Guest guest Posted October 25, 2004 Report Share Posted October 25, 2004 Thanks Tricia, I was able to get about 3 hours this afternoon, so I am now back to catching up on e-mails. Pippin has finally decided that I am not going to disappear again so he is content just to sleep by me not on me, practically on my face! So I am hoping that I will sleep some more tonight. To all: The not being able to sleep is so frustrating, I was doing pretty good until the last couple of weeks. The only change is that Dwight wants us to take his Mom down to her brother and his family for Thanksgiving, stopping off at Reno for a couple of days the whole trip will be a week long. I think it will be kind of fun, but as most of you know car rides are not fun. Traveling 300 or more miles a day is not something I am looking forward to at all. I don't want to get to Reno or his uncles house and end up treating them to a full blown flare. So we are trying to decide, if I should try it or if I should stay home and let Dwight and his Mom have some time together. Anyone have any ideas, suggestions, words of wisdom? I will appreciate any thoughts Lin -- Re: Re: Baseball Lin - Hope things are going better for you today and that you're able to get some rest of your own. I'll bet the kitty is happy. Amazing how much pets can miss you in such a short time. It'd be nice if they could come up with something to help us all sleep. I'm sure we could all use some truly restful sleep. I should at least be able to have some down time now that the relatives have returned to Indiana, so that'll help. Get yourself some rest and feel better soon. Tricia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 26, 2004 Report Share Posted October 26, 2004 Carla, That pretty much describes what is going on in my head. We have kind of a split camp as they say. My daughters think I should go, thinking getting away will be fun, then there is my sister and 1 of my son in laws, who think that I shouldn't go. My husband of course wants me along, I decided that we needed to talk about last night, well at first it was the well if you're not going then I'm not going. I got rather heated at this and said you will not do that to your mother, there is a family situation going on where Dwight's brother and 1 of his sisters are not speaking to each other and both Dwight and I thought it would be best to take her away for this holiday anyway. I told him was that I was worried that if I got to Reno and had a full blown flare, his mother is going to panic and will want us to go home. I really don't want to ruin this for her. I wouldn't really be alone that much, my daughter and son in law will come up from college. My oldest daughter and family live 4 miles away and my sister lives 7 miles away and would cook Thanksgiving dinner, in fact she sounded a little disappointed when we told her of our plans, and it hit me that Jack's family are in England and I and my family are her only family besides Jack. I thought he understood my reasons, until this evening he got on line to check out the casino where his Mom has her coupon at to see what kind of handicapped stuff they have. Not much but the chairs can be moved so that I could sit and play in my wheel chair. Sorry for the novel, but there is one more reason, we are staying 3 days with his Aunt and Uncle, now I love them dearly but his aunt is a little strange, the last time we saw them was when we were on our way to clean out my parents trailor in Yuma so the bank could come and get it. The evening that we spent there, his aunt kept asking me why I was so quiet and not my usual cheerful self, she must've asked me that 6 times. Finally his cousin said Mom she probably has a lot on her mind, after all her Dad just died 5 weeks ago. She said oh yes I suppose. She is on some powerful anti-depressant anti-anxiety medication. So that is my story, as I sit here 2:30 am PST, just took some benedryl because I realized I have hives, think I might need to borrow some of her anti-anxiety med. LOL take care, Lin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 26, 2004 Report Share Posted October 26, 2004 Carla, That pretty much describes what is going on in my head. We have kind of a split camp as they say. My daughters think I should go, thinking getting away will be fun, then there is my sister and 1 of my son in laws, who think that I shouldn't go. My husband of course wants me along, I decided that we needed to talk about last night, well at first it was the well if you're not going then I'm not going. I got rather heated at this and said you will not do that to your mother, there is a family situation going on where Dwight's brother and 1 of his sisters are not speaking to each other and both Dwight and I thought it would be best to take her away for this holiday anyway. I told him was that I was worried that if I got to Reno and had a full blown flare, his mother is going to panic and will want us to go home. I really don't want to ruin this for her. I wouldn't really be alone that much, my daughter and son in law will come up from college. My oldest daughter and family live 4 miles away and my sister lives 7 miles away and would cook Thanksgiving dinner, in fact she sounded a little disappointed when we told her of our plans, and it hit me that Jack's family are in England and I and my family are her only family besides Jack. I thought he understood my reasons, until this evening he got on line to check out the casino where his Mom has her coupon at to see what kind of handicapped stuff they have. Not much but the chairs can be moved so that I could sit and play in my wheel chair. Sorry for the novel, but there is one more reason, we are staying 3 days with his Aunt and Uncle, now I love them dearly but his aunt is a little strange, the last time we saw them was when we were on our way to clean out my parents trailor in Yuma so the bank could come and get it. The evening that we spent there, his aunt kept asking me why I was so quiet and not my usual cheerful self, she must've asked me that 6 times. Finally his cousin said Mom she probably has a lot on her mind, after all her Dad just died 5 weeks ago. She said oh yes I suppose. She is on some powerful anti-depressant anti-anxiety medication. So that is my story, as I sit here 2:30 am PST, just took some benedryl because I realized I have hives, think I might need to borrow some of her anti-anxiety med. LOL take care, Lin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 26, 2004 Report Share Posted October 26, 2004 Pam, Thank you for you for sharing your experience, My husband said last night, he was looking at flying, but then he said but it's a nice drive wouldn't that be fun, I just look at him, he then said oh yeah probably not LOL Still didn't get much sleep, but I remembered that I had a prescription for atarax which is for itching, so I called my doctor and pharmacist to make sure that it would be okay to use and it is, yeah!!! Now maybe I can get some sleep tonight because a side effect of this is drowiness and it's not kidding . I hope that you are having a good day, Lin -- Re: sleeping vs trip WELL LIN WE TOOK A TRIP TO MAINE ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO AND WE DROVE. THE ONLY PROBLEM WAS MY RSD KICKED IN HIGH GEAR . THE RIDE IS THE WORSE THING, BUT MAYBE IF YOU STOP A LOT.. I DONT KNOWIF THAT WOULD HELP. BUT WHEN WE DROVE HOME WE STOPPED EVERY HALF HOUR SO I COULD TRY TO GET OUT. BUT IT WAS KINDA BAD WHEN I GOT HOME. SO NOW WE ARE RETHINKING GOING TO FLORIDA WE USE TO DRIVE CANT ANY MORE BUT I DONT KNOW HOW FLYING WILL BE EITHER. I HOPE YOU CAN GET SOME SLEEP AND YOUR PAIN GOES DOWN SOFT HUGS TO YOU. PAM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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