Pain relief patches

[shelly21]

Hi all. Advise please. due to muscle wastage on my bum i am finding i am waking up in pain. I have an air mattress on its way, but would like peoples experiences with a pain patch. slow release perhaps.

[matthew55]

Cool idea.i sleep on an air mattress on fur and sheepskin yet pain still wakes me roughly every hour. Happy Days! 😁😀😘🤗xx

[Lynne K]

I’m watching for the replies to you Shelly. I hope for similar. X

[Ellie]

Hi all. Advise please. due to muscle wastage on my bum i am finding i am waking up in pain. I have an air mattress on its way, but would like peoples experiences with a pain patch. slow release perhaps.

Hopefully the mattress will negate the need for strong and constant pain relief Shelly.

Were you assessed by your nurse/OT for a pressure relieving mattress and it's that mattress you're awaiting? Hopefully a good, alternating air mattress is being provided.

I cannot move in bed and my bony areas are at very high risk of developing pressure sores, but I stay comfortable all night on an alternating air mattress. The first one I was given wasn't comfortable but it was replaced for a much better one and now I sleep on a bed of marshmallows 👍👍😍😍

I had a morphine patch years ago but lasted a week on them as my Princess skin was allergic to the patch adhesive 🙄😍

Good luck xx

[matthew55]

I want one but am worried that the pump would be louder

[shelly21]

I am not sure re type i have just been told its an inflatable air mattress. I have emailed my OT today as i am due a visit. Thanks all.

[Ellie]

I want one but am worried that the pump would be louder

That's a very valid concern!

On my recent holiday, I was given a hybrid mattress and its pump vibrated and pulsated every few minutes, making sleep impossible.

My home mattress is currently a Domus 4 alternating air mattress given to me as a replacement recently when my old faithful one broke but, tbh, the Domus pump is super quiet that I'd happily keep it And it's very comfy. It's not that my old pump was loud, it's that this one is soooo quiet.

Ask for one Matthew - it needs to be an alternating air type and one for which the firmess of the air cells can be increased & decreased. And itmay take a few nights to find the best settings, so don't write it off after one night, unless it's like trying to sleep in an MRI machine.

Oh, I should add, it might be best on a profiling bed.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained 🤞😘😘

[matthew55]

Cheers mate I'll email my OT straight away 😀🤗😘😍x