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Group 7-day waking average?

Hi Lanny, was awake at the same time as you but not in pain, just could not sleep.

On the subject of neuropathic pain pills.... been there and done that. Tried pregabalin, amitryptylene and gabapentin over the years - the three GP remedies for neuropathic pain. All worked a bit for a short while but in the end I gave up and accepted the wierd facial aches and numbness as a fact of my life. Fortunately whatever buggered the nerves in my face did not induce them to send unwarranted pain signals. Amytryptylene was a weirdo. Coming off it gave me some of the strangest, technicolour dreams ever. Never taken any illegal substances but I think I have some idea what taking some of them might be like.

Any way, no real help to you but you have my sympathies. Hope you find a solution.
 
Lanny said:
Rant alert!

02:56 BS 4.7. Not waking as I can't sleep!:( I tested because I thought my BS might be high but, they're not!🙄 My BS has been fine all day, if a bit on the low side, & I don't know why neuropathy is rearing its ugly head!😡

The nerve endings in my spine are SCREAMING their heads off!😱:(😡 My spine has been tingling of & on all day today but, come nighttime & I have no relief with an increase in pain, freezing sensations & burning heat! I haven't had neuropathy this BAD since 2017 shortly after diagnosis! The pain was so bad it went all the way up to the back of my neck, partially paralysing my breathing & I ended up at A&E! I was prescribed Prabgablin for a week to calm down the agitated nerves but, actually ended up on them for over 3 weeks: turned into a zombie & didn't realise how long I took them for as I imagined restricted airways every time I tried stopping! I finally managed to stop taking them when I realised my breathing was fine & I didn't REALLY need them anymore. I returned what was left to the chemist so, I wouldn't be tempted to take anymore!

It was cold & wet all day today & tonight it's very stormy outside! It's freezing so, have the heater on as being cold heightens everything. Breathing is fine & I'll put up with the screaming nerves, still confined to my back, until I can see my GP in the morning. But, I AM on the lookout for any paralysed breathing signs & will go to A&E if that happens!

I'm tempted to take painkillers but, I know they won't work! If I have to take Prabgablin again to calm down the nerves then, so be it! I'll ask if there's an alternative!🙄

Thanks for listening! Just posting this is making me a little better! I'm exhausted but, can't sleep as THAT is when I feel the nerve pain the most; distract myself & I'm less concious of it!
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Hope you are a bit improved@lanny
 
9.0 for me after a good night sleep. Must have been toast before bed time.
Have a good day all
 
khskel said:
Morning all and 6.4 for me

First burning question of the day, rubbish or recycling.

Birds singing outside. If this weather continues I might be tempted to get the Mini out of hibernation.

Have a good day everyone.
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Oh it’s a bit cold for a short skirt yet @khskel! 😉
 
Morning on this almost spring like day, sun is promised so taking Lady Sadie aged 13.5 months to the park for a swing and a picnic. So yesterday was a fluke as back in the 6s today. 6.2, that’s perfectly acceptable. Have a great day whatever you’re up to. 🙂
 
08:43 BS 5.5. Still a bit on the low side. I finally fell asleep around 6 or 7am when exhaustion won the battle, as I knew it would at some point: had set the alarm to wake me at 08:20 for the 08:30 phone pile-up! Got an appointment for 10:10 this morning with the same doctor I saw last time, which I now know has joined the practice permanently as the new unnamed junior partner. I like her: has a very nice bedside manner!

Thanks for all your kind messages & gentle hugs! It’s taking me twice as long as usual to type this as I’m having trouble with tapping the keys: hands tingling at the mo & I THINK I’ve tapped a key when I haven’t tapped it hard enough. But, getting the hang of it by making sure I give every key a good FIRM tap!

I DID try to stay optimistic by thinking that maybe my nerves are regenerating as my BS is not high at all & even a bit on the low side: even after 2 jelly babies after testing just before 3am. BS didn’t rise much!
 
Lanny said:
08:43 BS 5.5. Still a bit on the low side. I finally fell asleep around 6 or 7am when exhaustion won the battle, as I knew it would at some point: had set the alarm to wake me at 08:20 for the 08:30 phone pile-up! Got an appointment for 10:10 this morning with the same doctor I saw last time, which I now know has joined the practice permanently as the new unnamed junior partner. I like her: has a very nice bedside manner!

Thanks for all your kind messages & gentle hugs! It’s taking me twice as long as usual to type this as I’m having trouble with tapping the keys: hands tingling at the mo & I THINK I’ve tapped a key when I haven’t tapped it hard enough. But, getting the hang of it by making sure I give every key a good FIRM tap!

I DID try to stay optimistic by thinking that maybe my nerves are regenerating as my BS is not high at all & even a bit on the low side: even after 2 jelly babies after testing just before 3am. BS didn’t rise much!
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I hope things start to improve for you soon.

I was 9.3 this morning.
 
Good morning, 3.3 today :confused:

I hope you start to feel a bit better soon @Lanny 🙂

Thank you all for the good wishes for hand surgery🙂, it went alright but I needed more local anaesthetic half way through ouch! My bg was in the 8's in hospital but in the afternoon I had the worst hypo I've had for years. I got to 1.8 and decided I'd better eat something but decided I'd bolus for it.😱 I went into that twilight zone where sleep seems the best option but thank goodness I'd eaten enough glucose to pull me out -it just took a while.

