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Softstuff

Thanks Nursemaggie, I've got a few of those cotton reels myself. The difference with what I'm trying (and what they market now for sleep apnea) is that it stops you getting onto your back in the first place IYSWIM. I can see a doll would certainly do that :rotfl: I'm emulating this device here: http://zzomaosa.com/

From what as a layman I could read from my sleep data (the GP gave me a copy), it's almost instantaneous when I get on my back I stop breathing. Only, being the lazy !!!!!! I am, I don't wake up instantaneously! And given how I nearly rolled over on one of these:
http://drbenkim.com/therapeutic-knobby-foam-roller.htm when it was strapped to my back, I think I need something fairly substantial :rotfl:

I'm heading to the local foam rubber factory to get an offcut of something foamy and stiff, I already have some jersey to cover it with. Anecdotally, hubby says what I tried last night worked, not a peep out of me, and I woke up without a headache for the first time in a while.

nursemaggie

If you get a good night's sleep you will stop falling asleep everywhere and anywhere. I am falling asleep everywhere now because of upstairs and the noise. Why are they not doing it?

DS falls asleep on the bus coming home. He goes to sleep in his tea break and he says there are a group at work who want to come, break into the flat and beat them up so he must be bad at work. I think there is a lot of concern for him at work. He could have an accident and kill someone at work as he drives around an a smaller version of a forklift truck. The week he started someone drove into a girl and broke her leg. It was smashed to pieces. She still can't walk and may not be back for another year. DS would never be able to live with himself it he did anything like that. The girl was only just 18 and it was a greenstick fracture like children get. I don't know if you have come across one but they can be very serious.

They are all still knocking about upstairs. DS has to be up at 2.30am It is gone 11pm. You can't work on a heavy job like he has if you don't get enough sleep.

Here's hoping you get something sorted and get a good night's sleep every night. I could not manage without my cpap machine but I don't like it. I have trigeminal neuralgia and the straps irritate it. It fills me with wind because I swallow the air it forces down my throat. they say it helps if you have a vapourising system with it but I can't use it as my room is not properly ventilated and the water just cause condensation and mould everywhere. I had to throw out a lot of fairly new clothes last year because they all went mouldy. If I open a window people close it because they walk right past my window. I don't like having a window open on the ground floor.

I stop breathing if I fall asleep sitting up. so I have to have the cpap machine. Good luck with sorting something out.

pandamonium

Nursemaggie, I am fuming on your behalf. How long do you have to put up with this noise??
I was so sorry to read that you didn't get the bungalow. Is it possible to build some kind of relationship with the most decent letting agent in your area. They might be able to put in a good word for you when the next suitable property comes up. Our letting agent was really good when our previous landlord issued the section 21 because he wanted to sell.

Well done Fuddle and Miss Fuddle :j.

Good luck with the viewings Lynn and Monna.

Hope you are feeling better Mardatha.

Panda x

Softstuff

It really is ridiculous for you Nursemaggie, I just can't imagine what's going through their minds upstairs. Fingers and toes are crossed for you. Meanwhile I purchased a formidable chunk of foam, so I'm going to have a fiddle and save $185.

Islandmaid

nursemaggie My heart goes out to you both, it’s just an awful situation - I have everything crossed that something comes good for you soon x

Softstuff I can recommend Lego bricks as a hard lumpy plastic - the day I stood on some is the only time I ever swore in front of my kids, it was SO painful - the look of shock on the kids faces, you would have thought I had just punched one of the tellytubbies..... :eek:

Floss

NM can your gp & sleep clinic not push the HA for more suitable housing for your condition? And can the noise abaement team set a noise recorder going for 24 hours to give evidence of the racket above you?

MMF007

NM, I think you can complain to the Ombudsman for housing associations. Make a written complaint to your own HA first, with the heading 'complaint'. Set out in bullet points when you had probelm from, what is happening and when, and list the dates you have reported to HA, tell them your son is working and struggles because of sleep dep, tell them you are having gruelling treatment for cancer. Ask them if they want a letter from your Doc as 'proof' or will they actually act on their statutory duty asap and get the dratted noise dealt with.
Give them 2 weeks to provide noise monitoring equip or you will go to the Ombudsman.
Send the same letter to your Councillor and MP and tell HA you are doing this.

It is totally unacceptable.

monnagran

nursemaggie I can only emphasise what MMF has said. This is beyond ridiculous now, it is downright dangerous if your DS is operating machinery in a state of sleep deprivation and with your health issues nothing is going to improve if you can't sleep. Surely, surely somebody can do something about the situation. It is about time heads rolled.

As for you softstuff, I don't know what to suggest short of nailing yourself to the wall in a straitjacket.

Very quick visit from me today as it will take me at least 3 days to get the house ready for inspection, (why did I think it was a good idea to tip everything out in one of the bedrooms ready for sorting into piles for packing?) and to get the cooking done if I am to be ready for next week's lunch club and funeral wake.

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

A diamond is a chunk of coal that did well under pressure. (Henry Kissinger)

juliettet

Another one for MMF007's advice NM. Get your MP involved.

Hester you are an Inspiration. Seriously, I read your blog and you help your family and look after grandchildren. I'm so glad you found CHS.

Lyn,Monna, fingers crossed here.

silvasava

Afternoon All - trying to catch up with the thread. All I can say Hester is so glad he's an ex!
Fuddle - great news that you got DD into the local school and well done to her too for taking it in her stride even though she had a slight wobble.
MrsL and Monna fingers crossed for you both on the viewings
NM - unbelievable that the HA haven't done anything. Do you know if other neighbours have complained? MMF is right - you need to escalate this now as it's really impacting badly on your and DS health.
Was going to get out in the garden this morning for an hour or so but the wind was so strong and bitter cold decided to make a batch of chilli. Went to get some sliced onions out of the freezer. The drawer stuck so I yanked on it and broke it off - a pack of mixed veg fell out and sprayed all over the floor. Cleared up and banged the bag of onions on the side as they'd clumped together and the bag split spraying them all over the worktop! Not my best day but the chilli is fine.