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no back pain at all-- nothing. no snoring either. snoring is gone. and like i said, took a few nights getting used to--sleepless, restless nights. but once i got used to it, it was the best sleep ever. sounds weird, i know. but doing a search will turn up many many many stories--in blogs, articles etc--so many stories one might get a headache figuring out what's what. so i experimented. and yes now i sleep flat on my back mostly. no pillow/thin pillow. no tossing/turning/sore shoulder/snoring/etc

the other thing i notice is that my, ahem, yoga (embarrassing confession, i do a bit of stupid yoga) has improved since the stiff bed thing. things that were impossible a month ago now come easy-- this after having stopped for a while, so no, it's not from practicing more. i think it's the hard bed and having a better back alignment/posture.

now, mind you, this is not the floor-- it's still a bedr. it's just *ultrafirm*. almost like sleeping on a good yoga mat. i was like "heeeeey, corpse pose" and now that's how i sleep.

the thing is, now i need to keep 2 houses-- i don't wanna move my megabed, buy a second $3K megabed/ and i could rent a smaller place if the bed is removable during the day like the japoneses.

in the tropics people don't sleep in beds but in hammocks--keeps the bugs at a distance, one doesn't sweat like on a mattress, etc. and they are easy to hang & remove. so i'm like... "hmmmmmm...."

yes, i try to take nothing for granted, so my life is a constant experiment, ha ha ha-- total weirdo