Rave - First Surgery

[docellis]

And why do you all have problems sleeping?

My guess is they aren't drinking enough alcohol.

[jim]

Getting old plays hell with your sleep. I don't know any of my friends that sleep well. My general problem is waking up in the middle of the night and not being able to get back to sleep - happened again last night. And if I do sleep 8 hours? Feels like someone took a 10" hunting knife and stabbed me right through the middle of my back. I understand now why mattress companies charge so much money - people will pay anything to sleep well. I paid big $$ for mine, one of those fancy foam ones where you can adjust the mattress or whatever. Huge waste of money. Back still kills me if I sleep 7-8 hours.

So the choice is be tired but not have a sore back, or not be tired and have pain. That's what you all have to look forward to.

[mikechamp]

Getting old plays hell with your sleep. I don't know any of my friends that sleep well. My general problem is waking up in the middle of the night and not being able to get back to sleep - happened again last night. And if I do sleep 8 hours? Feels like someone took a 10" hunting knife and stabbed me right through the middle of my back. I understand now why mattress companies charge so much money - people will pay anything to sleep well. I paid big $$ for mine, one of those fancy foam ones where you can adjust the mattress or whatever. Huge waste of money. Back still kills me if I sleep 7-8 hours.

So the choice is be tired but not have a sore back, or not be tired and have pain. That's what you all have to look forward to.

I hear what you're saying, jim, as I experience that pain from time to time. But doesn't diminished ab muscles contribute to this discomfort? I certainly think that's true in my case. I need to get back to doing daily situps.

P.S. Glad to hear you're doing better, Leroy. I missed the reason for said surgery, but it's not my business. I just hope it wasn't a life-threatening cause.

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Get well soon, Leroy.

[jim]

Getting old plays hell with your sleep. I don't know any of my friends that sleep well. My general problem is waking up in the middle of the night and not being able to get back to sleep - happened again last night. And if I do sleep 8 hours? Feels like someone took a 10" hunting knife and stabbed me right through the middle of my back. I understand now why mattress companies charge so much money - people will pay anything to sleep well. I paid big $$ for mine, one of those fancy foam ones where you can adjust the mattress or whatever. Huge waste of money. Back still kills me if I sleep 7-8 hours.

So the choice is be tired but not have a sore back, or not be tired and have pain. That's what you all have to look forward to.

I hear what you're saying, jim, as I experience that pain from time to time. But doesn't diminished ab muscles contribute to this discomfort? I certainly think that's true in my case. I need to get back to doing daily situps.

P.S. Glad to hear you're doing better, Leroy. I missed the reason for said surgery, but it's not my business. I just hope it wasn't a life-threatening cause.

Funny thing - I had to cut back my ab workouts recently because I was getting so much back pain from it. I work out pretty hard, and was doing some pretty intense stuff that was really causing problems. I cut back on those, and now I have less problems.

[Leroy]

No nothing life threatening. I have had had to make several changes though, like a very low sodium diet, not because of blood pressure but some other crap that runs in the family. Holy crap it is hard to find anything low sodium that is good to eat.

[jim]

No nothing life threatening. I have had had to make several changes though, like a very low sodium diet, not because of blood pressure but some other crap that runs in the family. Holy crap it is hard to find anything low sodium that is good to eat.

Not really..

http://www.fatsecret.com/calories-nutri ... eer/sodium

[Radbird]

Getting old plays hell with your sleep.

I still sleep pretty well except for couple times I have to get up to pee.

[mikechamp]

No nothing life threatening. I have had had to make several changes though, like a very low sodium diet, not because of blood pressure but some other crap that runs in the family. Holy crap it is hard to find anything low sodium that is good to eat.

Have you tried Ritz' "Hint of Salt" crackers? They're not too bad.

And since everyone likes bacon, you might want to investigate turkey bacon, if you haven't already. They also make reduced sodium regular bacon, but it might have more sodium than the turkey alternative.