Thanks but they dont get along so great now, so we need to think of all contingencies. I would hope they would help each other since they will only have each other once we are gone
I have uncles who don’t have the issues your boys have, but are just complete polar opposite people. Neither got married. And now after my grandmother passed away, they are real supports for each other.
The world has become such a different place with such uncertainty that it's bound to create anxiety that interferes with sleep. I've been taking melatonin ever since I had a stroke 10 years ago and also use a bipap machine both of which help me sleep pretty soundly. I was resistant to using the machine initially but it helps me and I am really glad to have it. At any rate you sound like you have found some methods to help yourself although 10/7 is 2 1/2 years ago so you must be feeling exhausted!
I never had PB&J as a kid at home either but a cute guy started sharing his with me after school and I started to love them. My comfort foods are Chef Boyardee and Campbells soup 🍜.
You shared much personal info in this essay. Maybe it will help you sleep better. I've been diagnosed with sleep apnea related to working for 3 months at Ground Zero after 9/11, so see a sleep doctor and use a CPAP provided by the World Trade Center Health Program. Took a while to get used to but helps me sleep, though it is annoying. My wife finds the ryhymic sound of the machine comforting, though when I don't use it I don't snore so not completely sure I still need it. I never use it when I travel, visiting kids and grandkids spread across 4 states. Right now two kids and their husbands, and 5 grandkids, are spending the weekend at my house and my wife is exhausted, fast asleep after cooking much of the day. I did the clean up, and will make matzoh brei breakfast with turkey bacon in the morning. Might be genetic, but sleep comes easy to my wife and all my kids and grandkids. As for me, I don't sleep much, not because I can't but because I don't get tired much, even at 70. When I put my head to pillow, I'm in dream land, but being a light sleeper wake up at the slightest sound, then fall back asleep. In the moring I pop up like toast from a toaster. Nothing wakes my wife. A bomb could go off and she would sleep through it. My wife's mantra when she wakes, groggy even though she gets at least 2 more hours sleep a night than me, is "Don't talk to me until after I have coffee." Her second mantra is "Why are you talking to me, I haven't had coffee yet." Her third mantra is "You don't listen." Finally she gets to the fourth, "Thanks for making coffee. Your coffee is the best."
And no one can talk to me before my coffee, too. Honestly, sometimes I do go to bed dreaming of the next morning's coffee. It does sound like I am an addict...
My doctor said he wanted me to do a sleep study years ago, but I have no patience. Everyone keeps telling me that a CPAP machine might be what I need, but honestly I would never use it. My trick is no wine and those little antianxiety pills. I have been fighting it forever, but wine really does interrupt my sleep just like doctors say it does....sigh
The sleep study is what convinced me to try a CPAP machine, as I was diagnosed with severe sleep apnea. I don't snore, but on occasion would wake in the middle of the night gasping for air. Scary, especially to my wife. The machine took some getting used to, trying different nose and mouth accessories until I found one which didn't aggravate the hell out of me. As I said, I don't use it all the time. It helps. At least I no longer wake in the middle of the night gasping for air.
For me, it already has. The attack itself was horrifying but the reaction of, frankly almost everyone, is the part I can’t get over. The list of family members, colleagues, institutions and governments who have dropped the ball on this is staggering. We are very alone.
I think that your boys will be there for each other more than you can imagine.
Thanks but they dont get along so great now, so we need to think of all contingencies. I would hope they would help each other since they will only have each other once we are gone
I have uncles who don’t have the issues your boys have, but are just complete polar opposite people. Neither got married. And now after my grandmother passed away, they are real supports for each other.
thats nice to hear
The world has become such a different place with such uncertainty that it's bound to create anxiety that interferes with sleep. I've been taking melatonin ever since I had a stroke 10 years ago and also use a bipap machine both of which help me sleep pretty soundly. I was resistant to using the machine initially but it helps me and I am really glad to have it. At any rate you sound like you have found some methods to help yourself although 10/7 is 2 1/2 years ago so you must be feeling exhausted!
I am really tired all the time....
Just remembered there is sleep music. Amazon Music has a sleep music station
I believe, but it's also available from other sources. It can be effective.
Thanks so much!
I never had PB&J as a kid at home either but a cute guy started sharing his with me after school and I started to love them. My comfort foods are Chef Boyardee and Campbells soup 🍜.
Campbell chicken noodle is the best….
You shared much personal info in this essay. Maybe it will help you sleep better. I've been diagnosed with sleep apnea related to working for 3 months at Ground Zero after 9/11, so see a sleep doctor and use a CPAP provided by the World Trade Center Health Program. Took a while to get used to but helps me sleep, though it is annoying. My wife finds the ryhymic sound of the machine comforting, though when I don't use it I don't snore so not completely sure I still need it. I never use it when I travel, visiting kids and grandkids spread across 4 states. Right now two kids and their husbands, and 5 grandkids, are spending the weekend at my house and my wife is exhausted, fast asleep after cooking much of the day. I did the clean up, and will make matzoh brei breakfast with turkey bacon in the morning. Might be genetic, but sleep comes easy to my wife and all my kids and grandkids. As for me, I don't sleep much, not because I can't but because I don't get tired much, even at 70. When I put my head to pillow, I'm in dream land, but being a light sleeper wake up at the slightest sound, then fall back asleep. In the moring I pop up like toast from a toaster. Nothing wakes my wife. A bomb could go off and she would sleep through it. My wife's mantra when she wakes, groggy even though she gets at least 2 more hours sleep a night than me, is "Don't talk to me until after I have coffee." Her second mantra is "Why are you talking to me, I haven't had coffee yet." Her third mantra is "You don't listen." Finally she gets to the fourth, "Thanks for making coffee. Your coffee is the best."
What a blessing! 5 granchildren!
And no one can talk to me before my coffee, too. Honestly, sometimes I do go to bed dreaming of the next morning's coffee. It does sound like I am an addict...
My doctor said he wanted me to do a sleep study years ago, but I have no patience. Everyone keeps telling me that a CPAP machine might be what I need, but honestly I would never use it. My trick is no wine and those little antianxiety pills. I have been fighting it forever, but wine really does interrupt my sleep just like doctors say it does....sigh
The sleep study is what convinced me to try a CPAP machine, as I was diagnosed with severe sleep apnea. I don't snore, but on occasion would wake in the middle of the night gasping for air. Scary, especially to my wife. The machine took some getting used to, trying different nose and mouth accessories until I found one which didn't aggravate the hell out of me. As I said, I don't use it all the time. It helps. At least I no longer wake in the middle of the night gasping for air.
Breathing is nice...
I haven’t had a decent night’s sleep since 10/7.
I kind of keep waiting for the next shoe to drop….
Not kind of. Literally. And I've eaten more PB&j here than ever I did in the old country
For me, it already has. The attack itself was horrifying but the reaction of, frankly almost everyone, is the part I can’t get over. The list of family members, colleagues, institutions and governments who have dropped the ball on this is staggering. We are very alone.
Agreed
for me it just seems to keep getting worse and worse…