Can't Sleep?
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I often read that many of us can't sleep after their THR and that includes me. So I thought I'd share my tip for passing those long dark nights.
I used to sit up in bed and watch TV but that only kept me (and my husband) awake.
Now I have a radio on the bedside cabinet with a small microphone tucked in under my pillow and listen to radio 4 or 5 live, both rarely have any music, just people talking (I prefer speech to music as I also have tinnitus). Often the subjects are interesting and I get absorbed enough to forget my pain for a while. Sometimes I wake again much later to find that I have slept through for several hours while the radio has been talking to itself.
Having the microphone tucked in keeps the sound just under my head and doesn't wake my husband which is good.
I hope this will help, it's worth a try as I know it works for me.
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eileen64__UK Jayive
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Thanks for the tips.
We all certainly need them
I'm lucky in one respect.......I have moved into the spare room.
That might sound awful but after the THR and me tossing and turning, then fractured the hip things got worse so I relax much more in the spare room knowing I'm not keeping hubby awake and I can toss and turn or do what i lke.
Also he didnt help that he snored I never really noticed it before but when I couldnt sleep it just made thigs worse.
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Eileen UK
sharon09126 eileen64__UK
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eileen64__UK sharon09126
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Poor hubby......not allowed to sleep because you cant
But I do know what you mean.......I've had a dream and in it we might have been have a slight row.......We'd gone to bed quite jhappily...no fighting...so where this came from I dont know but I woke up and was so cross with him and poor man he didnt know why
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Eileen UK
cindy6649 Jayive
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I never thought about the radio. The tv just kept me up longer because it's very bright but the radio probably wouldn't because there's no light. I did try a book on tape once but I was too interested in the story to sleep. Since it's 4:39 a.m. now, maybe I'll try talk radio.
Thanks!!
eileen64__UK cindy6649
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Yes I might try the radio as well
Love
Eileen UK
Jayive cindy6649
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patricis Jayive
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I'm l6 weeks post op so thankfully I've been sleeping for awhile...but just last night in bed I remembered thinking "this time of no sleep will never end"...I even have journal entries in capital letters saying "I HATE THE NIGHTS"!! I guess just remind myself in case I forgot how bad it was....I tried sleeping pills but they never helped, actually having the tv on put me to sleep and 4 hours later I would wake to turn or get up and it would still be on.
All that I learned what helped me by trial and error and all the advice onthis site I will keep with me whenI go for my left hip next summer.
Sredni393 patricis
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sharon09126 patricis
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beachbum1957 Jayive
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Sredni393 Jayive
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beachbum1957 Sredni393
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Sredni393 beachbum1957
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beachbum1957 Sredni393
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eileen64__UK beachbum1957
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I had to sleep on my back for 6 weeks.....instructions from the consultant.
Then after my check up I was told I could sleep on the operated side only {for a while}.....The back....yes I had pillows all aroud me to stop rolling over and one between my legs to stop crossing them {in my sleep HA!!!!!!!!some chance}
On my operated side the reason for that was if it was the other side the operated leg could fall forward and that could dislocate it.
The operated leg was much too sore to be on for another few months so it was on my back for longer which I did not find at all comfortable.
Love
Eileen UK
Sredni393 beachbum1957
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beachbum1957 Sredni393
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I think that's your best prudent decision for the anterior approach. Research it and decide and find the right surgeon for that procedure.
Hope you do get better.
Sredni393 beachbum1957
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Thanx all yr comments. Yr contributions have been very helpful to a lot including us Brits. May yr full recovery continue exponentially!
beachbum1957 Sredni393
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We all progress differently.
I had osteoarthritis reason I decided THA.
God Blesss
sharon09126 Sredni393
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Sredni393 sharon09126
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