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Back pain from new mattress (S&F Hearthstone - Luxury Firm)
Jan 27, 2010 1:10 PM
thejester
Joined: Jan 27, 2010
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So I bought a Stearns and Foster Hearthstone Luxury Firm (queen) three weeks ago from Sears.  I had been sleeping on a no name twin for years and have been wanting to upgrade for a long time.  The firm mattresses seemed so great when I tried them out in the store (probably cause they were such a contrast to my older mattress - it was about 17 years old).  I bought the bed at Sears because of the 18 months no interest financing and free delivery - and the bed had the extra 10 percent off the normal 50 percent off sale. 

Things seemed fine the first few nights - it was a little firmer than I had remembered in stores - but then I had three to four days walking up with very bad lower back pain.  I had to get out of the bed to make it stop.  Then I had a week where it seemed pretty normal - but then three more mornings of lower back pain. 

After reading a few posts it seems that firm might not of been the best choice for me - I am a side/stomach sleeper.  I bought a novaform memory foam 3" mattress topper from Costco and tried it out last night.  This morning was better.  But I am wondering - why should I spend the money on the more expensive stearns and Foster just to have to purchase a topper to make it doable for me?  I'm just not sure what my best course of action is.  I don't like the idea of having the pay the restocking fee either. There was a softer firm mattress (Sealy I believe) that I could look at getting instead I guess.  On its best sale, it cost around 700 for the queen if I remember. 

I have another 5 days before my time runs out to return the mattress - any advice on what to do?

Thanks
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