INSOMNIACS place to talk in the wee hours

I need to go thrift shopping with you two

We're gonna pop some tags!

To flush..... I'm on top of this one! The tank lid is off.... so we just lift the flapper with this "flap-lifter" ....then the water goes down as normal.... And the flap goes down as usual...... and the tank fills up.... (flap-lifter) is a long garden fork...)

Oh but NOW DH thought the handle needed fixing.... He took it off, to "fix" it.... but then he lost it.... somewhere between here and the garage.... At first I was just p.o'd.... But then I felt bad.... He tries so hard to do the things that he used to do.... but what can I say.... he tries....

So we'll pick up another handle with that rod on it that the chain hooks onto....

Pretty soon I'm going to restrict him from the bathroom.... make him use the ditch.... Ha!

I didn't realize how petite most of you are. Four of my brothers are near 6'. I'm 5'5" and a HALF. One of my younger Sis is 5'7". Don't know how my siblings get that tall because both of my parents are small...

Kath, Mitzy is a bit better when left alone. She had some good days based on what we saw on the webcam. It makes us feel at peace when we see her sleeping in her crate when she is at home by herself. I think she has PTSD. She is still terrified of crowded places. Took her for a walk this morning and she was doing great until we approached the park where people often come for baseball or soccer games. She went into a panic mode as soon as she hears all the commotion at the soccer game. Had to make a U turn. We are leaving next week for Hawaii and need to board her. Really hope she will be o

spookie, OMD, brrrrrrr!

Chevy, why not bike now? It will keep you warm and agile and lubricated! Spring is for planting and picking.

I'm 5'6". DD is 5', oldest son is 6'2", youngest son is 5'9. Update on Nick-his surgery is schedule for the 14. Santa is going to bring him a new leg! We are all excited for him. Hoping this help and he finally gets some relief. Even phantom pain will be better than what he has. He says he stays at 8-10 most days now.

Enerva, are roads like that by you

Everybody have a good rest of the weekend. Going out to dinner for DD birthday. She 46 today. Would you believe she was born in a car??

Yes, please do.

Grand Teton, Wyoming

Every place has some beauty. My DH and kids have always lived within a days drive of the beach and I doubt they could live far from the ocean. Forests and Mountains are my favorite, a day at the beach is pretty great too. Nice thing about Western Oregon you are 1.5 hours from the beach in most towns and usually 3 hours from snow covered peaks and deep forests.. nice. Those pictures are lovely.

We watched a travel show on Mumbai in India and it was amazing! I can't get over how many people live there and the history.. a whole different world. Beautiful place.

Oh, Sistahs - it's me - just checking in to say hi....

So many familiar names and so many new ones. This past September I hit my four-year Cancerversary, and am happy to say that I finally hit that milestone so many newbies hope for: that my BC experience was a bump in the road in my rear-view mirror. My five year anniversary will be next year.

These days, though, they are paying more attention to my BRAIN instead of my BOOBS... apparently my TBI last year knocked something loose and now I can't STOP sleeping. Well, the Neuro dx'd "Diffuse Axonal Tears" since I hit the back of my head and tore the axons....

I went through months of hellish insomnia, and now I sleep all night, can't wake up in the morning, nap in the afternoon, fall asleep after dinner, and go back to bed and sleep all night. I am saving on laundry bills since I see no reason to get dressed if my only activity is napping.

Even after numerous home tests and local outpatient tests, AND treatment with APAP and Oxygen, the Neurologist and the Pulmonologist decided I needed THE BIG GUNS, since nothing was helping. Yep - to them, I'm THAT patient!

So in September I did an inpatient sleep study at a Kaiser in the Bay Area (sucked), then last weekend, we made the six-hour round trip again for a second study (slightly different), and then next month we go up for a more advanced two-day inpatient study.

I'll do the usual polysomnography overnight, then they'll wake me up the next morning, and I'll keep my jammies on, with all my electrodes attached to my scalp, face, neck, body, arms, and legs.... and I'll be free to walk around, watch TV, use the computer, play games, AND (like I would even DO this) go to the hospital cafeteria. If not, they'll bring me food.

Then every two hours they'll tell me to go back to my room, turn out the lights, and see if I can take a nap. HAH!!! They'll wake me up after 30 minutes. I'll be discharged the evening of the second day.

