We just saw another specialist today. Once I got over the fact that he looks too young to be employed, I found him to be full of new ideas and ready to keep learning, which I love. Better yet, he addressed Casper directly, congratulated us on our wedding, and went the extra mile to do a complete exam by calling our other doctor by phone during the interview process to ensure he had a complete persepctive. He also added our neurologist to his referral list after reading his report, and told us he was thorough and had done an excellent work-up, and that he didn't say that very often. How refreshing is that? When Casper told him she didn't like the PD diagnosis, he took time to ask enough questions to understand that she gets it, but doesn't like it, and isn't at the same level of acceptance I am yet. He also told her he respected that. Score!
So when we talked about her symptoms from the list we brought in, he saw sleeping is a problem. We talked a long time, and he asked about how I defend myself on the bad nights that she is throwing punches in her sleep. He said he'd heard from another PD family what worked for them. They removed their head and foot boards, and bought new, seperate bedframes. Then they used their existing twin boxsprings, and added deep memory foam moisture wicking twin mattresses. Then they put them together, but with twin bottom sheets. When the PD spouse was rocking and rolling, the other one could not feel it because the frames and deep mattresses absorbed the motion, and it was not transmitted across to the other bed. Such a cool idea! With PD there is so much sweating that happens that beds can become like hotboxes. A wicking mattress? Awesome. No more pillow barriers? Even better!
Time to go mattress shopping.
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