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For crying out loud, I can't do ANYTHING normal!!!
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<blockquote data-quote="timer lady" data-source="post: 105427" data-attributes="member: 393"><p>Heather,</p><p></p><p>I've been on steroids since the 4th of July; since then my sleep patterns have bit the dust. I spend a great deal of time in pain & unable to sleep.</p><p></p><p>Two things I can offer. Sleep when your body allows you to sleep. The other thing I'd offer is to learn to accept this - find something you can do in the middle of the night that isn't dependent on others. </p><p></p><p>As you know, I've taken up art work. More importantly, what's kept me sane is my nature journal. My observations of the world outside my home. I have a couple of windows in my home that I can sit & watch nature go by when I cannot get outside. Even in the middle of the night I learn; I find the number of minutes of daylight per day we've lost since the summer soltice & have been recording it. Along with that, I've been journaling nature's response to the loss of daylight. </p><p></p><p>It's just something I've learned to love & look forward to each night when I know that sleep will not be in the picture. </p><p></p><p>And on top of the pain, this is the time when I can concentrate on paying bills, sorting out the ins & outs of tweedledom.</p><p></p><p>That's not to say I don't resent the hell out of the changes that have happened to me & my body. That's not to say I look forward to each & every night of being up & alone while the world around me sleeps; that I don't resent the hell out of the pain that at times just cripples me.</p><p></p><p>And I have to remind myself that I'm in my first year of a chronic illness; that I have yet to really discover where this illness is going & how I will have to change my day to day schedules & such to accomodate my body.</p><p></p><p>You will have to find a way to do the same. Again, you are in the first year of this; the year of having to define yourself & change your daily life to accomodate your body.</p><p></p><p>Sending you a big ((((HUG))) this morning - along with a sympathetic ear if I'm around.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timer lady, post: 105427, member: 393"] Heather, I've been on steroids since the 4th of July; since then my sleep patterns have bit the dust. I spend a great deal of time in pain & unable to sleep. Two things I can offer. Sleep when your body allows you to sleep. The other thing I'd offer is to learn to accept this - find something you can do in the middle of the night that isn't dependent on others. As you know, I've taken up art work. More importantly, what's kept me sane is my nature journal. My observations of the world outside my home. I have a couple of windows in my home that I can sit & watch nature go by when I cannot get outside. Even in the middle of the night I learn; I find the number of minutes of daylight per day we've lost since the summer soltice & have been recording it. Along with that, I've been journaling nature's response to the loss of daylight. It's just something I've learned to love & look forward to each night when I know that sleep will not be in the picture. And on top of the pain, this is the time when I can concentrate on paying bills, sorting out the ins & outs of tweedledom. That's not to say I don't resent the hell out of the changes that have happened to me & my body. That's not to say I look forward to each & every night of being up & alone while the world around me sleeps; that I don't resent the hell out of the pain that at times just cripples me. And I have to remind myself that I'm in my first year of a chronic illness; that I have yet to really discover where this illness is going & how I will have to change my day to day schedules & such to accomodate my body. You will have to find a way to do the same. Again, you are in the first year of this; the year of having to define yourself & change your daily life to accomodate your body. Sending you a big ((((HUG))) this morning - along with a sympathetic ear if I'm around. [/QUOTE]
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