JOURNAL ENTRIES.................APRIL 4004 .............................................. Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 11:12:38 -0700 Subject: me again.. Hi all.. sorry to have been so quiet. Sorry for the unanswered emails. I've been feeling weak the past while, and haven't been up to being on the computer much. Insomnia has been a big problem. Night sweats can come almost hourly, sometimes more frequently. If I take enough meds to sleep through them I wake up quite soggy with wet bedding. My doctor has had no suggestions on how to inhibit the sweats. The worse I feel the worse and more frequent I get flushes and sweats.. they are the worst between 11pm and 3am when they can come every 20min. Hot-cold-hot-cold isn't condusive to sleep. The night before last was a bad one and yesterday I just couldn't get my body to wake up until 3pm. I spent most of the day dozing in bed cuddled close by kittys. Last night was more of the same. Very uncomfortable. I woke up soggy again. I don't feel as weak as I did yesterday. I had been pushing myself over the weekend to just function, and I walked too much on Sunday. I've got to see my doctor this week. I've been battling flu bugs and sinus infections for months and maybe a round of antibiotics is in order, especially since I've been having tooth problems again. I need to see the dentist too . I had been saving up for some new lens's for my glasses but that will have to go to the dentist. I have a broken back molar on the side of my face with the damaged nerves and it will have to be pulled if it can't be patched. I can't afford a root-canal.. and I've had one and the tooth disintigrated a couple of years later. I just have to get appointment times and arrange for transportation. I hope that taxi fares won't be too expensive. If the weather stays good and if I felt well enough I could use my scooter.. but that is alot of if's. I can only put it off for so long. I need to get pain meds and sleep med perscriptions before I run out, and I need to get that tooth delt with before I get a massive infection. The way it's hurt I wouldn't be surprised if an xray showed that it's already happened. The day is another bright, sunny one. I long to be out there.. puttering away until I'm ready to drop. But since I'm already ready to drop I am avoiding going outside. I know I'll just start puttering and won't stop until I get too dizzy to do much more than get into the house to collapse. I get just too engrossed in things to stop myself. I'm a compulsive gardener. Hope your day is good. Huggs Phyllis -- ** Leave everything a little better than you found it. ** _________________________________________________________________