I use a ceiling fan too. Year round. But my wife sleeps beside me. Larry Willis Retired and proud of it
Begin forwarded message: > Resent-From: quad-list@eskimo.com > From: "shirley bell" <sbell...@cox.net> > Date: April 25, 2015 at 5:52:31 PM EDT > To: "Joan Anglin" <poaj...@sbcglobal.net> > Cc: <quad-list@eskimo.com> > Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Hey Don > > Joan, I NEED my ceiling fan when I get to hot in middle of night, saves me! > You can get them with remotes so you can turn off and on when needed,.its so > hard for us. I > Best, > Shirley Bell > > www.ShirleyBellDesigns.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Joan Anglin > To: quad-list@eskimo.com > Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2015 4:51 PM > Subject: RE: [QUAD-L] Hey Don > > I can’t move myself at all, unless I spasm which often sends me into an > uncomfortable position. It takes a good 10 to 15 minutes a night to get me > positioned so that I think I’ll be comfortable all night long. I sleep on a > memory foam mattress with the head and a foot slightly elevated. Because I > sleep on my back my hands and arms have always been a problem because they > will get wedged against my legs during the night. And then they’d would push > up my shoulders and in the morning I would be a very sore. It looks > ridiculous, but we found a way to keep my shoulders relaxed. We just take the > bottom of my nightshirt and fold it back over my arms and pin it securely > with my hand side by side on my stomach. It has also lessened the spasms > which I think were caused by my fingers dating into my legs. Amazing what we > have to go through to just get a night’s sleep! I have my cell phone plugged > in on the table which has my Sicare turn on so I can watch TV. The phone will > wake up to a voice command and I can call somebody to come over if I > absolutely need to. Thank goodness it doesn’t happen very often. > The worst part is knowing I’m going to get too warm a couple of hours after > going to bed and adjusting everything so that I am warm enough to go to sleep > but not too warm so that I wake up hot and can’t do anything about it!! I > really need to design a pulley system to raise and lower my blanket LOL. I > can reach the water tube without moving so I don’t get too thirsty, but the > alternating too hot and too cold is very frustrating. Anybody have any ideas? > I’m open for suggestions. > I guess I could blame my temperature changes on living in Reno, today the > high is 46°with snow this morning, and Wednesday is suppose to be a > 82°record! Maybe I’ve lived here too long? Have a great day everyone. Joan > > From: Don Smith [mailto:scamper2...@gmail.com] > Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2015 11:42 AM > To: greg > Cc: quad-list@eskimo.com > Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Hey Don > > I'm able to move myself around some, I sleep on a low loss air mattress > and I have a phone by my bed incase of any issues I can't deal with. We > change my foley every two weeks which help cut down on problems. As with > most of us, I have had to call pca or a friend in the middle of the night > though. > > > On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 9:02 AM, greg <g...@eskimo.com> wrote: > I could not do it. I go most nights with no trouble, but now and then I start > sweating really bad at night. I either need moved around a bit, or my cath is > kinked somewhere. I would probably lay there all night worrying that I would > start sweating any minute. > Greg > > > Good for you, Don. I would not have the onions to live by myself. I > > can imagine my night as one long panic attack. It is almost that > > way now. You are more man than I am my friend. > >
