Getting comfy in bed

One of the most difficult things I've been working on is "bed mobility." In other words, how do you move in bed.  When most people sleep they move around a bit at night. This is obviously comfort related, but it also removes pressure from certain points -- shoulders, hips, knees, and ankles. Sometimes you know its time to move because you're antsy or because your hip has started to hurt.  For me, I wont know that it's time to move because I wont feel that hip pain -- and the risk for people who are paralyzed is skin damage.  Skin lesions are one of the major causes of injury -- they often lead to infections and sometimes require plastic surgery repair. So the summary of this is -- I've got to figure out how to move around in bed.  It apparently will become second nature (or I'll set an alarm) ....in the meantime, I've been working with my occupational therapist to get better at moving in bed. Historically, I've slept on my right side. (By the way... amazing how quickly you forget what you used to do, or positions that used to be comfortable!) So I've been working on positioning myself on the mat and also in the bed.  Of course it's way different in clothes and without blankets and in the middle of the day. This is easily one of the most challenging things I'm doing right now. Once the TLSO brace is off and I can sit up and rotate more it'll apparently be easier, but I've had to figure out how to pull my legs up and shove a pillow between them, even when i'm in a stupor in the middle of the night. Seriously, figuring out how to lever my leg to get a pillow between them....not easy.  I've tried to be more disciplined about not letting the nurses position me when its time to get to bed or reposition in the middle of the night. But this is my current struggle.  Bet you never thought how to position yourself at night, did you?!