Here's a brief one: still getting no satisfaction in my sleep efforts. Actually was frustrated enough to talk with the on-call doc yesterday (Sunday!) at Budge Clinic. Decision not to go the ER was reinforced. They would do a full workup with the conclusion that they could do nothing for me there, and schedule me with the sleep people with whom I am already scheduled. My call may expedite my position in line for services. IHC apparently has a new sleep doc--that's all he will do--and everyone thinks he is some kinda good. Hope!
The on-call doc suggested popping 25 mg of benedryl upon bedtime. I recall from chemo, that a bag of benedryl would put me out for an hour. I tried it. It put the struggle for sleep into slo-mo and at the end of 2 hours its effects were gone. Then it was another night of up and down until I went out for a nap after breakfast. I feel somewhat refreshed.
So now, we wait. And we try to make sense of what is happening. More benedryl tonight.
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