Now stay at home dad
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- Joined
- Oct 7, 2015
- Messages
- 33
- Reason
- PALS
- Diagnosis
- 09/2015
- Country
- US
- State
- CA
- City
- Coarsegold
Hello,
I've been diagnosed with ALS for two years now and I have a hard time getting comfortable in bed. I have pain from my hips to my knees. I have a hospital bed with the circulated type air mattress. I sleep on my side and I can manage to get on stomach when the leg pain sets in. Then I can manage to get back on my side when my arms and back start to hurt from being on my stomach. This goes on five to ten times a night and isn't easy to do. Sometimes I have to wake up my wife to help turn.
Sleeping on my back is sometimes painful and I get restless and want to turn on my side (but I can't on my own). Is this something I need to just learn how to do? Sometimes I just sleep in my PWC and I am pretty comfortable. Curious if anyone does that regularly.
Thank you for any advise!
David
I've been diagnosed with ALS for two years now and I have a hard time getting comfortable in bed. I have pain from my hips to my knees. I have a hospital bed with the circulated type air mattress. I sleep on my side and I can manage to get on stomach when the leg pain sets in. Then I can manage to get back on my side when my arms and back start to hurt from being on my stomach. This goes on five to ten times a night and isn't easy to do. Sometimes I have to wake up my wife to help turn.
Sleeping on my back is sometimes painful and I get restless and want to turn on my side (but I can't on my own). Is this something I need to just learn how to do? Sometimes I just sleep in my PWC and I am pretty comfortable. Curious if anyone does that regularly.
Thank you for any advise!
David