Trouble sleeping?
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A story for bainbridge and his ‘trouble sleep?’ thread.
Now I’m not saying you have what I had but def go and get checked out by your primary care doctor.About a year ago I was in a really bad place in life, emotionally, financially & personal family issues. I was living in Tampa Florida and mostly playing poker for a living. Yes I know, STRESSFUL as fuck. Things were just not going the way I had hoped and at the tender age of 50, around August 2022, I noticed my sleeping pattern began to worsen. I was waking up at 6:00am then a few weeks later 4:00am and just couldn’t go back to sleep. Around this time in September also began having shortness of breath, so bad that in October I couldn’t even go to grocery store, hell I could barely take 12 steps from the couch to the kitchen or bathroom without stopping to lean on something to catch my breath. At this point my sleeping completely switched off. October, November and the first 2 weeks of December I went on no sleep. I couldn’t lay down flat for more than a few seconds before I began to cough. Not only that but then I noticed my feet began to swell. Body was retaining water and the swelling which began at my feet was now all the way up my stomach and hips. I was in really bad shape physically & mentally, I knew I needed to go to a doctor but kept putting it off. Depression hit me hard and I had no health insurance at the time. So finally after almost 3 months of torturing myself I went into a Walk-in Clinic, they took one look at my legs and said “Hospital!!” ... So off I went on Dec 13th.
Turns out I had Edema, my body (heart & kidney) weren’t circulating blood fast enough and I wasn’t going to the bathroom enough throughout the day.
Not only that but they told me that my right lung was filled up with 60% liquid and that was the reason I would cough every-time I tried to lay down flat. They immediately put me on Lasix (diuretic water pills) meds. Within a few days I could see the swelling go down.Things seemed to get better with my body and I was still longing for a good sleep but if you guys have ever stayed over night in a hospital you know how hard it is to get a good nights rest. I did get a few little daily naps in. Unfortunately on Dec 24th I ended up getting a hematoma in my left leg (injury that causes blood to collect and pool under the skin.) Doctors said it was from my daily doses of blood thinners that caused it. This was hands down one of the MOST PAINFUL things I had ever experienced . On a scale of 1 to 10 it was 100.
2 days of such severe throbbing pain, they gave me hydrocodone pills and then the sweet warmth of several morphine injections. Needless to say, the hematoma extended my hospital stay. I went in on Dec 13th (at 230lbs) and released on Dec 31st (174lbs).
My first night home, I was so drained that I went to bed on New Year’s Eve at 11:00pm and slept until 10:00am. Let me tell you QBN people, it was THE BEST night of sleep in my life.
Anyways long story short, doing much better now. I’m working out, eat healthy and only intake 2,400ml (81oz) of liquid per day. I do have to take 4 daily meds which sucks but I gotta do it. I’m now back home in Georgia surrounded by family and friends.
For those wondering, charity paid my entire $150,000 hospital bill. I cannot put into words how appreciative I am. Everyday in the hospital I could see the
$$$ amount stacking up on me and that was super stressful as well.This entire episode felt like a bad surreal dream.
- Glad that you're doing better now, that sounds like a nightmare! And taking care of yourself, that's greatdmay
- Thanks bro.Ramanisky2