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Friday, April 8, 2011

Day 14 Ambien To The Rescue

Today I got my Ambien.  I had to pull the cancer card on the call nurse, lucky for me cancer trumps office procedure and they called in my prescription.  This will probably be the last time cancer saves me time and money and I am relishing it.

This will potentially be an entire night without crying, nightmares that wake me, wakemares that make night endless.  No thoughts of being maimed, infected, thrombosed or dead.  Just sleep.  Ambien, you are my hero.

Let it begin.

5 comments:

Laurie said...

I hope it works for you. On most night,I get 5 -6 hours of peaceful sleep. I say play the cancer card whenever needed. I have done so many times, you need to get something out of this crappy hand you were dealt.

zenmama said...

I love Ambien Laurie. It makes sleep so uncomplicated. I fell asleep and I woke up. Nothing inbetween, it was wonderful thanks for the suggestion. My life is better for it.

Darwin said...

Ambien is the bomb. I take half the prescribed dose, sometimes less, and I fall right to sleep and stay there. A nibble here, a nibble there. Try to take it every other night, says my neurologist -- but right now, every night might be just fine for you. It's easy to get dependent on it because it makes getting to sleep effortless. No need for caution now, but later on, move yourself to less and less each night, or every other night. It's a wonder drug; not quite as fun as quaaludes, which I miss terribly (gosh, I just want the 1970'a back!), but you can make those in your garage if you're really super desperate and you're not afraid to bring toluene to a boil -- and I am.

zenmama said...

Where exactly do I get the toluene?

Darwin said...

Don't ask for it at the grocery store -- they'll call the FBI. The paint store, hardware store; just tell them you've got furniture to refinish. It's all good....