Re: Clay's non-sleep (was: Response to Clay...)

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Jane wrote:

> Clay wrote:

> >I've got all the time in the world this week; don't

> >have to go to work, and can't sleep either.

> What's the sleep excluder? Pain? Difficulty breathing?

> After-effects of drugs?

Errr, I didn't want to go into all the details, because

when people do that, they're usually looking for sympathy

or something. I can't see how that would help.

But just to answer the question, I seem to have developed

an earache, which explains the 99.8 temp I had at noon the

day I left the hospital. They gave me antibiotics, and

I'm taking them, and I'm getting fewer pangs this evening.

Also, the nose is completely plugged up, with the splints,

with packing, and until recently, a lot of blood boogers.

(See why I didn't want to get into the details?) I can

load myself up with a couple of trazadone and codeine and

get to sleep for a little while, but my mouth gets so dry

it wakes me up, and I have to drink something, then go to

the bathroom, and by then I'm too awake to go back to sleep.

I did think of something to help with the foggy feeling in

my head, Alka-Seltzer Plus for colds. I had to ask the guy

across the hallway to go to the drugstore and get it and a

thermometer, and some goodies this morning. I tried it,

and soon I was able to suck all the stuff that was in my

sinuses down into my throat and spit it out. And my head-

ache went away! Funny, codeine and ibuprofen could't touch

it, but Alka-Seltzer kicked its butt. It's back now, but

I can take some more before I try to go to bed.

> It's awful not to be able to sleep. I hope the problem

> doesn't last long.

It can be awful, if you know you have to work the next day,

but I can just accept it, and be patient, and do something

else, like reading. I feel stronger today, with the respite

from the headache, and the nose isn't quite as touchy, so

I feel like I'm getting better now. Thanks for asking.

Clay

[Guest guest]

> > What's the sleep excluder? Pain? Difficulty breathing?

> > After-effects of drugs?

>

> Errr, I didn't want to go into all the details, because

> when people do that, they're usually looking for sympathy

> or something. I can't see how that would help.

Just to make things very clear so no misunderstandings on this occur

in the future with anyone: When I describe things like that in detail

I am *not* generally looking for sympathy, and can get very

uncomfortable when people say " There, there " or " I'm so sorry " in

response to such descriptions.

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wrote:

> > Errr, I didn't want to go into all the details, because

> > when people do that, they're usually looking for sympathy

> > or something. I can't see how that would help.

> Just to make things very clear so no misunderstandings on

> this occur in the future with anyone: When I describe

> things like that in detail I am *not* generally looking

> for sympathy, and can get very uncomfortable when people

> say " There, there " or " I'm so sorry " in response to such

> descriptions.

I meant " people in general " , or even NT people. I didn't

have anyone specific in mind. Sometimes my clients will

go into a long spiel about their stays in a hospital, or

give minute details of their suffering. I'm supposed to

sit there and look interested.

Clay

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> I meant " people in general " , or even NT people. I didn't

> have anyone specific in mind. Sometimes my clients will

> go into a long spiel about their stays in a hospital, or

> give minute details of their suffering. I'm supposed to

> sit there and look interested.

Yes. I figured you meant people in general, which is why I wrote

something so that in case I ever went into details on this list, it

would be generally realized that I was an exception. I am (through

experiences that equated " You're looking through sympathy " with

immediate abuse after someone made the statement) more emotionally

sensitive to false charges of " looking for sympathy " than most people

are, so I wanted to prevent that accusation before it could happen.