Sleeping pillows (not nasal pillows)

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patrick_a
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Re: Sleeping pillows (not nasal pillows)

Post by patrick_a » Fri May 10, 2013 8:25 pm

quietmorning wrote:
patrick_a wrote:
quietmorning wrote:I purchased a Mediflow Waterbase Pillow and I love it. I also have an old fracture in my neck and a bulging disc. I filled my pillow to firm and wow. . great support for both my neck and my airway.
(Thanks to all for some great suggestions)

You made me pull the trigger and purchase one of these water pillows. Thank you very much.
Great!! I hope it works as well for you as it does for me! Now you just need a waterbed!
hahaha... I was on one for almost a decade before switching to a memory foam bed.

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Re: Sleeping pillows (not nasal pillows)

Post by JoshT » Fri May 10, 2013 9:06 pm

i have to use to king size pillows on top of each other due to having large lats and a big head. pillows go flat.i found foam pillows to work best. memory foam ones just seem to firm. i like my head to sink in about 30% into the pillow and not be hard and flat under my head.. im not to concerned with the slots for the cpap tubing as i use nasal pillows and the tube hangs from the top of my bedpost with enough slack for me to roll around just fine. a good pillow to support my spine would help also due to bad back pain

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Re: Sleeping pillows (not nasal pillows)

Post by quietmorning » Sat May 11, 2013 8:04 am

JoshT wrote:i have to use to king size pillows on top of each other due to having large lats and a big head. pillows go flat.i found foam pillows to work best. memory foam ones just seem to firm. i like my head to sink in about 30% into the pillow and not be hard and flat under my head.. im not to concerned with the slots for the cpap tubing as i use nasal pillows and the tube hangs from the top of my bedpost with enough slack for me to roll around just fine. a good pillow to support my spine would help also due to bad back pain
I sleep with a pillow under my thighs when I sleep to support my lower back - keeping it flat. I tried a lumbar pillow in bed and it actually did more harm than good. I tried the wedge that goes under the legs - but it was too high and I felt like my hips were dislocating by morning - so the pillow under my thighs work very well.

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Re: Sleeping pillows (not nasal pillows)

Post by Wulfman... » Sat May 11, 2013 12:39 pm

If you go up to the Search line and put in "Mediflow" and then "Chiroflow", you will find many posts (quite a few of them by me) going back to 2005 and 2006.......by people who have liked them (they're basically the same pillow).
I was using a Chiroflow pillow for many years before I started this therapy and it has worked out great for me after I started using CPAP therapy.


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Re: Sleeping pillows (not nasal pillows)

Post by patrick_a » Fri May 31, 2013 4:25 am

quietmorning wrote:
patrick_a wrote:
quietmorning wrote:I purchased a Mediflow Waterbase Pillow and I love it. I also have an old fracture in my neck and a bulging disc. I filled my pillow to firm and wow. . great support for both my neck and my airway.
(Thanks to all for some great suggestions)

You made me pull the trigger and purchase one of these water pillows. Thank you very much.
Great!! I hope it works as well for you as it does for me! Now you just need a waterbed!
Just wanted to say, thank you again. It's been about a week now on the Mediflow and I'm lov'n it! Took a little time to get the level set, but 5 quarts seems to be perfect.

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Re: Sleeping pillows (not nasal pillows)

Post by quietmorning » Fri May 31, 2013 5:52 am

patrick_a wrote:
quietmorning wrote:
patrick_a wrote:
quietmorning wrote:I purchased a Mediflow Waterbase Pillow and I love it. I also have an old fracture in my neck and a bulging disc. I filled my pillow to firm and wow. . great support for both my neck and my airway.
(Thanks to all for some great suggestions)

You made me pull the trigger and purchase one of these water pillows. Thank you very much.
Great!! I hope it works as well for you as it does for me! Now you just need a waterbed!
Just wanted to say, thank you again. It's been about a week now on the Mediflow and I'm lov'n it! Took a little time to get the level set, but 5 quarts seems to be perfect.
That's great, Patrick! I'm glad it's working for you!