Thursday, September 26, 2013

Pain and sleep

I'm not sure how to start this post. Other than to explain that last night was on of the worst nights sleep I've had in months. I went to bed early because I couldn't keep my eyes open and I didn't have to stay up for any reason. I also set it in my mind since I didn't have anything on my schedule for today I was going to sleep in past my normal wake up time of 6:30 AM. This was going to be a treat to myself but my body had other things in mind.

Let me explain that I have sleep apnea and use a C-PAP machine at night. Most nights I sleep like the dead and wake up still tired but after I get going in the morning I wake up somewhat and can make it through the day some what awake. I take something to help me wake up in the morning and take something in the afternoon to keep me awake. I drink 8 cups of coffee in the morning to help wake me up and I deal with a lot of pain till the morning meds kick in and lower my pain level. I wake up with a pain level of 8-10 and by the time my meds kick in it drops to a 5 or 6. I'm never without some sort of pain and there are days that I sit here and cry.

Last night was different. I went to sleep around 9:15 only to be awoken at 1:15 with terrible stomach pains. Pain so bad I couldn't lay down on my back or side and go back to sleep. This wasn't my normal pain this was caused by the C-PAP pushing air into my stomach and it getting into my intestines. I was doubled over in pain when I went into the bathroom to pee and kept belching air. There was also air so deep inside me that no matter what I did I couldn't get it to pass and that caused more pain. Try running a hot poker through your insides and that won't even come close to the pain I was feeling. So I got up and sat on the couch crying and waiting for the air to pass further through my system so I could go back to sleep. I turned on the TV and tried to forget the pain and watch what I had DVRed. After about 30 minutes the pain had subsided enough and my eyes wouldn't stay open so I crawled back into bed somewhere after 2AM. I fell back to sleep immediately and slept till once again I was woken up with terrible pain. So here I sit at 8:15 in the morning waiting for things to pass though or come up doubled over in pain. I feel it passing through but it's not moving fast enough for me. I feel like crap and there are things I want to get done today but I'm not sure how much I'm going to get done.

Needless to say because of the pain I didn't get the good sleep I wanted and needed because of pain and on top of all the pain from my stomach I still have to deal with my normal wake up pain.
Oh and I forgot to take my morning meds when I first got up and now it's going to be even longer till my normal pain subsides.

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