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Hi Karen,
The sleep issue strikes a big fat chord with me. My entire life I have had a sleep problem. Plus I worked at night and by the time I got home and wind down, think I was sleepy and knowing I was tired, it sucks when you can't fall asleep.
Then when I couldn't fall asleep I would , I would get upset and frustrated which made it worse. After the surgeries, when I got home I had sleeping pills that they gave me from the hospital, but they only lasted until the pain would wake me up. I really needed the sleeping pills and still do, just not as much now.
Once I would find a position w/o pain, I could fall asleep. Before my surgeries, I could not find a position that I had no pain. Now that I know what pain free sleep is, when I can't sleep, I am one frustrated and grumpy bitch.
I had a long and rough recovery, and I still think my lack of sleep was part of the reason. I could go on and on.
Do whatever you can to sleep this soon after surgery. I have tried just about everything over the last for years.
Right now I am taking temazepan, and it help me most of the time. Also the less sleep I get, the more my back hurt???
Sorry for rambling and good luck with sleeping, I wish someone has an answer for this.
Shari
The sleep issue strikes a big fat chord with me. My entire life I have had a sleep problem. Plus I worked at night and by the time I got home and wind down, think I was sleepy and knowing I was tired, it sucks when you can't fall asleep.
Then when I couldn't fall asleep I would , I would get upset and frustrated which made it worse. After the surgeries, when I got home I had sleeping pills that they gave me from the hospital, but they only lasted until the pain would wake me up. I really needed the sleeping pills and still do, just not as much now.
Once I would find a position w/o pain, I could fall asleep. Before my surgeries, I could not find a position that I had no pain. Now that I know what pain free sleep is, when I can't sleep, I am one frustrated and grumpy bitch.
I had a long and rough recovery, and I still think my lack of sleep was part of the reason. I could go on and on.
Do whatever you can to sleep this soon after surgery. I have tried just about everything over the last for years.
Right now I am taking temazepan, and it help me most of the time. Also the less sleep I get, the more my back hurt???
Sorry for rambling and good luck with sleeping, I wish someone has an answer for this.
Shari
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