[groggy]

Haha, starting the day grooving away to the Bangles “Walk like an Egyptian” on the radio… love it!!!

[Tired Ted]

KEEEEP DANCING . . . and for Gawds sake KEEP AWAKE . . . We have a book to publish. You will be very impressed . . . The contents page is done and even in a printable format !

Think I will use our last posts in Chapter 1 : Introduction and How it all Started . . .

Having to have a lay down in a dark room as I can't stop the singing in my head and the vision of you walking like an Egyptian !

Watch our world . . . Tired Tedzzz and Grogzzz are up and at it . . . Ta-Ta Insomnia ( did you get that the zzz at the end of our names are because we are getting ZZZ and getting up in the right part of the day now . . . Well for the moment anyway ! )

Can't wait for your next update . . .

I am off grocery shopping now as I am a lady that lunches today and I have to work a miracle with my hair before I arrive !

[groggy]

Hey Teddy-that-lunches,

do you mind if I just have a brief insomnia-related grizzle here?

Cos I'm feeling very sooky and hence very NAP ATTACK prone…

So, apart from obviously having had TOO LITTLE sleep, I have also gotten my monthly curse today, which means I am in pain and feeling sorry for myself.

I also just had a 3 hour work meeting in which basically NOTHING got done….

Which means I have sat there, in pain, tired and sooky for 3 hours for no good reason at all, while a HUGE pile of work is waiting for me (cos a big job came in today) so I will be slaving away with overtime for the next 10 days straight…. 😮

Is it just me, or is that reason enough to be sooky? 🙁

And is it also just me, or does a nap not seem like the appropriate form of escape from all that….?! -_-

Not that I even have TIME for one…!

If only I'd been able to nap surrepticiously in that 3 hour meeting!!

Hmmm, right. Okay, thanks for hearing me on that! 🙄

I am gonna try and be a good Groggy and stick to my plan – cos this sort of combination of annoyances is what usually will have me throwing my insomnia plans to the wind…

So I will be very vigilant and at least make sure I don't fall asleep before 6pm…

From Groggy, who is feeling a bit 😕 right now

XXX

[groggy]

Hey Teddy,

I ended up falling asleep on the sofa this afternoon, but I'm not bothered by it, as I was really wrecked from period pain/ tiredness/ work etc. I didn't check the clock when I fell asleep or when I woke up, but I'm guessing it was 2-3 hours of sleep that I got.

I guess it's not perfect as re my sleep schedule, but it certainly helped on the pain front – and seeing as pain (back pain/ period pain/ migraines) can be a big factor in increasing insomnia, I figure it's a healthy response for my body to have sought a break.

I'm doing quite well with the job that came in today… making better progress on it, than I expected, but it's still going to be a lot to do over the next week or so. Guess it'll be just working and sleeping then… including working if and when insomnia strikes…

I'm going to take a little break and do some gentle Yoga, to see how that cheers me up.

Wishing you a peaceful night

XXX

Groggy

[Tired Ted]

Hiya Groggy

No problem . . . You have a moan but then move on Ron and remember . . . You had 2 good days on the trot and we are not going to crack this all in one go, especially after the number of years you have had insomnia.

You have every right to feel sooky and fed up so wallow in it tonight then back on the waggon tomorrow !

I had a lovely lunch and too much to drink so I bagzied the COMFTY bye bo's c 8.00 pm because I put new luxury hotel quality cotton sheets on . . . You know the ones . . . Crisp cotton but with a sateen feel . Mmmmmmmmmx

My eyes are bobbing now, even though I have 3 hours already in my sleep bank so I will say nightie night . . .

Sleep well my cyber insomnia pal . . . Tomorrow is another day and we can overcome . . . Just not overnight !

Really, really tired Teddy x

[Tired Ted]

Hiya Grogz

We must have crossed posted ! Good to see you are feeling a bit brighter and I don't miss those 666 shades of red days . . . There's a positive for having the BIG H !

My friend emailed the link below to an interesting article . . . Just going to order my sleep pack from the sleep council then it iwill seriously be Goodnight Vienna !

TT x

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-2256109/Health-notes-How-I-break-cycle-insomnia.html

 

 

[groggy]

Hey there,

I'm still up unfortunately – the pain is spiralling a bit, which is not sleep-condusive, obviously.

I've decided to get up and to try and do some work, tho I have some doubts re ability to concentrate, hmm.

See how I go, I guess.

