To sleep or not to sleep?

I cannot lie flat or nearly flat because of reflux, partly as a result of stomach problems and partly as a side effect of one of my medications. I also have a flat spinal cord (like a ribbon), and I often have awful back ache. I have to sleep in a semi-sitting position with plenty of pillows around me - 12 on my bed, and six if I sleep on the sofa, which has slightly raised ends as well as a raised back. I nearly always wake up on my side or on my front, but cannot go to sleep like it.
 
Am I alone in having got used to sleeping in a vertical posistion?
 
Elawin said:
I cannot lie flat or nearly flat because of reflux, partly as a result of stomach problems and partly as a side effect of one of my medications. I also have a flat spinal cord (like a ribbon), and I often have awful back ache. I have to sleep in a semi-sitting position with plenty of pillows around me - 12 on my bed, and six if I sleep on the sofa, which has slightly raised ends as well as a raised back. I nearly always wake up on my side or on my front, but cannot go to sleep like it.
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How awful! That sounds a lot to deal with! Hopefully, once you get off to sleep, the quality of your sleep is good, i.e. not too interrupted?
 
creative said:
How awful! That sounds a lot to deal with! Hopefully, once you get off to sleep, the quality of your sleep is good, i.e. not too interrupted?
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Only when the hound jumps right on me, but having long legs means he can make up for it with a cuddle. He gives a good back massage too :D
 
classic33 said:
Am I alone in having got used to sleeping in a vertical posistion?
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When I used to work in the City, I always used to fall asleep strap-hanging on the way home. Once I was just standing up on the train and fell sound-oh. When I woke up, I was still standing there but the rest of the carriage was nearly empty. Luckily it was a smooth ride that evening :D
 
classic33 said:
Am I alone in having got used to sleeping in a vertical posistion?
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Um, yes.

I do, however, often wake up with my arms held vertically. There's a point where they have no weight on the front arm muscles and none on the backs: just perfectly balanced vertically. I go through phases of it. I'm going through one at the moment.
 
SatNavSaysStraightOn said:
Um, yes.

I do, however, often wake up with my arms held vertically. There's a point where they have no weight on the front arm muscles and none on the backs: just perfectly balanced vertically. I go through phases of it. I'm going through one at the moment.
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Nothing to do with zombies I take?
 
SatNavSaysStraightOn said:
Um, yes.

I do, however, often wake up with my arms held vertically. There's a point where they have no weight on the front arm muscles and none on the backs: just perfectly balanced vertically. I go through phases of it. I'm going through one at the moment.
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In the past, I often used to go to sleep and wake up on my front with my elbow on the bed and my chin resting on my hand. That was after I stopped sleeping vertically.
 
Elawin said:
In the past, I often used to go to sleep and wake up on my front with my elbow on the bed and my chin resting on my hand. That was after I stopped sleeping vertically.
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Still do both, from time to time.
 
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