since I just had a coughing/choking/ asthma fit for no reason, I'll join you in the stupid body corner.

I take 9 doses( or is it 10 doses] of drugs every day ( 2 are repeats) . Plus abuteral and ambien CR as needed.

no supplements. C during flu season, when I remember.

a magnesium calcium supplement would be good, esp since low magnesium is seen as possible reasons for things like diabetes and asthma and other systemic diseases. Plus other sleep encouragers would be good.

the last time I tried a multi- vitamin it upset my stomach ( it was for diabetics) a childrens vitamin is a good idea

Pain is very stupid and I am sorry that you have to deal with it. Yay vacation! fwiw, I never had trouble with getting sand under ace bandages on my ankle.

ION, yes I am still working at this hour. One more installation to go then I am off to bed. I usually work early in the morning, but since it is so very cold I am altering the plan and intend to stay under quilts until much later than usual.

Vacation is Maine. We're renting a house a block from the beach. Swimming, and maybe kayaking, and reading on the beach.

fwiw, I never had trouble with getting sand under ace bandages on my ankle.

Do they still sell the kind of ace bandage with the clips? I've only seen the sticky kind lately, and I know that that would become a mess.

Pain is stupid; whining is necessary.

Hmmm, I have old ace bandages. Just as often I have used sports tape on my ankle when needed. It doesn't bother my skin like any other kind of bandage. No sticky residue either.

And finally my work is done and I am off to bed. G'night all.

Meds have kicked in enough, I'm going to bed, too.

The last time I tried to take magnesium supplements I got all itchy. It drove me crazy and I had to stop taking them.

I take...two things in the morning (one for the migraines, and Vit B). Four at night, but often five or six (two more migraine preventatives, alpha-lipoic acid (anti oxidant which supposedly helps me not be so tired), allergy pill, and often scrip ibuprofen and muscle relaxant). Several of those are multiple pills each, which is really what gets me. (Oh, and then sometimes taking all those makes me wake up with heartburn so I have to take tums in the middle of the night)

Taking so many pills makes me feel OLD.

Then again, so does taking a six hour nap in the middle of the day and still sleeping 10 hours that night. Clearly, the pills are not working as well as they could.

Sleep isn't so much happening. I keep remembering things I need to do. Just made my lunch for tomorrow. I don't have anything to read. I hate the way painkillers make my brain feel all weird.

Maybe read something that you've read before? then you don't have to worry about your head feeling weird because you don't have to remember anything.