I look like a cast member from 'Carry on Nurse', leg in a cast, hand in a bandage and sling, what a wreck! 😱

Anyhow, here's to having a better day 🙂
 
Morning all. 🙂 4.9 here.😛

Garden shed’s going up as I type - v exciting!

Hope all you poorly posters are feeling better today.🙂
 
Flower said:
Good morning, 3.3 today :confused:

I hope you start to feel a bit better soon @Lanny 🙂

Thank you all for the good wishes for hand surgery🙂, it went alright but I needed more local anaesthetic half way through ouch! My bg was in the 8's in hospital but in the afternoon I had the worst hypo I've had for years. I got to 1.8 and decided I'd better eat something but decided I'd bolus for it.😱 I went into that twilight zone where sleep seems the best option but thank goodness I'd eaten enough glucose to pull me out -it just took a while.

I look like a cast member from 'Carry on Nurse', leg in a cast, hand in a bandage and sling, what a wreck! 😱

Anyhow, here's to having a better day 🙂
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Hope you recover quickly @Flower {{{HUGS}}}
 
Good morning folks🙂

I woke up on 6.9, which is nice, because it looks the same upside down.

No odd events in the night, either, unlike yesterday. Except I discovered I can’t sleep on my back anymore, my left leg won’t keep still. It’s actually quite funny. The spastic muscles try to flex the leg, but aren’t strong enough to hold the position, so it flops straight again. Then it starts over again. So while the rest of me tries to sleep, the left leg is bouncing up and down. Never mind, sleeping on the right side and CBD oil in case I turned on to my back gave me an uninterrupted 8 hours. I refuse to allow my left leg to rule the roost.😡:D

Mind you, there’s me moaning. Flower is stuck unable to use crutches to get around, at least temporarily, and Lanny is suffering neuro pain. What a bunch of crocks we are. 🙄

Anyway have a good day everyone, however you can manage it, and Lanny, if you’ve tried everything for the neuropathy, try CBD oil. Same goes for DocB too. Might work, and no side effects.🙂
 
Just back from GP. She thinks it’s a combination of muscular skeletal pain & neuropathy due to the shoulder injury & suggested taking painkillers might work. The other alternatives for neuropathy are either pills for epilepsy that are very addictive, like Prabgabilin, or one for depression, can’t remember the name starts with Am something, that dampens down the nerve endings & isn’t addictive.

After getting up this morning things have calmed down a lot & I’ll try painkillers if things hurt tonight. GP says watch this space & if the painkillers don’t work come back & try the depression drug as I don’t want to risk addiction again with the epilepsy drug!
 
Good morning 6.1 on another fine day,🙂 back to Torbay hospital this afternoon, Neurology for results.🙄

Sorry you`ve been having grief @Lanny:( hope Doc sorts you out. I take Gabapentin & Duloxetine every day but its only a slight relief, doesn't stop the tingly bits or the stabbing pains. Anyway a nice gentle {{{HUG}}} from me also.🙂

@Flower extra {{{HUGS}}} for you,🙂 that was a bad hypo so glad you could deal with it, please take care.

Might try that myself @mikeyB, CBD oil that is.🙂

Have a good day if you can.🙂
 
Lanny said:
Just back from GP. She thinks it’s a combination of muscular skeletal pain & neuropathy due to the shoulder injury & suggested taking painkillers might work. The other alternatives for neuropathy are either pills for epilepsy that are very addictive, like Prabgabilin, or one for depression, can’t remember the name starts with Am something, that dampens down the nerve endings & isn’t addictive.

After getting up this morning things have calmed down a lot & I’ll try painkillers if things hurt tonight. GP says watch this space & if the painkillers don’t work come back & try the depression drug as I don’t want to risk addiction again with the epilepsy drug!
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Amitriptyline? My youngest takes it for fibromyalgia, very effective for her.
 
7.1 @ 10.23am I was up all night after the cat got me up. That's it, the damned moggy is being locked in the lounge in future.
 
23:55 BS 7.6. Can’t sleep as I was exhausted after last night’s sleepless night. I slept for about 5 hours after having lunch when I got back from seeing the GP.

I’m in no pain tonight as the GP seems to be bang on the nose. It was the injured shoulder causing me pain which, in turn, agitated my nerves. So, after my agitated sleep, felt the discomfort during it, I took care of the shoulder as best I could by doing several things. Plenty of applications of arnica gel on the upper arm, shoulder area., kept the heater on, needs must & I’ll pay the electrics bill later, a nice hot bath before going to bed, took 2.5 hours of putting on the immersion heater for the hot water, as a shower, 30 mins of the immersion heater, just doesn’t cut it, plenty of arnica muscle soak in the bath water & more copious amounts of arnica gel on the upper arm when I got out. RESULT!🙂 I’m pain free & my nerves aren’t bothering me. I’m wide awake as my sleeping pattern is off kilter again but, I’ll readjust!🙄 BS is possibly a tad higher than I’d like but, the midnight Levemir will help with that. Also, had to adjust all my bolus doses down today due to BS being a bit on the low side.

WHAT a difference a day makes, 24 little hours: as the song goes!🙄😛:D Have a good night everyone & wish you all good waking numbers: by which time I’ll be heading off to sleep!🙄
 
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