2 year review follow up
Okay I've owed this pillow over 2 years i did a lot of research checked many different pillows and this one seemed like the best choice. I wanted to make sure i got a good quality pillow and it would last a long time. The problem began i believe just after a year i started to notice allergies I've never had before like i couldn't have dark beer or my airways started to close up. I thought well that's weird i guess i will stay away from beer which is okay since i usually don't drink much. After a few months i started to notice when i ate wheat bread my airways would start closing again or horrible bathroom experience sometimes both. At this point i'm thinking maybe i'm getting old (25) body is changing i can't have somethings. One night i wake up and i couldn't breathe! I had to sit in the shower and inhale a little water just to breathe again it was horrible. I figured just to be safe ill go to the doctor see what he thinks. I get told i have asthma, which I've never had, and i played football and basketball growing up i'm in good shape still play basketball a few time a month. I figure this doctor is probably stupid but i couldn't deny the attack i had that night so i figured what the hell i get an inhaler in case my airways close up again. I probably should have gotten one sooner but well i don't like doctor visits. So after a few more months i started to wake up with a runny noise itchy throat and wheezing sometimes. I thought okay time to do some research to figure out whats going on. I decide its gotten bad enough i need to put pillow covers on and mattress covers on my bed and fully clean the floors with special cleaners from the allergy store. I even washed my blankets and sheets in special detergent for people with allergies which is suppose to help and remove dust mites. I even took this pillow apart and washed it. This seemed to help but after a week i was back where i started if not worse. I thought okay maybe i have to do this every week. After a few weeks it didn't seem to work as well i was still waking up wheezing. I thought okay maybe i'm allergic to polyester which is what my pillow and sheet covers are made of. So i bought nice cotton everything. Which still didn't help well a little but not much. Finally i thought maybe its the pillow this all started after i got the pillow it is buckwheat and i'm allergic to wheat it seems. Then i did some research on buckwheat allergies. Turns out all my problems can be caused by this pillow. I remember reading that the pillow is suppose to be fully washed and cleaned to prevent these type of problems. Now only about 1 in 6000 people or so suffer from buckwheat allergy if they are not cleaned correctly. If they are then my understanding is it is extremely rare to have the problems I've been having. So rare that I don't believe there is an exact est. well i couldn't find one anyway. So are these pillows washed and cleaned like they should be well you decide. But anyone with allergies be careful. Oh on a side note i even developed an allergy to my cats which has now slowly diminished after about 5 months or so of not sleeping on this pillow. The Pillow was very comfortable but i will never do a buckwheat pillow again. I hope this review helps someone!
Rating: 2 stars