Walking The Thin Man

In May 2005, I learned that I had developed amyloidosis, a rare protein folding disease. This is my story.

Friday, August 25, 2006

A Hard Day's Night

Last night was the beginning of one of the 'torture nights' -- unable to concentrate, but also unable to sleep, I spent the evening pacing the apartment. I also had a severe case of the shakes, for some unknown reason.

Fortunately, the Ativan kicked in around 10:30, and I was able to get a few hours of sleep. At 1:30 am, the medicine wore off again, and I had to take another Ativan to get me to now (5:10am).

Needless to say, the evening was not pleasant, and I do not look forward to dealing with these feelings on a nightly basis again (as I had to do last year).

1 Comments:

At 8/25/2006 7:10 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Tony, I'm thinking about you several times every day and reading your entries with anticipation. I hope you are able to get plenty of rest. And I hope that your care provider is hovering over you and monitoring you closely during this "low time" (as the hospital so delicately refers to it). Hang in there, buddy, and kick that AL's ass! :-)

Incidentally, I liked the photo of you impersonating the Wallace and Gromit evil penguin character ("The Wrong Trousers"), with the fake blue rooster comb. Nice touch!

Best regards,
-- Philip.

 

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