If I don't get some sleep, I feel like I will die! Cleaner did not come today nor return my two calls to her. I stayed up yesterday morning with only 4.5 hours sleep. And, I did not take a nap even though I wanted a nap. Tuesday morning, I awoke with 4.5 hours sleep. I did not go back to bed as I usually do. I waited up for her. Then, I did not get a nap. I called friend who could not talk and said she would call right back. Well, 45 minutes later, I finally went to nap. Then, 45 minutes after that, I got up madder than a wet hen!
Finally, about 7 pm, we went to store and got bacon and bananas. Then, we came home and both had a salad with bacon and tomatoes. The salad had carrots, red cabbage, radishes, zucchini, squash and tomatoes. Tommy went into the store and had a lesson in how expensive bacon is these days. He bought the precooked kind and some more of the low sodium bacon. We still spent less than if we had bought dinner anywhere!
Yes, I am grumpy feeling, but not grumpy with Tommy.
Tommy told me to call the lawn guy. I did and have not heard from him, either. But, he works hard and long in this heat. He will call when he can come.
I tried to get an appointment with the ob/gyn oncologist and have heard nothing. The family doctor is out of town this week. The podiatrist, well, I forgot what happened with her. I just feel discombobulated. And, I am not going to look back over what I wrote, either. No editing. I hope it makes sense.
Do you feel completely undone and miserable when you really need sleep and things happen or don't happen? My whole body started to ache when the nap did not happen!
This whole day has been horrible. Feeling like this is rare. The lack of sleep is the problem.
The sky and clouds were so pretty today, so that made a portion of the day much better. The clear blue sky had the fluffiest, white clouds blowing along, a rare sight.
Do you feel miserable when you cannot sleep and circumstances seem to conspire against sleep?
Oh yes. lack of sleep really gets to me. The times I have been in the hospital, I would come home so exhausted and unable to remember things. I always feel so much better, and sharper after a day or two of sleeping in my own bed (recliner) and having no machine beeping near me and no unusual noises. I sleep and sleep and sleep after the times I have been in the hospital. On my last knee surgery one man must have been in horrible pain because he cried out so loud "Help me, Help me" almost all night long. It must have been something awful for him but it wasn't good for me either. It seems like there could have been something they could have done for him. I also couldn't sleep because of that opioid pain medicine, I think it was called Norco. It made me so shaky and nervous, that I couldn't even relax to try to sleep. Then an hour or so before I was due for the next dose, I would get very nauseated and my stomach would start making me retch. I took myself off that crap about one and a half days after being home and just used Tylenol, and a muscle relaxer that I often have to take for a pinched neck nerve problem. That worked so much better than that Norco crap, with no bad side effects.
ReplyDeleteI also get weirdly hot, and very goofy after a sleepless night/(early morning to noon) to where I can't think straight, like to write a grocery list, or pay bills.
Doesn't it seem like it is 10 times more difficult to get in to see a doctor than it used to be, about 5 or 10 years ago.
I think all of the fluid must be gone from around my heart now. The Lasix has worked great for that, because I'm not wheezing or having any tightness when trying to breathe. I am barely remembering to even take my asthma medicine now, instead of feeling like I needed to use it to breathe so often. Thank God that Lasix did the trick for that, I think.
I have a echocardiogram and an ultrasound of my heart and lungs next week. That will make sure that every bit of the fluid around my heart is gone. My doctor said there wasn't much fluid there, so we would first try the Lasix to take care of it.
I cancelled a retina specialist check up that would have been the next day because it takes three hours from leaving the house until returning again. The retina specialist is in a multi retina specialist office. When I have to go there I go into a separate little room for each eye test, which usually makes for 4 rooms and then an extra room for the retina surgeon to go over the info with me, like an assembly line. It is an awful time consuming appointment. The office is a long spacious office and people are waiting in every chair, and there are a lot of chairs. but I know I won't be up to an appointment that takes so long after having the heart ultrasound early in the morning the day before .
We had about 10 inches of rain fall on early Tuesday morning in our community, and 8 inches of rain fell at the airport a few miles from our home. So many people were stranded on highways, and in their homes. About 10 puppies drowned in an animal shelter in a town about 30 minutes away and across the Missouri river because the water rose so fast in the building, water rescue tried to get to them to save them but it was too late. So many people were flooded out of their homes, in places that have never flooded. Our house is near one of the highest areas in the county. If it ever rains enough to flood my neighborhood, someone better have been building an ark, because everywhere will be flooded.
I hope you get a good sleep and have a wonderful day today.
I hate being in a hospital. Even when having a baby, all I wanted was to escape the hospital.
DeleteThe retina doctor I go to has me going from room to room, very tiring and disconcerting. Two doctors appointments back to back are just too much for me. No, did not get sleep again. The 4.5 hours after yesterday's exhaustion is not working.
Did the fluid cause heart failure? I hear lasix is rough to take.
That was sad about the puppies. It was on the news. Thankfully, we live in a higher place, too. We have kidded about the ark if we flood.
I am just sitting here, almost 9 am, waiting to go back to sleep. Tommy has been good about letting me sleep or rest if I need it.
Sounds like a frustrating day! Did you ever figure out why the housecleaner didn't show?
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DeleteFrustrating and tiring. I have not heard a word. My phone is on and I am turning it off to go to sleep in a bit. I am more exhausted than yesterday.