@kildaren96 I feel like I know you, Nanci, you write so vividly about your struggles. A hip replacement is a huge deal. Recovery from that takes time. And, I think you are so smart to fill your life with (pleasant) distractions. I can identify. I first read about Nidra in the medical literature and found an email and contacted Noctrix Company. The reason it's not available everywhere--yet--is because they have to establish support people in the state. So, I bet New Mexico is coming. I live in KY but see a RLS doctor by going to Ohio. Ohio had Nidra available before KY--so I questioned if I could go there to be "activated." The answer was "no" for a YEAR, but last April the company allowed me to have mine delivered to a friend who lives in Northern Ohio. On the way home, I stopped in Columbus and had the "activation" in my motel room. (Activation is only adjusting the settings and making sure you can put it on correctly--takes an hour.) Because I had reached out to the company--exchanged emails with a nurse--I received an email saying now I could go to Ohio to get the device last April. I suggest you contact Noctrix so you will know (immediately) when Nidra is available in NM. Yes, you can just check their website, but getting email notification could be more timely. Also, tell them that Albuquerque would be the best place for a RSL doctor to be located : ) It doesn't hurt to have them realize there are potential customers in NM. I was very impressed by the fact that they emailed me to say "you can have one now." I think they are extremely cognizant to the hardship RLS places on us. I understand that you are managing your RLS now--you aren't in crisis. But, when you are able to get a Nidra, you should. Your compression stockings are a good stop-gap. My RLS presents as pain--in my thighs, not calves. I have a sack of rice in the bed and sometimes lying with my thigh against the rice-sack (a hardness) would allow me to go back to sleep. Similar to your stockings. Last February my goal was to manage my RLS--live with it/cope with it---I never imagined I could have nights without any symptoms. Nidra has done this for me. (Last 5 nights in a row--no RLS symptoms, at all). Oh, and with the Noctrix company--it's not just the device. You need to exchange these pads on it weekly. (Sticky stuff--to conduct--like on an EKG or a TEDs, sort of). These are UPSed to me every four weeks (paid for by Medicare). The Noctrix Company has treated me like a valued customer and also as someone who suffers without their help. They have a network that makes sure the device is used properly and the pads are always supplied as needed. Really, I feel they are a class-act. Nidra is now available in Kentucky. I'm glad I didn't wait and went to Ohio--getting one months sooner. I was in crisis (or bordering on crisis) since the summer of 2020. I developed insomnia on top of the RLS and because of the RLS. Etc. I understand your situation isn't identical to mine. But, like me, you look for solutions. I may not be on this message board forever---but when you get a Nidra, be sure to tell others. Pass it forward. Best to you!