INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours

Hi 2nd, yes the SD ladies are great and I know you will enjoy meeting them if you get to the next lunch.

Hi Tessa and welcome. All of your concerns are very valid and the easiest way to handle them is to take them one at a time as 2nd suggested and enlist the help of family, friends, people in your neighborhood or church group. There may also be support as in helpers that can be suggested by your treating hospital that you can utilize while you are getting over the worst. Deep breath and try to relax a little......hard I know but you are going to have to keep a cool head to get through all that is before you.

Love n hugs girls. Chrissy

Tessa,

Perhaps you could have a movable shower head installed, the kind you can take off the hook and hold in your hand.  There are even shower heads that move up and down a bar so you won't have to reach up to take it down. 

Perhaps your children can learn to cook.  I just finished watching "Master Chef Junior" and a 10 year old made it to the semi-finals.  Kids can do a lot to help.

This is a tough time for you and you must just be reeling.  Best wishes.

Tessa, just take one step at a time. How old is your son? My DD wasn't yet 3 when I had my 1st mx (and chemo), she would "help" me feel better with her favorite pbj&s (sprinkles sandwiches). Lol! She flt that was her way to help. Let me know his age, maybe it's life-skill time for him (like learning to make eggs, Mac & cheese, heat soup...

After I got dry shampoo, read somewhere that a light sprinkle of baby powder in your hair/scalp area also works.

Hi 2nd.....still too early here in Southern Cal to say we can't sleep yet?.. :-) me, well damn kidney stone 12 mm. Should be getting surgery early next week. So sleep has been bad with crazy pain off and on when the stone moves slightly. Why can't you sleep?

So sad about Veggy and also Spamgirl...

I am doing pre-op in the morning, surgery scheduled for 1:30 Monday . Hopefully I won't be a stoner anymore :-)

fall? Hardly! DH turned on AC a couple hours ago (I'm freezing!). Insanely hot for this time of year!

Hoping you get some sleep tonight, Monday probably can't come soon enough for you! What part of So Cal are you in? Pls don't answer if it's too personal.

broken dreams, gee, we're almost neighbors (uh, sorta, it's a big stretch), hoping you don't have to do the 15/91 every day and can take the more southern routes. Don't envy anyone with that drive!

Thanks for the PM 2nd.....I am going to try and sleep now.

Hi ya Sas!.....lol......girl you could wake the dead with that yell!...hahahaha!

I'm doing just fine......still giggling at the yoohoo......lol. Been busy this last week as my eldest GS turned legal (18) so had to drive to the city to celebrate and his brother turns 16 on Monday so resting up ready for another foray to the city for his celebration.