Comments | fibromyalgia: Typical, innit!

katexxxxxx in fibromyalgia

Typical, innit!

Nov 18, 2007 04:43

I'm not usually given to The Great Winge: I TRY to be positive. But there are times...

It's 4:35 am.

My hands ache and itch...
My left shoulder joint hurts...
My right elbow hurts
My knees ache...

I've been awake for over an hour...

I paid the used tea department a visit, but was then wider awake than ever!

Then the hubby started snoring!

So I got up.

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klimtomaniac November 18 2007, 05:10:20 UTC

My husband and I have set up a second bed in a separate room for the nights I can't sleep. He'll sleep in there if I ask him to or if my insomnia is really bad. Do you have some sort of option like that?

Also, someone once told me that a great way to fall asleep is to read a manual, like a car, tv, or toaster manual. Something extremely un-engaging sometimes helps turn the brain off.

Good luck, I really hope you get some good sleep soon.

katexxxxxx November 18 2007, 05:19:14 UTC

I stop trying! Especially if I've had more than 5 hours sleep... Not worth the effort! Going and doing something else for an hour usually works. One thing is that I'm usually so stiff if this happens that I need to move about a bit. Going down the stairs is a trial, though... It's the one time I really wish we lived in a bungalow rather than a house!

Our spare room is the sewing room: the bed in there is usually piled high with sewing projects! I need a day to clear it for guests... But I'm short and the sofa is comfy, and down here I get to cuddle up with the cats!

klimtomaniac November 18 2007, 05:32:23 UTC

Wow, five hours would be a wonderful nights sleep. Stairs are killer in the morning, I also find getting up and down from the toilet at night and in the morning very difficult, haven't found a way to solve that one yet.

We just moved (had a bungalow) and it took us a long time to get the second bed (we now have two) cleared off of boxes and other misc. stuff. I'm hoping this move will get my husband to just start throwing things out, he's such a pack rat.

hourglasscreate November 18 2007, 06:46:31 UTC

Two things: 1) I listen to books on tape when I am sewing. I have found that if I put a book on at a low volume as I go to bed, that it stops the brain bouncies and I wake up to realize that I have missed whole sections of the story. When sleep is the objective, having to rewind in the morning is a pleasure.

2) What kind of sewing do you do? I call sewing my OCD. You might notice that it is 1:45am. I was up working on a project and decided to check the computer before going to bed.

katexxxxxx November 18 2007, 10:30:03 UTC

Audio books annoy me! They are always way too slow: I read like Terry Pratchet's .303 Bookworm! As my current leisure/pleasure reading is two massive tomes on fashion from the V&A, my Book at Bedtime is a Cadfael novel I've read and re-read many times: a bit of comfort reading before dropping off! I alternate that with my latest quilting mag, Mark Lupinski's Quilter's Home - a highly amusing and irreverent take on the quilting world that is far from the prissy norm! I may get a subscription for this one ( ... )

katexxxxxx November 18 2007, 13:05:21 UTC

I ended up NOT swimming. :(

Started up a really fine nose bleed as I was getting ready, and then my friend called to cancel due to a cold. Son was taken by his dad, who sat and waited for him.

So now I'm stiff and I feel grotty, and like a failure. Ho hum.

Still Sunday Dinner is all set to go: pork joint in the oven, bathing in a nice strong dry cider, apple sauce made, Roasted Orange Things and an apple crumble all ready to pop in the oven at the right moment, and the cabbage ready to cook! I like Sunday Dinner: it's so easy to prepare! Doesn't feel like real cooking, somehow!

wylderwynd November 18 2007, 15:20:33 UTC

"...I feel grotty, and like a failure." With that delicious dinner made;you hardly sound like a failure! Enjoy!

katexxxxxx November 18 2007, 16:06:55 UTC

I know intellectually that this is a LOOOOONG way from failure in any sense: it's just that when I'm tired and suffering from a fit of what a sewing friend calls 'cranky pants', failing to go swimming FEELS like a major deal, especially as I struggle hard to keep fit and keep the weight off. It would be so easy to give in, but the shadow of the wheelchair keeps me going! I'll try to go during the week some time.

The oven switched on a little while back, and the house smells of dinner cooking! :D

wylderwynd November 18 2007, 15:18:04 UTC

It IS a bugger! I've gotten use to the bizarre sleep/wake cycle, so much so that if I have an off night and I sleep through I feel odd, like I suppose most folks feel if they don't get an uninterrupted sleep. The good news is that there is always someone awake in case of an emergency. ;)