Needing friends that can relate

Hi Lthorne. Getting some sleep would probably be the biggest boon to your happiness right now. I’ll give you my very temporary “bandaid” to the sleeplessnes and pain problem...Kratom. It’s an herb that binds to the opioid receptors in the brain, yet it is not not an opioid. It’s legal in all but two states in the US. I haven’t checked on Canada yet. I use the Maeng Da strain. I take a half teaspoon of the green powder in a half cup of water. It alliviates pain and spasms for about three hours. Often by then, I’ve gone to sleep. I have a left leg amputated above the knee. That stump has clonus. (Think of Thumper the rabbit.) It’s very annoying and keeps me from drifting off peacefully to sleep. I order my Kratom though the mail. If they don’t have Maeng Da, Green Malay works, too. I’m glad you found us. Ttyl.

P.S. Okay, I Googled Kratom in Canada. It looks like you have a happy hunting ground for Kratom in Canada.

Welcome LThorne. I agree that getting some sleep would be a blessing. Sorry I don't have any suggestions and best of luck to you.

Welcome lthorne, the sleep issue is very frustrating and it's so important for our general wellbeing. You have come a long way since your initial injury which is wonderful but it does take some adjusting to, this new way of life.

Good to hear that you feel you are on the better side of the depression, onwards and upwards!

In no way wanting to derail this great thread,...Electricguy. If you had a matress like this one, you would not get bedsores, and you could sleep almost all night without being turned. I had the very basic, cheap-o version of this matress in one nursing home,...the version that the guy in this video warns against,...and yet that matress still was instrumental in healing my bedsores. I was gnashing my teeth the day that the nursing home sent “maintenance” to kidnap my matress, taking it down the hallway, across the next hallway, and into an empty room. I actually followed them to see where they were taking it. That’s how good it was. Mine was louder than the model in the video, had no inflated rim, had a solid vinyl cover over the entirety, and when it deflated was hard, with no padding whatsoever. Yet it was a hugh blessing to my poor Job-like bottom, and my sores healed, despite a deficit of care from staff.