BARBARA:
I AM SO SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PAIN AND DIFFICULTY IN SLEEPING. I DON'T THINK I WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THIS FAR IF I COULDN'T GET A GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP. FORTUNATELY, I AM NOT BOTHERED BY THE EXTREME PAIN SO MANY OF US SUFFER, BUT I THINK JANICE'S SUGGESTION ABOUT BACLOFEN SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD IDEA. PLEASE TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT IT. ALSO, I AM IN THE SAME POSITION AS YOU ARE. BY HUSBAND IS ALSO RETIRED AND WATCHES EVERY SPORT GAME ON TV (FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL AND NOW BASEBALL). IF HE ISN'T WATCHING IT, HE IS LISTENING ON HIS RADIO. THANKFULLY, WE HAVE MORE THAN ONE TV SO I CAN CHASE HIM IN THE BEDROOM, OR I WILL RETREAT THERE JUST TO GET AWAY FROM THE NOISE OF THE GAME. ALSO, HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO TURN ON THE COMPUTER SO I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT. IF YOU CAN SWING IT, LOOK INTO ANOTHER TV. I KNOW COMPUTERS ARE EXPENSIVE BUT MAYBE YOU CAN FIND ONE THAT SOMEONE WANTS TO GET RID OF AND YOU CAN PICK ONE UP AT A REASONABLE COST. I WOULD BE LOST WITHOUT MY COMPUTER. GOOD LUCK TO YOU AND I HOPE YOU HAVE A SOLUTION. PATTI - WISCONSIN From: Janice [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 10:07 PM To: Pieter and Heather; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [TMIC] misc Barbara, This is Janice. I had horrible nites before I started on Baclofen for my legs. I take 2 at dinner and 2 more around 8:00pm. Since I have started this regimen, I have not had trouble sleeping at nite. I sure hope you get this problem straightened out. Going without solid sleep is bad enough for a healthy person, let alone someone dealing with TM. I also go along with the idea of a second TV for you two. Reduces tensions! Good luck to you. ----- Original Message ----- From: Pieter and Heather <mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected] ; [email protected] ; [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 11:36 AM Subject: Re: [TMIC] misc Barbara, Any chance you could get a second TV or second computer just for yourself? Just a thought. Heather in Calgary ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] ; [email protected] Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 11:03 PM Subject: Re: [TMIC] misc Hi Rob, Thanks for your message, and I'm so glad I could improve your day with mine to you. I am sending this message to the whole group, so they can see what's up with me as well. I really am not feeling sorry for myself. I am not sleeping well, I wake up so many times at night with my legs in pain, once I finally get to sleep. It is at least 3am before my legs settle down enough to get to sleep for a bit, unless I take a Vicodin. I usally sleep for anything between 15 minutes and an hour on many nights, and this goes on until anytime between 10am and noon, when I finally drag my butt out of bed. I am exhausted. I take a Vicodin usually 3 days a week, just to catch up on some sleep. I need to use some of my marijuana tincture at night or a brownie on more nights, but that doesn't always work. Between the two, if one of these methods is used almost every night, I should be better off in the sleep category. I lowered my daily dosage of Neurontin over the past year and my pain level has increased. My Neurontin dosage was up pretty high at 5200/day, and I really wanted it lower! ed, so I was able to lower 3600/day now, but I am paying the price during the night. I also went on Lyrica at 50/mg 3x/day. My husband retired last year and became interested in politics for the first time in his life, so he watches the news a lot. It's on so much of the day, and then he watches the History Channel, Military Channel and CARTOONS!! He's always watched some cartoons, but it's just too much, so after I do what I need to and sit out in the family room for a bit, I leave the area. I just can't stand it. He also uses the computer, but while on the TV. If I ask to change the channel, it usually annoys him, so it's often easier to just let it go. I know that we all have our own living situations, and he's really a great guy. He just has his own things that annoy me, and I have mine that do the same to him. And, I really try to live by the rule now that I need to pick my battles. I stand up for my place in the family room periodically and take control of the TV and enjoy something together or alone. Then, once he goes to bed and I cannot sleep, I watch TV in there while I am waiting to be able to sleep. Over the winter hits we don't get out much, although we did take a Panama Canal Cruise for his retirement, but it was during October, so he was pre-occupied with election stuff. He scoped out a TV in one of the lounges that usually had the news on during the day, and we had a TV in our room. We enjoyed ourselves though, and it was a good trip. In February we went to So. California (we live in No. California) to get out of the cold and enjoyed the warmer weather for a week. I just need to get away a bit if I can, winter really gives me problems, both physically and then mentally since I ache so much more. I just don't know how you people who live in the REAL cold climates do it. Since I wrote you, I have been out of my room a lot more, and have gotten outside, picked lemons off my lemon tree and have prepared a many more meals than usual, and even done some visiting as well. I am moving around the house more again, and on Saturday I am meeting my sisters for a day of lunch, massages, and then tea. So, I've gotten back to a start in the right track, but I appreciate the boost (Kick in the Butt) from you Rob!!! Take care all, and warm hugs to everyone as well. Barbara A in Auburn, CA -----Original Message----- From: Robert Pall <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 5:01 am Subject: RE: [TMIC] misc Barbara...your response just made a lousy Monday morning at work a little nicer ...thank you ...now get busy living your life and stop feeling sorry for yourself. All the best! Rob _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]?> ] Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2009 9:33 PM To: Robert Pall; [email protected] Subject: Re: [TMIC] misc Hello Rob and all, I am so glad that you sent in this email today. I think it just may be the "kick in the butt" that I need to get out of my bedroom and on with my life. I am still kind of in a funk, not as bad as the usual winter funk, but still haven't been able to totally bring myself out of it either. I know that the state of the economy and politics have been consuming too much of my life recently, and with my hubby retiring last year, as the saying goes, twice as much hubby and half as much money. Could not be truer than these days, as if we could have known, he'd still be working and we'd still be preparing for his retirement. I have been reading most of the postings on TMIC, but not responding to some that I know that I should have. For this, I am apologizing to the newbies and to those that I could have possibly given some support. Rob, I will try, no, I WILL, to take your words to heart and start LIVING my life the way I used to, and used to tell others to as well, and that is to the fullest extent as possible. TM should not define us. Hugs to all, Barbara A in Auburn, CA, where the sun is shining and there is a nest of baby birds outside of my bedroom window. 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