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    This will make me sound stupid

    I like my bed. I really do. It's a nice bed. But sometimes, my back will start hurting, and the only way for my back to heal is to, you guessed it, sleep in my hammock.

    A few nights in the hammock and my back is right as rain. Then I go right back to the bed. If I had any sense, I'd just sleep full time in my hammock, but I really like that bed.

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    That is not stupid. I have the same problem...it is called my wife!

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    Same here. I like my bed and I like the person next to me, but a night or 2 in the hammock does wonders for the back.
    "We don't stop hiking because we grow old,
    we grow old because we stop hiking."

    -- Finis Mitchell,

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    Quote Originally Posted by raiffnuke View Post
    That is not stupid. I have the same problem...it is called my wife!
    ...to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in bed and in hammock.

    I love the Missus; the missus sleeps in a bed; I sleep in a bed. She, in turn, accepts that on family campouts I sleep in the hammock and occasionally outside in the stand when an infant gets fussy.

    BTW, SilvrSurfr, I really like Dave's avatar, and now all I can see is a cat-head earring.
    You're gonna need a bigger hammock

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    I ended up sleeping in a RECLINER FOR 4 YEARS. My back hurt so bad after an automobile accident. The Chiropractor fixed a lot of the soft tissue damage, but I still could not sleep in a bed or on the floor. Finally my Cardiologist insisted I sleep flat at night, something about it helps the heart beat more efficiently, so the lungs move the oxygen around, which moves the lymph fluid, which helps the body recover during sleep.

    I tried many different types of beds, I could not stand the "Sleep Number Bed", I ended up with a TempurPedic. I had to take about three month to adjust to the bed. My mother really liked her "Sleep Number Bed" I guess it is just what your back problem is.

    I sleep great in my HH, I wish I had it when I was traveling, many a night I slept, braced against a wall, in a motel/hotel room.

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    Love my bed too....I save the hammock as when I get to use it makes it special.
    I do always try to go diagonal in the bed much to my wife's dismay))))
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    Whooooo Buddy)))) All Secure in Sector Seven

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    Quote Originally Posted by raiffnuke View Post
    That is not stupid. I have the same problem...it is called my wife!
    Bwahahaha. This was a knee slapper for me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by raiffnuke View Post
    That is not stupid. I have the same problem...it is called my wife!
    Yea....mine is called my husband Seems we all have a common goal here on the forums, but when married you have to keep convincing your spouse that it would be better to be sleeping in seperate hammocks full time. He's still not convinced

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    Spacing problem?
    Dave

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    Quote Originally Posted by oldgringo View Post
    Spacing problem?
    We all have our "duh" moments. This is one of mine. Why does my back hurt when I sleep in a bed? And why does it feel better when I sleep in a hammock? I should just skip the first question entirely.

    Every time I see your avatar, oldgringo, I wonder what kind of person would have a cat head as an earring.

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