I'm also thinking of doing an all-nighter, if I should happen to still be up at 5am, cos I find getting up after just an hour's sleep even more difficult than just trying to stay awake…

Just took a pain med, so I hope that will help and kick in soon.

So tempted right now, to get a hysterectomy myself, but I have researched it in the past and worry that the results may not be what I would hope for.

I guess this pain never lasts for more than 48 hours, so I should be positive and tell myself only 40-odd hours to go…

Right… gonna try and do some of that work now.

Hope you're having nice slumbers!

XXX G

[Tired Ted]

Hiya Groggy

I have had a very bumby and naughty night but I only allowed myself to get a little vexed, rather than frustrated although my shoulders are telling me I was very vexed !

At least I know my rough night was because I had TOO MUCH sleep in the bank ! I am going to try to not bob off brpefore 7 pm in future, if I can . . . This could be a bit trixy as I have always been prone to a slight snooze early doors but these slight snoozes seem to turn into MEGA chunks of sleep just lately . . . Typical the only account I can keep in the black at the moment is the Sleep Bank !

Anyway . . .enough of the moaning . . . I meditated after my last post and did chuckle when a few minutes in my iPal turned the volume down and beeped to let me know I had got an email . . . How very inconvenient whilst one is mid meditation ! . . . The chuckle made me lose a bit of concentration but I was soon stretching again and up that hill ! The result was I was awake-ish twice and looked at the time at 3 something and then almost an hour later but only because I have a dress fitting today and I have to set off at 9 am ( no prizes for guessing who didnt set an alarm as it is Saturday ! ) I am determined to not be late as I have been late for my last 2 appointments. Mind you it is out in the sticks and the road signs are like something from Dick Turpins day and too flipping easy to miss and I am sure they just stop somewhere in the countryside ! I have got a line map of how to get there and got a navigation app on my mobile to talk me through it whilst I am driving . . . Just hope I can hear her over Freddy Mercury blasting out.

I am dreading my fitting as I have bloated out since I was measured in November due to over eating and drinking but also my hormone injection ! I said I was dieting so would probably lose weight after my measuring ( little blush ) but it now looks like she will have to do blanket stitches ! A colleague suggested doing an Elizabeth Hurley with large pins . . . Not sure a roll of hormonal blubber in between each pin will do for me what THAT dress did for Elizabeth Hurley.

I wouldn't even consider a hysterectomy if I were you as mi.ne was a nightmare and the reason I am having problems now. The procedure went wrong a wee bit and I had to be admitted by ambulance 2 weeks later with a haematoma that burst out of my umbilical wound . . . extremely unpleasant and very smelly let me tell you and you know how I like my fresh, crisp sheets !

Admittedly I no longer have the 666 shades of red days which is great but I now have a dodgy ovary that has been way too provocative with my bladder and bowel and one of my discs was torn on the operating table when it got a bit rough and I have had back pain every day since ! I did manage to hold off on a the BIG H for a couple of years by having my fibroid embolised but the pain then came back and I made the worst quick decision of my life and had the op. hindsight is a great thing and thousands of ladies have a happy hysterectomy but mine was of the horrendous variety and is certainly not to be recommended. Why don't you see a Gynae and ask what alternatives there are before you have such radical surgery ? A friend of mine had a wand inserted which opened up like a spiders web in her womb and it was then given the microwave experience and that made a difference to her and meant she didn't have to have surgery as first thought. Can't remember what it was called and dont see the friend anymore so can't ask her but I seem to remember ablation something or other. GOOD LUCK !

How did you sleep and did you get any work done ?

I am getting up now to start my Decadent Day the Menopawsal Insomniacs Way ! Classic FM played my favourite piece of music ( Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninov ) a while ago and am now right for rising . . .

Keep warm, snuggled and loaded with pain relief and I am sending you a get well hormonal hug . . . <%%%%@@@@%%%%>

Yours not knowing if she is in or out of sleep . . . Because her eyes are open but would close at the drop of a hat !

Grumpy Drawers !

[groggy]

Hey there, Tedsy…

Yeah, I know I seriously don't want a hysterectomy… except on the 1st day of the monthly curse where I'm like “chop off whatever part of my body is producing this pain!”…

It's settled down again now, thankfully, so I'm doing better.

