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(Message started by: Dragnlance on Feb 18^th, 2006, 6:42am)

Title: long night
Post by Dragnlance on Feb 18^th, 2006, 6:42am

hi all

been fighting the monster since 7 last night. now 4:30 am. been at kip 8 most of the night, spiked to kip 9 at 4. so worn out. had 2 very short breaks, one about 10 minutes and another close to 20 minutes. hot shower brought it back down to a 7. afraid I wont be on the boards today. keep me in your thoughts. and thanks for letting me whine

dragn

Title: Re: long night
Post by Cathi04 on Feb 18^th, 2006, 6:58am

Lance- You can whine anytime! What a rotten Fri night.
Have you tried melatonin, or benadryl? And, are you taking something that could be causing rebounds?? Just some thoughts.
Go pounce on the couch for the day, catch up on what was stolen from you. Hope it gets better soon.
Cathi

Title: Re: long night
Post by E-Double on Feb 18^th, 2006, 7:02am

Feel good my friend!

Title: Re: long night
Post by Jasmyn on Feb 18^th, 2006, 7:07am

Hang in there Lance and better try to sit and sleep at a 45 degr angle, helps a bit. [smiley=hug.gif]

Title: Re: long night
Post by FramCire on Feb 18^th, 2006, 8:44am

Man that stinks Lance. I hope your day is PF and you can get some rest. Youur in my prayers today.

Title: Re: long night
Post by BarbaraD on Feb 18^th, 2006, 9:03am

Hope you get some rest today. The exhaustion is worst part I think. You gotta have some strength to fight this beast. Try the melatonin with about three Tylenol PMs. That helps me get some rest.

Title: Re: long night
Post by pfunk on Feb 19^th, 2006, 11:54pm

Dragn-
Sorry to hear it bro and I'm sorry that I didn't post this sooner for the last few days have been pretty bad for me as well. Today however, seemed to be okay as I only got hit hard once with two small ones just to keep me on my toes [smiley=laugh.gif]. I really hope you have gotten some rest and that the PF time has found you, even if just for a litlle while, that little while really helps. Much luv to you brother. Hope to be hearing from you soon.

Pfunk

Title: Re: long night
Post by Kate in Oz on Feb 20^th, 2006, 5:34am

[smiley=hug.gif] sorry to hear you're hurting Lance. Hope you got a decent sleep last night.

My thoughts are with you and I'm sending you pf vibes from down under.

Kate

Title: Re: long night
Post by Dragnlance on Feb 20^th, 2006, 8:42am

*smiles*

Thank you, every one. This turned out to be a very long weekend, rather than a long nite. Saturday morning, just shortly after 5 the monster quit and I was able to pass out for a while. Just before 9 that morning the brain rending started again, and woke me from a sound sleep. Pretty much stayed that way all day saturday, with some small breaks. I did take a benidryl Saturday evening and slept fitfully all night, as the monster would come and go. I took a an extra kudzu dose before bed as well.
Since pain meds don't work, I dont take anything. I have no money for o2 at this time, so I just suffer thru. Drained the hot water tank several times that day.
Sunday was better, but still had k5 hits all day long, and I had to work too.
Last night was able to sleep most of the night, but the monster tapped the inside of my skull a little after 3 this morning, just to wake me up and let me know it was still there. Very worn out. Feel like a I have run a marathon. Hopefully I can take a nap after work.
I didnt get to read your posts until this morning, but it was a good way to start the day.

Thank you, everyone!

Lance

Title: Re: long night
Post by marlinsfan on Feb 20^th, 2006, 8:50am

Hey Lance, hope they keep winding down.....
PF wishes.
Jose

Title: Re: long night
Post by Richr8 on Feb 20^th, 2006, 10:19am

on 02/18/06 at 06:42:43, Dragnlance wrote:

keep me in your thoughts. and thanks for letting me whinedragn

Your in my thoughts and whining is the privelege you have here. Be strong and hang in there.

Sorry that you are suffering...PFDAN,

Rich

Title: Sorry. I did not...
Post by Richr8 on Feb 20^th, 2006, 10:31am

...read down far enough. Glad you got through this without any support from me.

PFDAN

Rich

Title: Re: long night
Post by Dragnlance on Feb 20^th, 2006, 8:54pm

Quote:

...read down far enough. Glad you got through this without any support from me.

*Laughs*

Rich, even a late post adds it's warmth. This family is the best, and every single post means a lot, even if I didnt get to read any of them for a couple of days.

I said it before and cannot say it enough.......THANK YOU!!

Lance

Title: Re: long night
Post by djpaynesr on Feb 21^st, 2006, 9:11am

Lance,

Feel free to whine any time. We'll all be there sooner or later.

We all know what it's like to have no chance for relief. I hope that your monster goes back in it's hole very soon.

I can't count the number of nights I spent on my living room floor in the fetal position just hoping that it would go away soon.

Just on the outside, have you tried Melatonin? I was extremely skeptical myself but I've been taking 9mg every night for about 2 weeks and it really seems to be helping. It took a few days for it to kick in but it's really made things better.

I know that not everything works for everybod but hey, anything is worth a shot, right?

Wishing you PFDAN,

Dave