How fustrating sleep can be....

Ever since my ATN pain episodes began lasting for days, sleep has been an issue. THANKFULLY when I'd sleep, it'd be deep enough to not experience my pain on a conscious level. That doesn't mean that I was getting a normal sleep cycle, but at least it was an escape from the pain.

The last two nights, around 3-4:00 AM, I'd wake up, and not be able to go back to sleep. I'd get comfortable, and be almost asleep when I'd start to experience pain. I'd try my normal routine of distancing myself, but the desire to readjust to experience less pain was overwhelming. So I'd get comfortable (again), and hope that it wouldn't trigger a pain episode just so I could go back to sleep. Unfortunately, that would last for about 15-20 minutes, and the whole scenario would be repeated. This AM, I gave up around 5:30 AM and just slowly got up.

I think that these issues will not be so bad when I'm in Chicago. Mostly due to how much activity I'll be going through during the day, and hopefully will sleep soundly at night....