INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours

queenmomcat

FeelingFeline: yes, that scene. So tease me as a Grinch already. (Yes, I was crying. And I noticed more than a few sniffles and gulps around me.)

CeliaC

Anyone remember the scene in Moonstruck, where Cher's eyes are overflowing with tears while watching La Boheme at the Met? It is my favorite opera!

feelingfeline

Yup!

M0mmyof3

Preparing to get slapped hard with that winter storm coming east. Watching the news to see if anything has changed.

JWoo

Hope everyone is staying warm!

hootiehooo

Smaarty

hi all, I forgot that I posted while waiting at Honolulu. So...... we got delayed 2 hours. Got into Sydney about 9;30, 1 am Hawaii time. We had fun, dh spent 3 days with a friend In Brisbane but came back with a cold, which he gave to our son. I got a tooth infection while we were there. I now have a dentist in Australia! I got bit by something almost every night while there. Mosquitoes or something. Don’t think it was ever spiders. Always had to check for them ever night when going to bed. Only had 2 this time.

So went to a new dentist today (mine is on vacation for 3 weeks). I need a root canal on the bad tooth. So that will happen the end of the month.

Anybody know if Sas is a grandma now

feelingfeline

OOOH Smaarty, spiders and root canals

Nice to see you back XXX

M0mmyof3

Well all the snow and ice we got from that winter storm is gone.

Beatmon

Logged on today and see no entries for 3 weeks. Is everyone tired of how bc.org is going these days or what? Too sad we’ve lost too many of our ladies keeping us away?

I’m pretty much a mixture of both of the above. It saddens me because this has always been so helpful

karen1956

Beatmom - I read this thread on occasion, but don't post. Thee is one thread that I am active on, but I will always come visit co. Stay well.

Loveroflife

Beatmon, for me it's also a mixture of both.

Wren44

I'm mostly on the older woman thread.

mostlymom

I always check-in but I don't post often.

edwards750

I’m like Wren mostly on the radiation and older women threads but the fact is a lot of my BC sisterson those threads don’t post as often either.

Diane

M0mmyof3

I took a self imposed vacation from here for a bit. Needed to recharge.

Loveroflife

It's 2 am and I can't seem to control these guys.

Loveroflife

Last time I was this wide awake before the birds and roosters was when I had jet lag. Not right. I need to be up in 4 hours to take DD2 to swim practice. Pfft.Maybe I should try to count DH's respiratory rate instead

feelingfeline

Loveroflife

Loveroflife

feelingfeline

Beatmon

I’m up so many times during the night. Insomnia is an unwelcome guest. I take a sleeper, bendaryl, sometimes need the gabapentin.some nights I’m able to go to sleep, wake up multiple times.

The worst is awake until 330:or after 430 and finally fall asleep. Still until 530 when hubs gets up. He lives for work, the dogs sleep for 15 minutes or up to an an hour. I am e haustec.

So much question, is anyone still awake and posting in the old days.?

Loveroflife

Wren44

Beatmon, I take trazodone to help me sleep. It's an old anti-depressant that doesn't do much for depression, but a low dose helps me get to sleep and stay asleep.

JWoo

After several trials of several other meds, herbs, and spell casting, my dr finally rx'd amatryptaline in low dose to allow me to sleep. It doesn't put me to sleep, but i get to stay asleep (mostly) now, and actually complete at least one sleep cycle a night. I average about 6 hours of good sleep now, compared to the 1-3 hours of just having closed eyes that I was living on for so long. It's changed my life.

queenmomcat

Wren44: I'm on trazodone too--it helps me a bit with the night %#^*$!!!s in addition to waking partway through the night. (Not for everyone! Find what works for you.) This has always struck me as a variant on using Benadryl (diphenhydramine) as a gentle sleeping aid: re-marketing a drug initially developed for issue A as a solution for issue B, which is addressed by a common side effect of said drug.

Beatmon

Wren, I tried Trazadone and thought it was a miracle. Then very weird side effect: my sinus got swollen and couldn’t breathe through my nose at all. Stopped it for a few days and restarted and Bam! All stopped up again.

I’m in a medical marijuana state...two indica gummies don’t put me out or keep me out. I just wished I could get some good rest

Wren44

I'm sorry. It's awful when you can't sleep. I have some nights where I sleep 2-3 hours, get up to go to the bathroom, and then take 2 hours to get back to sleep. It's not constant, thank God. No rest really messes with your mind.

Loveroflife

I am happy to see some members of the Insomnia Swat Team dropped in. I am sorry I can't offer much as I rarely suffer from insomnia. Don't ask me how I ended up here. Never mind. I will tell you anyway. It was when the Ying and the Yang in me was not in a balance. I was getting up in the middle of the night and couldn't fall back to sleep because of post-op pain and worried about the JP drains getting caught in between the cracks of my recliner. Things get thrown out of whack when the body is disturbed, whether it's physically, mentally, or emotionally. Wish you can find a sleep aid that works for you.....One that helps you fall asleep and stay asleep.

sas-schatzi

So my sweet Loverly, what was it that helped you It's amazing we end up back at the same time. Blessings. Blessing to everyone. I may be able to stay, I think. I'll try. 
I've read since I have left.

Jwoo love to see you here fairly often. Touchy, How's the boyfriend?  Did you find a home for each piece of glass?. Regretfully, after I sent your glass I stopped sending glass. The postage was horrendous. Please, , don't feel guilty, it was my choice. Probably could be much cheaper if I learned it. I was happy to send yours, but after that and Susan3's  oh no. It was so much fun for you both.

Smarrty can't believe you remembered that Steve and Jamie were due on the date you posted. She was induced on Jan 19th. 

Sawyer Andrew Spaid, 7 Lbs 14 oz, 21 inches. Everyone did fine and all are healthy. They are adjusting fine. I've only been to Tampa once. Bummer. But accepting that we can't have everything.

BUT it brings memories , my mom came to stay and I had her have her cataract workup. She then came back and had her cataracts done. I had her for many months. YAY YAY YAY. Gertie was the greatest treasure. Then about a two years later mom and dad came to live with us. 

Now if there is a mathematical person amongst us, my question is : What is the probability that three generations are born in the 34th year? Mom was 34 when she had us(twins), I was 34 when I had Stephen, and Stephen & Jamie were 34 when they had Sawyer. So far I have asked that question to many and no takers to solve the problem . But I do know there is a mathematical nerd someplace in the world that can figure it out. Hahahaha.

Kathindc, so wish you had my cataract doc. I had it two weeks ago, In at 1pm, out at 3pm. piece of cake. Next eye they aren't so excited to do b/c of hx of wet macular. But I'm working on them. The NEW eye has 20/30 and the old eye comes across like the mirrors in the old carnival show. Doc was talking 6 months. I'm pushing, but even at this point with the retinologist and the opthamoligist talking , I figure 5-6 weeks.