I did have a rather enormous sleep-schedule disaster today tho… So much day-time sleep, that I can't really work it all out…

I know I ended up falling asleep somewhere between 3:30am and 4:00am, when the pain med kicked in… Then I slept through til 1pm lunchtime, tried to get up, but didn't make it, curled over and got some more Zzzzs. I can't work out quite til when – sometime mid-afternoon is all I know – I'm guessing 3 pm…

So given that, I had about 12 hours of sleep – all at the totally wrong time… But I'm figuring that my sleep schedule needs to incorporate things like major pain, or gettin a flu or things like that… I just have to establish a system where not every little cold/ sniffle/ sooky moment qualifies as a “let's throw this sleep schedule to the wind” moment…

So I guess “first day of period” qualifies as a “if in pain and sleeping helps, then sleep” day to my mind….

If I can't sleep tonight, I'll just do my work and then get straight back to the 6am wake up tomorrow…

Hope you're doing well!!

And I hope to write some more later… just sneaking in a quick “hello” now, before getting stuck back into work…

XXX Groggy

[groggy]

Right, well, it's 20 mins to 1am here, and I'm officially putting all work stuff away for the day…

But as insomnia is bound to visit with me tonight, I've gotten out my sewing, to see if I can make some progress on that purse…

Plus I've got another sewing project to finish, and a jumper to finish knitting, if I should happen to be up half/ all night…

Sweet dreams Tired Tedsy

Groggy

[groggy]

Right, so I am shifting sewing projects for a bit, cos the next bit I have to do on my purse is so tricky. Can't quite work out how to do it yet, so I will need to give it some more thought and then try cutting and sewing those bits when I am in a patient/ awake mood…

I think if I continue with these creative insomnia-nights projects long-term, I will definitely have to have some “dumbbell” creative tasks to do, for those wee hours in the morning when your brain just can't cope with anything more complicated than “put part A here” then “put part B here” now “put part C here” and repeat. You know what I mean – tasks that you actually DON'T need a functioning brain for…

XXX G

[groggy]

PS Teddy, why don't you have a nice avatar picture?? 🙂

[Tired Ted]

Hiya Groggy

Great minds eh ? I had 4 goes at uploading a photo instead of that ? yesterday and failed miserably . . . I even e-mailed Martin for advice ! Anyway I have got my laptop out this morning as I don't think settings save so well on an iPal and voila . . . Tired Teddy is out of the closet for all to see.

Getting too many ZZZ's must be contagious as I seem to be getting my sleep bank too toped up . . . haven't been this black in a bank account in years ! It could be to do with us relaxing and not stressing about insomnia so much, or just that we are totally exhausted after sleeping ( or rather not ) with insomnia for so long. I have done some Keep Calm and . . . posters and will try to load them on here now I have successfully added a profite photo but don't hold your breath !

I had a bad sleeping day yesterday as I went for my dress fitting ( went really well ) after stomping out in a right mood as Mr M had forgotton I was going out and was a bit upset about it . . . Can't cope with his MANopause when I am having a MEGA Menopawsal Insomniatic moment !

Anyway we both had done something nice for each other by the time I got back ( saves an apology and admitting you were in the wrong ! ) and all was well. We had a lovely meal and then I did what I do best at the moment . . . had a MEGA snooze . . . don't know what has happened to the slight snooze ! Anyway I then announced that I was going to bed at 8pm as I was tired . . . you should have seen Mr M's face ! I didn't put a light on and it was Goodnight Vienna almost straight away until 1.22 am so that is my sleep bank well overloaded for yesterday and today !

I have brought the laptop to bed . . . breaking all of the new sleep rules I know but if I get out of bed Mr M will hop in and I really want to go back to sleep shortly.

I bought 2 pacifiers and I have to say they didn't do much for me . . . haven't tried them with Mr M in situ but he didn't think they would work anyway so the chances of him giving it a go are a bit remote . . . his loss . . . I have got possession of the COMFTY bye bo's !

I am on the laptop as I have some ideas for the book I want to get out of my head and on cyber paper . . . I can feel my eyes bobbing so I don't suppose I will get much done but at least I have changed my Tired Teddy photo which is a great start.

Hope you are in the land of nod, or if not doing something nice and relaxing.

Yours in . . . and out of sleep

Tired Teddy x

[Tired Ted]

A great poster I did one sleepless night is attached

[Tired Ted]

Hey . . . Hey . . . Hey . . . I am no longer a technophobe Grogz !

I have attached a file which gives my proposal for the logo for Insomnia Productions Inc and the strapline to be attached to all of our cyber products !

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