SO - I know I have missed thousands of pages and a gazillion posts, and I hope y'all are doing well. I miss everyone here, but found that trying to keep up after my head injury was too stressful and confusing. I'm way better now, so hope to check in occasionally to see how everyone is doing.

xoxoxoxoxo

p.s. Not to brag or anything, but it was SO COLD here the other day, I had to wear a long-sleeved shirt!!!! LOL

Morning Glories!

Smarty.... I know, right? But this little house is little, and no room to put it in the house.... I could put it upstairs, but it is REALLY heavy, and then I'd have to go up the steps more than I do now, so I'll just leave it out there, covered up, and can ride it in the sun... But okay.... I'll move it over to a sunny place...Then just take the tarp off and get on that expensive clothes rack...

Hope Nick will be better! WAIT! DD was born in a CAR? So was that where she was conceived? I've HEARD of fast births, but not mine... both of them took YEARS! It seemed like.... That would be so scary!

Morning Kath! I've seen beautiful photo's of Japan AND Canada in the Winter... I can see them everyday from where we live, and anywhere we drive... The "foot-hills" are covered with snow, but we can see the high-peaks above them.... And when the sun reflects, and the clouds are in a blue sky, it is like heaven! We just don't go up there much...Not in the Winter anyway....

Beautiful photo's Loverly! And the Aspen framing the Grand Teton picture is gorgeous...

Cubbie, they ARE gorgeous...Where do you live? Are you in the middle of somewhere?

Yes Rosie, every place DOES have some beauty... Except maybe here, when all the leaves are gone, AND the plants, and the trees look sad, and the ground is frozen... and even the ditch is barren... And I miss the sounds of all the birds, and Raccoons and wind blowing through the leaves. I hardly ever even go out on the North side of our house in the Winter... where my one "garden" is....... I just look through the windows....

But it's home.... We were born here... and I think the change of seasons gives us a break.... Ha! I love going to Orlando though! And seeing the beaches.... just sitting there. We used to go fishing a lot, and sitting by the streams and lakes in the Mountains was really gorgeous!

And so here is BLESSINGS! Who's watching the dogs while you are gone? Are you doing a little better now? CONGRATULATIONS ON THE ANNIVERSARY! Now if we could just get your little brain hitting on all 8 cylinders we will be in business.

We think of you, and just glad you can post once in awhile... So they will treat you like a Diva? And bring you meals? I opt for that... Don't go wandering around with those see-through gowns on, with the back all untied, traipsing down the halls..........

Which reminds me.... When Theresa called last night I asked her how her "neighbor" Betty was... (across the hall)... She saw her standing in her door-way, without her pants on.... She asked Theresa where she was going, and she said "back to my room" and she asked her "is it dinnertime yet?" And Theresa said "no, and you better go put some pants on before you go down there".....

And she said "okay"......She gets a lot of help, because the staff takes her back and forth for her meals... but she can't remember to put her pants on! Theresa is surprised she is still THERE, and not in the "memory care" part...

But Theresa is doing GREAT! I can't believe the turnaround.... Maybe when they gave her 2 pints of blood for her Anemia, she somehow contracted that UTI which almost killed her? Anyway they changed Doctors, and hopefully she won't get knocked down like that again.... MAN, I thought she was a goner there for awhile. Judy & Steve are taking her up to their place in Indian Hills for Thanksgiving with all the family.

When she calls me every night, it just makes my heart sing...! We laugh and just act silly... I'll have to tell her "don't forget your pants."

Sass, I still don't know what you guys are talking about...."pop those tags" and "she drives and waits in the car and you run in????"

What ARE you doing? Holding up the place? Are you Thelma and Louise or something?

Did you see that Jazzy? And you don't bring it up? Are you in this WITH her and who-ever?

You guys are COLD? You don't know cold....... But I remember visiting my folks and going to Fisherman's Wharf... It was ALWAYS cool there! One time I was there with my Brother, and I somehow was given a Black Mustang convertible rental car! I even knew how to make the lid go up and down! Well KENNY would ONLY drive with it up! Probably 40 degrees out, and us going across the SFOBB with the top up! And he had the HEATER ON! We laughed so hard! I had to carry a comb/brush every time we were together! I needed a motorcycle helmet....

So that's all folks.... Have a nice happy Sunday! xoxo

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