Pillow talk

I have a pretty serious problem, and I am desperate for some help!

(this is going to seem silly, but I am being serious!!)

I need your help finding a great pillow, one for my bed, where I rest my head every night!

I am such a freak about pillows, Hal and my parents will tell you. I will find the perfect pillow and use it for 4 or 5 years just because its so hard to find great pillows. Well after 4 or 5 years of sleeping on a pillow every night, you know they turn into pancakes. When Hal and I moved into our new house, I gave in and said that I would get rid of our old pillows (tear) and buy new ones. This was hard for me to do, because I knew that it would take a lot to find a good one. After what was a very hard time, putting my pillows in the trash, I began my search to find the perfect pillow.

Here is the reason I am a freak. I cannot just go into a store and feel of a pillow with my hands and know that its a great pillow. I actually have to LAY on it. So I get down in the floor of the store and lay on the pillow to find out just how great it is. This is actually a great method, because I can tell right away when my head hits the hard floor, if its good or not.

So I went to 3 or 4 places looking for pillows and was having no luck. Finally I went to Target and had some luck. They have their pillows organized by firmness...soft, medium, firm, and extra firm. I am not big on laying on a concrete block for a pillow, nor do I like to lay on a really soft pillow. I chose the medium pillow, and got down in the floor to test it out. Yes, I laid on the hard, tile, dirty floor at Target. You have to do what you have to do, right? So I tried it out and it was great; it was perfect actually. Not too hard, not too soft, just right for my tastes.

I brought my pillow home and had a great night's sleep for about 2 weeks. The pillow was perfect, and then all of a sudden it went flat! AFTER TWO WEEKS! All of the stuffing that was inside has mysteriously disappered, and no amount of fluffing can bring it back. I might as well be sleeping without a pillow!

For the last couple of weeks I wake up and something is always hurting. If its not my head, its my neck, and if its not that, then its my back. I am getting really frustrated.

I need to find another great pillow! Can you please help me? Maybe a good name brand, or a place to go that has a nice selection? I am desperate!

Thanks : )