I have Degenerative Facet joint disease, osteoarthritis which combined with a detached disc in my neck cause significant problems when trying to sleep. I wear a neck brace when out and about and take morphine. During the past couple of years I must have spent £hundreds on trying to find a pillow that will be comfortable enough to help me sleep and prevent me from waking up screaming at 3 or 4 in the morning like I usually do. As a result I rarely get more than a couple of hours kip a night. I think I must have tried most kinds of pillows that are available BUT do any of you have any suggestions or bright ideas?
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I don’t have the neck problems that you have to contend with but if my pillows aren’t just right, I can’t sleep and I end up with a sore neck for several days.
There’s some nasty crepitus in my neck vertebrae which I’m currently sticking my head in the sand about as I fear adding yet another problem to my list!
I’ve gone back to using feather pillows - goose down, if I can find them cheap enough in a sale. They’re still expensive but I’d rather do without other things.
I do hope you can find something which will help you get better sleep.
I have tried one in the past which worked OK for a week or so - like most new pillows do for me - then it became uncomfortable.
Hi,
Whilst its great to see the link provided to get a look at the actual product and to see what others have found when using it, please remember there are many sites online and in the High Street that offer these items. Also it can sometimes be best to chat to your health professionals first.
Take care, Yvonne
I meant semi-rigid soft collar, sorry.
About the pillow, thanks for highlighting that there are many other sites, I only mentioned Amazon as it was easier and people can see the feedback from others. I asked my OTs about pillows and they couldn't advise anything and I told them about the water pillow, they said try anything which may help!
I have a 'U' shape hard foam collar that heats and massages the neck but haven't felt the need lately, perhaps the use of a similar device before bed might help?
The V pillow arrived yesterday, I put the pillow case on after a bit of a battle, put it in my bed and 10 minutes later there was my cat curled up in the middle of it! :animal_busy: It seemed to work though because I got a whole 4 hours kip.