Doin' Better So Far
Well, I continue to take the new medication and while each night I feel an initial strange, almost hyper, feeling, I do seem to be sleeping better. I believe I am also sleeping for longer periods of time though this is somewhat more difficult to prove. However, I don't sense that I'm waking constantly and thus have to assume this means longer, better sleep.
But the more convincing evidence is that I'm starting to feel a bit better. I spent most of yesterday working around the apartment: got the dishes done, picked up the main room, and did some work on my collected seeds. Probably got some other things taken care of but can't quite remember.
My legs are still bothering me quite a bit though. The short stool helps a lot in the kitchen and that gets my by -- it's not perfectly comfortable, but I can get it under the kitchen sink to do the dishes and it works very well next to the cutting board I can pull out of the counter. This makes a great place for chopping and slicing so I can put together something for dinner. I've also noticed that I can set it next to the range and stir on the front two burners without needing to stand. All this helps.
It's going to take a long time still, but I'm glad my earlier hopes weren't totally misplaced. I was a bit concerned there for a bit after the first night but I think I'm adapting well enough. It's interesting though that my body seems to be telling me that it still needs lots and lots of rest. I can feel it when it should be about time to get up, but it's like it's saying 'no, not yet. Let's try a bit more rest.'
On another subject, I have to admit that I'm not all that thrilled with the weather right now. I like to keep the front curtains open when I'm up but the sun shines in much too bright. Also without the cloud cover, it's freezing over night. I don't know if I'm getting frost on the plants but sort of doubt it since things are doing okay. But it's clearly getting too cool for some of the tropical transplants like the impatients. I guess it's supposed to stay like this for some time, but I've got a nagging suspicion that the rain will be back for my visitors. Now that's when sunshine would have been useful.
But the more convincing evidence is that I'm starting to feel a bit better. I spent most of yesterday working around the apartment: got the dishes done, picked up the main room, and did some work on my collected seeds. Probably got some other things taken care of but can't quite remember.
My legs are still bothering me quite a bit though. The short stool helps a lot in the kitchen and that gets my by -- it's not perfectly comfortable, but I can get it under the kitchen sink to do the dishes and it works very well next to the cutting board I can pull out of the counter. This makes a great place for chopping and slicing so I can put together something for dinner. I've also noticed that I can set it next to the range and stir on the front two burners without needing to stand. All this helps.
It's going to take a long time still, but I'm glad my earlier hopes weren't totally misplaced. I was a bit concerned there for a bit after the first night but I think I'm adapting well enough. It's interesting though that my body seems to be telling me that it still needs lots and lots of rest. I can feel it when it should be about time to get up, but it's like it's saying 'no, not yet. Let's try a bit more rest.'
On another subject, I have to admit that I'm not all that thrilled with the weather right now. I like to keep the front curtains open when I'm up but the sun shines in much too bright. Also without the cloud cover, it's freezing over night. I don't know if I'm getting frost on the plants but sort of doubt it since things are doing okay. But it's clearly getting too cool for some of the tropical transplants like the impatients. I guess it's supposed to stay like this for some time, but I've got a nagging suspicion that the rain will be back for my visitors. Now that's when sunshine would have been useful.
posted by xj at 12:18 PM
1 Comments:
I can feel it when it should be about time to get up, but it's like it's saying 'no, not yet. Let's try a bit more rest.'
go to bed sooner if you can swing it/stand it -- get the rest but keep it from knocking your circadian cycle forward. that way when you're feeling better you're already clocked to get up at your target time.
i haven't read enough of your blog to have the full story, but the above applied pretty straight up to getting through my own thing.
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