Dawn's Blog...: Sleep Disorders

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

I Should Have Slept Standing Up

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Since my back/shoulder are all out of whack, sleeping has not been easy. Or restful. Have you tried to sleep when your shoulder blade is killing you? Can't sleep on your back. Ouch. Can't sleep on the side with the aching shoulder blade. It hurts. Can't sleep on the other side because the arm on the "bad side" keeps flopping over and causing back pain. Can't lay on my stomach. Not comfortable for me regardless of the back issues.

I flopped around last night like a dying fish. And woke up this morning looking like one. If I thought I could have managed it, I would have slept standing up. I thought better of it...if I had slept standing up, I would have eventually fallen over, cracking my head on the hard floor. Maybe even getting a concussion--to add to my other pain ridden body parts. Ugh. So instead I stayed in bed, desperately trying to rearrange myself to some semblance of comfort. I probably drove my dear husband to insanity. Or not. I don't think he woke up, not even once. Even when I kicked him, accidentally of course. He awoke looking fresh as a daisy, unlike his wife who resembled something one might see in the Dawn of The Dead movies. Just sayin'.

I'm going to try and make it through my sleep deprived day and hopefully not scare my husband, my kids, or any cute,small animals in the process.

Study: Sleep-deprived teens ate worse (boston.com)

Monday, March 8, 2010

I'm At Critical Mass

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I'm sitting here in bed with my laptop propped on my knees. Yes, it's a Monday morning and yes, I have a list of things to do...and yet, here I am. I am sick. I've had the crud for the past 3 days,which by the way totally ruined my weekend. I am now at stage 3 of my cold. I am at the "sneeze until you have no brains left" critical mass, stage. I have a pile of tissues on my night stand along with throat lozenges and other sundry types of medication. Gross, right? My big scientific question of the day is this---How in the world can so much snot get in one's head? Really. Seriously. I'm sick of snot. My nose is raw....not my most attractive look.

Last night I probably slept all of about 2 hours. The rest of the time I coughed. And coughed some more. Oh yeah, and a little more coughing in there for good measure. You get the picture. The more I wanted to sleep, the more I couldn't because my throat was dry and I coughed so hard I thought for sure I'd see my lung laying beside me. So, my throat is dry and my head is full of snot. This is just a cruel joke. To make it even worse, my sweet husband was sleeping like a rock. So unfair. I watched him sleep for awhile...just for my own amusement. I thought about giving him subliminal messages in his sleep about what a wonderful wife he has......see what happens when I'm awake in the middle of the night....and bored?

Since I was already awake at 3:15 am I thought, "well, I'll just go to the bathroom"....you know for something to do. On the way to my destination I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror. I scared myself. All I have to say is I have a renewed respect for my dear husband. He still loves me even when I look like THAT. Just sayin'.

My boys had this yuck last week. I'm sure it was they that infected me with the crud. It's all their fault. I think I will sneeze on them today as retribution. Or cough on their lunch. Or something to make myself feel better. At least all my kids are teens. It's not like I HAVE to get up and do anything for them. They can forage for themselves. Or starve. The choice is theirs.

When Mom is sick....the whole house suffers. It's the law of nature. I'm sure I read that somewhere.