Last night I tried every trick I could think of to get to sleep and stay asleep, I even tried Kalms herbal sleep aids, and it worked, I got to sleep quickly, but an hour later and I was awake again. Not just awake though, my leg wasn’t just ‘restless’...
New year’s resolutions seem to be going out of fashion, too many times they are neglected before any progress has been made, but I like them. I print them out and stick them on my desk wall and read them every month or so. They provide a good way for...
After another night of badly disrupted sleep I’m starting to feel very worn down, I feel like I’m living in a kind of grey reality where everything is more complicated and difficult than it should be. It’s hard to find things to enjoy, to concentrate, to find the energy. I’ve...
While it’s lovely to have guests and to celebrate Christmas, there’s also a special delight when everyone goes home, the Christmas decorations are put away, the sweets disappear from the table and life returns to normal. That’s today in our house, Mum left for Newark and Debbie and I worked...
Oh what a night, the last time I had such a bad night was just over a year ago when I was in hospital with Jennie. Last night was all my own doing though, still suffering from codeine withdrawal I managed an hours sleep, before waking just after midnight and...
After another terrible night, being driven crazy by my legs I had a really good day. Exercise freed me of itching feet, the weather was wonderful, I got to spend some time with Steph and my Mum and we walked 14 miles, much of it with her filling me in...
I will make this short as I have only a few minutes left of my birthday to write about it. I had a terrible night, suffering from the worst restless leg in memory, I finally managed to get to sleep after trying everything, heat, cold, massage, hot bath, socks, no...
If only it hadn’t rained during the afternoon, we would have been able to go out for a family walk and it would have been a perfect Christmas, but who needs perfection. As it happened it was near perfect. I managed to get a good nights sleep and was very...
I started with a migraine yesterday and ate too many chocolates, the migraine proved difficult to shift, even after a couple of doses of cocodamol and I woke in the middle of the night unable to sleep through it, so I watched some River Cottage. When I woke this morning...
We all like going out for a big family breakfast and Toby Carvery is our destination of choice, of course we like evening meals there too, but breakfasts are less than half the price and just as good and often easier to arrange, especially at weekends. Today’s breakfast was a...