Who else can't sleep?

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  • Zoffiel
    Zoffiel Member Posts: 3,374
    The tiles are good, Kate. The only problem is once you are down there you get a true view of the state of your housekeeping. (I'm not much of a cleaner) 

    I have the same problem when it comes to yoga at home; there's nothing like a bit of down dog to remind me that I need to vacuum the house more often. Sometimes this is not a place where you want to have your face too close to the carpet...
  • onemargie
    onemargie Member Posts: 1,264
    Hi there @kmakm i got my taste back a couple weeks after finishing chemo. It returned slowly st first then after a couple weeks I was able to get my normal diet back. Haven’t eaten beef chow min since I finished lol. Margie.  Xx
  • kmakm
    kmakm Member Posts: 7,974
    edited April 2018
    Thank you @onemargie, that is good to know. It will be pleasant not to be reminded of cancer with every mouthful of food and drink...
  • kmakm
    kmakm Member Posts: 7,974
    So true @Zoffiel! But if it's at night and I don't turn on the lights... 
  • Sister
    Sister Member Posts: 4,961
    Kids do the floors here - I can blame them.
  • kmakm
    kmakm Member Posts: 7,974
    My husband is snoring like a train. He says he doesn't sleep much but he's always asleep when I'm awake...
  • Sister
    Sister Member Posts: 4,961
    I slept last night for 6 1/2 hours!!! With the help of Ativan and then Tamazapam.  This is after going for 72 hours with about 2-3 hours sleep a night.  I wasn't the happiest bunny to be around yesterday - cleaning up after being away and nagging the kids about it.  How many clothes can 2 girls wear in a place where you don't really see anyone but family, spend most of the time on the beach AND when I did a load halfway through so there wouldn't be much when we came home?
  • kmakm
    kmakm Member Posts: 7,974
    Congratulations! On the sleep that is, not the laundry...
  • Sister
    Sister Member Posts: 4,961
    The funny thing is that during the couple of hours sleep I had when we got back Sunday night, I was dreaming that I was in a zombie movie and that my family was in it, too.  I felt like a zombie most of yesterday.
  • kmakm
    kmakm Member Posts: 7,974
    How appropriate!
  • onemargie
    onemargie Member Posts: 1,264
    Morning ladies. I feel so bad as I sleep like a baby these days especially since the end of the hot flushes last year. I’m up ealtvlike you guys but at least get a decent nights sleep except for a pee through the night.  I hope you guys get some decent rest soon. And yes @Sister I remember going away on hols either camping or in a unit with only two kids me and hubby and I remember thinking the same on our return home..... where the fuck did all this bloody washing come from! And even when we went camping i still did a load or three and still managed to come home with 408 loads of washing to do WTF! Lol. Margie xx
  • kmakm
    kmakm Member Posts: 7,974
    @onemargie You are my aspiration...
  • Sister
    Sister Member Posts: 4,961
    And, of course, there's another load in the basket now!
  • arpie
    arpie Member Posts: 8,129
    I'm in that club too!!  Isn't it SO annoying??  During Menopause I could never sleep either .... so usually have some temase on hand - especially when camping .... I've also tried Phenergan tabs - but usually just end up with a dry mouth.  I've tried Melatonin tabs & my sister brought her pharmacy compounded Melatonin liquid down over Easter & I tried it -  it did nothing for me ...... I've tried various 'natural solutions' that also don't work!!

    However - last night I had a REALLY good sleep - probably more due to the fact I was out in my kayak yesterday, fishing for 7-8hrs (a cast of thousands) .... so was very suitably tired before going to bed!

    I wear ear plugs so that I don't hear any 'external' noise - be it my husband's snoring or the birds starting their dawn chorus - as once I DO wake up, I can never go back to sleep!  :(   

    What a PAIN!!!

    I haven't read all 23 pages ...... SO ... does anyone have a sure fire method for getting back to sleep (or just falling asleep in the first place) ..... that works???
  • kmakm
    kmakm Member Posts: 7,974
    edited April 2018
    @arpie I'm sorry to say the answer is no...

    I can use Temazepam three times a week but it never gets me all the way through the night. Nothing defeats the hot flush.

    Kayak & fishing exhaustion sounds effective, but probably not sustainable on a daily basis!
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