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Originally Posted by zookester
Hi Nanc,
I am so sorry you are also having a rough go right now!! Lack of sleep can sure wreak havoc with our coping skills and pain threshold.... ugh so with you. I hope you can get in a nap or two today. Currently what have you tried to help - it is hard to offer up any suggestions without knowing what you have already done.. ? One thing I do when my emotions are really down is to put on a pot of water with cinnamon, orange peels, nutmeg or any other aroma's that you enjoy and let it simmer away. I know it sounds silly but, it really does seem to help lighten my spirit when I'm really down in the dumps.
I'm am sorry you are having to undergo the cystoscopy but I hope and pray that this results in improvement for your IC and that nothing new comes up as a result of the biopsies. Do you think added anxiety/stress about this upcoming procedure is perhaps playing into your increased pain and sleep deprivation? My heart aches for you!!
Have you found a new PM yet? Maybe I asked you this before; pardon me if I did.. but, do you have access to a pool that you could maybe just go walk in?
Wishing you a better day,
Tessa  |
Hey Tessa, thanks for your reply. I have a really hard time napping during the day, but am gonna try. I need to take some pain meds, but was waiting until my migraine meds wore off...don't like to mix things.
I always listen to my ipod when I go to bed, hasn't been doing much for me lately. I do not have those things to simmer in a pot, but do have a wax warmer thing and some similar smelling wax I can use in it...I will try it.
I do not think I am too stressed out about the cystoscopy. I am not looking forward to it, but not worked up about it either...that will happen on the day of and/or the day before
I have not found a new PM yet. I put that on hold until I see the new Neurosurgeon in Nov. Wanted to get a recommendation from him...and I think there might be one in the same office. Bad thing is that they all have poor ratings around here.
No, I do not have access to a pool.