Where to sleep? What to sleep on? This is a question sometimes never asked by the fellow large body. He just buys what's on sale or inherits his slab from relatives.
I've seen the ads on TV for Tempurpedic and Select Comfort. The Temper ones are always fun to watch. The sexy skinny chick in her nighty jumping up and down as the wine glass doesn't spill. Yeah, let's see that again with 400lbs of all-solid-woman doing the same and see if my glass of 12 year stays put.
That entire ad screamed "bullshit" to me. And after laying on one I confirmed it. Sure it was fairly cozy laying down but trying to get up was like being birthed from your mom's crotch again. Forget it!
I then moved on to the Select Comfort store. Here is a bed that can be changed on the fly. This is important as it turns out, even more so for "us". After a brief demo I went for the in-home trial. Here's what happened:
As the week moves on I find that my back pain migrates. It goes from nothing to bad and then shifts. Being able to adjust my slab to different firmness levels is a real pleasure. Some nights I like to sink back and I set it very low. It's like a nice warm Philly roll. Other times the "Q Steak Philly" is just not in order and I go for the firm feeling. This does WONDERS for when I was having back pain. Yes, was! My back pain is now a thing of the past.
For the first time since I had a conscious thought, I had NO back pain, NONE. One week of sleeping on the Select Comfort and my back pain was gone. No pain in the other usual places either; neck, shoulders, back, all happy and doing the Snoopy Dance(tm).
The bed is just a dream for anyone, but for us larger, sexier types it finally gives us something to sleep on that we can be truly at home with. You are not buying ONE mattress with this. You are buying an almost infinite amount. It can adapt with you.
Do what I did and try one out using their in home trial. You will not go back to an old-and-busted style bed. I'd also spring for the extra cabbage to get the "silent" air pump too.
