Anyone else awake? ?

I was awake and making tea at 2.00 am however I couldn’t get my IPad to link onto the Internet so I just played 4 games of solitaire and then listened to a sleep story on CALM and fell asleep till 7.00. I thought it was just me. I’ll look out for you all next time.

Anyone around. I seem to have developed gout. My foot is excruciatingly painful, hardly any sleep. I’ll have to sit on the surgery doorstep as my phone is out of order, no mobile phone… not a good night!

That sounds very painful grandMattie. I have googled and ibuprofen seems to be recommended, if you have any. Or something cold. But perhaps you've tried that. I hope you manage to see the doctor. Whats wrong with the phone?

Don’t tolerate ibuprofen…
Why aren’t you sleeping?

Don’t know why the phone isn’t working. BT coming on Friday, “urgent” house call for OAP!

What a shame. I can't take them either. Pity because they are good for pain.
I'm often awake now during the night. If I waken I'm awake for 3-4 hours. I've given up fighting it. I check my phone and then read. But I have M.E. so it doesn't help that.

Actually M.E. might be partly to blame.

grandMattie

Don’t know why the phone isn’t working. BT coming on Friday, “urgent” house call for OAP!

Thats a long wait!

Sorry about your ME. It’s a pig, isn’t it?
I don’t sleep well anyway. I’ve stopped worrying, lie awake and wait for 4ish to get up.

Goodness thats an early start. You must go to bed very early.
If I lived alone I would get up early too but I would waken my husband.

Go to bed with DH at about 10 normally. Got used to lack of sleep! ☹️

Yes, I think you're body adjusts eventually.
It's strange that you have internet but no phone.

Well I'm off to read. I usually keep some light novels on my kindle for early hours.
Relaxing day ahead. Husband plays with a group in a local cafe today (fame at last!) and I get some time alone at home - unusual these days.
I hope you get sorted at the doctors and have a better day than night, grandMattie.

Enjoy!

‘morning Nadateturbe and Mattie.
I do hope that you get through to your GP, and get some joy with them Mattie. Gout is the last thing that you need.
I’ve heard that a drink called Cherry something or other (the name slips my mind; it’s ultra concentrated morello cherry juice) works absolute wonders on gout and other related ailments. I think that gout is a type of reactive arthritis. (I could be wrong).

I’ve just looked on Amazon. It’s called Cherry Active, and it’s reassuringly expensive! It also gets good reviews for easing fibromyalgia too

Thanks, Fanny, I’ll look it up.

Good morning and thank you FannyCornforth I will research that too. I have fibromyalgia.
Just looked out the bathroom window. The fuschia is in full bloom and its a beautiful sunny morning.
I hope you all have a good day.

it’s reassuringly expensive

I think that I’m going to take up my own recommendation too! See if it does anything for my osteoarthritis, and DH’s rheumatoid arthritis.
We can all trial it together! ?

I think I'll wait until someone tells me what it tastes like as some people apparently find it unpalatable. I bought cbd oil which was horrible used it once and felt really sick. I usually have blueberries with my porridge so in the meantime I think I'll swop to cherries. According to my limited research its helpful for blood pressure and preventing type 2 diabetes.

‘morning all.
I’ve been looking into Cherry Active, and there is also Beetroot Active, Blueberry Active, and another one which slips my mind.
So now I’m even more as to which one should be the best for my various ailments.
I do know that Beetroot juice is amazing for lowering blood pressure. In the past I’ve bought just bog standard stuff from Asda for DH, and it did work.

Nadateturbe you’re right, CBD oil is disgusting.
And in my experience, completely useless too.
And expensive (not reassuringly so, in this particular case!)

Trouble with all that stuff is that if they don’t work, you’ve wasted a load of money. And then what do you so with the left-overs?

Never tried any of those. I knew beetroot is good for blood pressure, but I’ve only ever roasted it, not taken it medicinally.
I think we might be having a lot more to offset the current surge of panics.

You’re not wrong there Mattie
I’ve mentioned this on here before, that up until recently, I suffered with terrible hair loss for years.
I honestly dread to think of how much I’ve spent on snake oil trying to sort it out. I’ve bought every pill and potion going. It must be in the region of £1,500
Turns out it was a Vitamin D deficiency