@canidmajor, I have the order right here: it’s a Simmons Beautyrest Silver Whistling Cay Luxury Firm Queen Mattress.
I wanted something relatively soft in a “traditional” mattress (no memory foam or other plastic goop for me, thanks), and the salesman said this “firm” was really medium. It seemed fine to me when we tested it in the store.
Our older, softish mattress exacerbated my husband’s back pain. He loves the new mattress. For me, it feels like sleeping on rocks. I can’t get comfortable. It’s hard for me to even sit up in the morning, and I whimper and groan while trying to stand. I think this is one reason why I can’t walk to the end of the next block any more without pain that halts me.
My husband says get rid of it, then, but he spends all his waking hours with back pain, and I can’t make myself exchange his relief for mine.