sleeping last night in the bed for almost 7 hours (with only my head slightly raised by the adjustable bed) and waking up in the night several times and being totally stiff and in pain in both shoulders (not just the recently fully healed one) and hips and back I am wondering what to do. I’m stuck with the bed now (I’ll be paying it off for several years). So I’m wondering if getting a latex topper 2" or 3"–which would be best–would help me with both comfort in the morning and alleviating soreness? And which of the two kinds of latex would be best? I know the Dunlap is springier but would a Talalay be better? And do you recommend Pure Green (they seem highly rated and have 30 day return without any shipping fees)? Should I get a soft or medium? I keep thinking all is too hard but maybe my problem is everything is too soft (I sound like Goldilocks). I like sleeping in rather than on the bed so to speak; I usually favor and sleep only on one side of my queen mattress (in this case the left (or right if facing from the bottom). The Tempurpedic is a little hot at times–indeed I keep a ceiling fan on over me. I am not allergic to anything but wool.
I did try one night not using the adjustable frame and just slept flat and it wasn’t any more comfortable and I seemed to wake up more (and cough and snore more—I have a sleep meister that records my sleep noises). I certainly felt as stiff. I mention this because I see in response to someone’s question you thought side sleepers shouldn’t use adjustable bed frames. Anyhow, I’m hoping you can have some advice for me–after spending $4000 for bed and frame I would like to have the bed work for me but am surprised that the tempurpedic cloud which is supposed to be softer feels so hard and uncomfortable (and I do apparently say ouch a lot in the middle of the night). I don’t want to buy a latex topper and it be yet too hard for me either.
Thank you so much for your help.
Janice
