My grandbaby has arrived! So we’re short on sleep, but long on love and joy! Moving up here, the new baby and associated sleep loss, change in general — they all lead to increased pain. I don’t take any narcotic pain medications anymore because the opiates just didn’t provide enough relief to be worth the hassle of […]
The Girl Is Back!
It was only a few days, but I missed her. She had fun, saw both sets of grandparents and various other kin, got fig preserves made just for her, went shopping, and other stuff I can’t recall at the moment. I expect that she’ll be catching up on sleep for the rest of the week.
Sleep ’til you wake
When’s the last time you just slept ’til you woke up? No alarm clock, no agenda, no hungry pets—just listening to your own body? Try it this week. In fact, do it at least one day each week. It will give your body a chance to recharge and top off your batteries, so to speak. Please ignore […]
Do You Get Used to It?
Those of you who use CPAP machines—do you ever get to where it doesn’t feel strange? Can you talk, at least a few sentences, despite the thing? I think not being able to talk is getting to me the most. When Sam and I go to bed, we using slip into sleep still talking to each […]
Whee!
We have nothing to do tonight. Not a thing. Nada. Zilch. That is an unbelievable relief! Katie has had four nights of dance every week since the fall. We’re all ready for a break! We’re going to have pizza, laze around, maybe watch movies. Katie and I watched Dirty Dancing last night, so she’s continuing with Dirty […]
Growl
I missed a doctor’s appointment this morning—one of those that it has taken MONTHS to get. I’m not happy. I just couldn’t wake up, though. Sam roused me long enough to get meds into me this morning. I fell asleep again, though, and for the second day in a row I ended up in a hypnagogic […]
So What Do They Learn From a Sleep Study if You Don’t Sleep?
I got *maybe* two hours of sleep all Thursday night. That was verified by the monitoring tech. In fact, he came into the room around 3:30 and said, “Are you ever going to go to sleep?” Of course, I was trying. They said I have sleep apnea, which is no big surprise. I’ll be going back […]
Whoops
You know that manicure I got a few weeks back? Now I’m trying to get the acrylic overlay off my nails. Ick. Katie and I have sleep studies tonight. I just got around to really reading some of the instructions, and we have to remove our nail polish (from toes and fingers) for the oxygen […]
Yay!
I woke up on my own today—FEELING RESTED! I cannot remember the last time that happened. Just feeling rested is something of a miracle. Okay, I did wake after 11 am, and that does follow two nights and most of yesterday in bed. But I’ll take it! Unlike my normal pattern, I’m going to take it […]
My Hero
I didn’t sleep at all last night, and woke sambear this morning crying in pain. He gallantly got medicine into me, then took a half-day off to get Katie to an appointment that couldn’t be rescheduled and take care of me. I couldn’t even find my glasses this morning, and my contacts weren’t cooperating, so I spent […]