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  • Zoffiel
    Zoffiel Member Posts: 3,374 ✭
    The possums are either killing each other or having the sort of sex that would turn you off romance for life. This is a big country, must they do that right outside my bedroom window? At 3 am? The Hound is on holidays, so I may have to go out and 'Hargh' them myself. She is better at it and seems to enjoy the experience--there are things I'd rather do than snarl at marsupials in the middle of the night. Like sleep.
  • Sister
    Sister Member Posts: 4,961 ✭
    I'm guessing then that you have brushies in your neck of the woods and yes, there is a secret lore that means all brushies have to make the most noise outside of bedroom windows (after, of course, running back and forth across a, preferably, tin roof).  Chickie will be welcomed with open arms, I think.
  • kmakm
    kmakm Member Posts: 7,974 ✭
    edited June 2018
    Anyone cold? Come over and sit by me like an open fire. I'm throwing off enough heat to melt Antarctica. Yes. My hot flushes are contributing to global warming. It's my fault. Sorry about that.
  • Sister
    Sister Member Posts: 4,961 ✭
    Ha!  So, it's all of us that have survived to menopause (or forced into it) who are at fault with climate change.  Never thought of that.
  • Sister
    Sister Member Posts: 4,961 ✭
    Actually, @Zoffiel I think possum romance is by far preferable to hear than koala romance - that is extremely loud and unpleasant to hear.
  • kmakm
    kmakm Member Posts: 7,974 ✭
    @Sister @Zoffiel When I was a child we lived in England for a year. I will never forget waking in the night and being terrified by the sound of what I learned was hedgehogs mating... Can you imagine?!  :D
  • Kiwi Angel
    Kiwi Angel Member Posts: 1,952 ✭
    Alternated all night between wearing my ass off or then freezing to death cause I had thrown the blankets off and if it wasn’t that my arthritic hip and knee ached. I tossed and turned all night which made hubby more restless and therefore snore more and then the whinging child upstairs started with another tantrum this morning - not quite mating possums but pretty damn irritating at god knows what time. Was a relief to get up at 5 and go for a walk. Hopefully the lack of sleep, exercise and day at work contributes to a better sleep tonight. 
  • kmakm
    kmakm Member Posts: 7,974 ✭
    @Kiwi Angel Hope so. And I hope the neighbouring kid has an exhausting day at kinder!
  • Eastmum
    Eastmum Member Posts: 495 ✭
    OMG @Kiwi Angel - I so hear you! The doona dance is an ongoing feature of my night - actually my husband and I have a double doona each - started that when we got married 28 years (and 4 children ago) because we were both doona hogs! hahahaha - so at least I do the doona dance on my own - having said that though, I have often considered taking my doona and dancing it all the way to his face to stop the snoring!  Luckily, the 'honey, please roll over on to your side' usually does the trick but I when I look over and he is snoring in the non snoring position - that's the absolute PITS! There's no improvement from there! 
  • Kiwi Angel
    Kiwi Angel Member Posts: 1,952 ✭
    @Eastmum I totally get the snoring on the non snoring side!!  It was worse because he went to sleep before me last night. Hopefully better tonight!!
  • Eastmum
    Eastmum Member Posts: 495 ✭
    Oh yes, it's so much worse when they're already asleep! Fingers crossed for you for tonight @Kiwi Angel ! xxxx
     
  • Kagisha
    Kagisha Member Posts: 18 ✭
    thanks for asking kmakm. After my lumpectomy breast still sore especially at night, got Endone from GP, that got me reasonable sleep, normally wake after three hours then on and off. Now on antibiotics to clear up persistent redness of breast, seem to work, didn't need Endone last night, but still woke up, so got up and read, followed by our cat, back to bed before five. All the best for you.
  • kmakm
    kmakm Member Posts: 7,974 ✭
    Ah @Kagisha, you describe so many of our nights! Hope yours improve soon.
  • Kiwi Angel
    Kiwi Angel Member Posts: 1,952 ✭
    I'm ready for my afternoon nap now - pity this work business is getting in the way of it.
  • Sister
    Sister Member Posts: 4,961 ✭
    I've been up since 4am - awake a lot longer.  I have my worst sleep's the morning of chemo.  I guess I still get anxious about it.  No 7 Paclitaxol this morning.  I can't believe that I'm officially past the halfway mark but I've got to make it to No 9 according to the onc.  Up until the latest treatment, tingling in the fingers and toes has only been during the first few days and it seemed like it was the same this time but it started up again last night so I'm hoping that I don't get derailed.  I'm not sure how fast it comes on when it gets serious, or how serious it has to be before the chemo is stopped.  Much as I hate chemo, I'd be devastated to have come this far and not be able to finish it.

    I am so over this all - I can't see the light in much anymore - it's just head down, slog through it.  I know I'm doing well, healthwise, compared to many on this site so please forgive the self-pity.  I will get through it, I know - it's just time.  I'm often finding lately that I read people's posts and I want to respond but cannot find the words, or I do respond and read it back later and think what a poor comment I made.  So, not such great support for others, I'm afraid.  And I'm back to the early days where I really don't want to talk about it when people ask.

    Well, this started as a not sleeping post but morphed a bit.  Oh well... I hope most of you are sleeping soundly and catching up on those precious zzzz.  For those who are not, I've got some nice biccies in the tin.


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