Too Many Blogs: Day 7

Day 7 of “how many blogs is too many?” Well that’s an excellent question. I just spent 90 minutes linking all of my blogs to each other. It was not fun, not hard, just not fun. I don’ t know if this is going to work. I guess we’ll find out. I need to make this more fun. Maybe I’ll wear my tiara while I blog, yes that’s what I’ll do.

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I don’t have a sleep number

After using a bed that cost several thousands of dollars, I have come to the conclusion that I do not have a sleep number. Fibromyalgia should also be referred to as “Princess & the pea” syndrome. I can feel every wrinkle in the sheet because it feels like it has been burned into my skin when I wake up. Needless to say, I’ve spent way too much money & time trying to get comfortable. One of the solutions that worked best is an egg crate foam pad I got at Wal-mart for $12. I’ve also slept on about 12″ of foam that I had cut at a local fabric store. These turn any bed into the equivalent of one of those “space age material” beds. (Really they are just bragging about foam, yeah it’s memory foam, but it’s still foam). I always take them with me when I travel, they are the only way I can sleep.

I envy people who can just sit in a chair. Whenever I sit down I am longing for one of the few comfortable chairs I have sat in during my entire life. So goes life with fibromyalgia. Few people understand how sitting down can hurt. This is a quick tip for the blogger with fibromyalgia. I have tried to blog sitting on the floor propped up by pillows, in a recliner, in bed, on every couch I can find, at the dining room table, every chair in the house, & other people’s houses. The quest for the perfect chair alludes me. I have bought several office chairs in all shapes & sizes. I am convinced that the word ergonomics really means painful. I’ve owned more office chairs than more people have shoes. Either they lean too far back or hit the painful points in my back. I have found what works best is taking a body pillow & putting it on the back of my chair. Then I use a soft feather pillow on top of that. It is cushy enough for me to sit for hurs. Without this I have a back ache within a few minutes. How do you work at the computer comfortably?