May 20, 2017

Greetings My Friend, My new stronger dose of Parkinson's medication was messing up my sleeping in strange ways. I could not get to sleep until real late into the morning which meant my day was turned upside down. I mentioned to my PCP about the crazy sleep pattern and I also mentioned that sometimes I wake up struggling to breathe. Right off she asked me if I was using my C-PAP at night and I am, then she suggested maybe I should try those breathe right strips. I have used them now for a few nights and I can't believe how much better my sleep is. Back when I was a teenager I broke my nose and I have a deviated septum,which is more than likely the culprit for my struggle to breathe for many years now. When I first started seeing my PCP down here I was having trouble sleeping at all, maybe an hour here or there. We started looking at my problems working through them one at a time, the first thing was for me to have a sleep study test done. The study showed that I had sleep apnea so I use the C-PAP. Right after I was diagnosed with this I blacked out so I am faithful to use my machine each night. Through the last several years my PCP and I have gone through the list of ailments I had resolving my problems one at a time. Most recently was the strips on my nose for the night. I have slept with both my machine and the nose strips for several nights now and I marvel how my sleep has improved. I sleep for 4-6 hours, wake up wide awake so I do my quiet time in the Word, then go online and later I get up to start my day. I generally lay down again for an hour maybe 2 at some point late in the morning. When I get up from that I have not needed another nap. I do have to sit down if I am on my feet too long because my back hurts, my shoulders feel tight and sometimes my calves start to ache. I associate these things to PD and resting for awhile more than a few minutes I am able to do my day rather nicely. Junior has torn the kitchen up putting in electrical, moving cabinets around making it difficult for me to do all that I would like to do. I believe though that soon I will be able to make the foods we enjoy like cookies, bread, dehydrate fresh fruits and vegetables for winter easier with my newfound energy. It seems that little things like this keep happening and I believe God is answering my prayers in astounding ways. May God bless you and keep you make His face shine on you. Love Janet