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Sleepless in Palo Alto still-- here's recap of those lost times--

************New Year's Night********
Last night went a bit better. Still had ramp up of going from being quiet in the "grace" period to becoming more awake--but around 10:30pm got sleepy. Nodded off for about 2.5 hours and awoke around 1am. Managed to get back to sleep and slept until around 5am--a bit later than it's been. Tossed/turned until about 6am and got up and ate an apple (I was feeling hungry). Apple was refreshing and went back to bed and managed to nod off for another hour. When I awoke, and took a dose of flowers and made a cup of CALM.

I seem to notice two types of shaking/tremors--the PD-related shaking in my arm and shoulder, and a body-based shaking in my body/stomach area. The body-based shaking can involve my legs, both arms and shoulders, and my stomach/torso. When I'm quieter, the tremor is more localized in my arm shoulder, and is not so intrusive. This phenomena underscores your thoughts that what's happening is diet-related. Will focus on eating veggies/rice/beans for now and see what happens.

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Last night had a small "grace" period window around 8pm and fell asleep around 10pm... Woke up at midnight and couldn't get back to sleep--made for a long night...

In the afternoon, I noticed a bubble of anxiety being handled by the CALM remedy--I felt the ease-up... But CALM and flowers taken around bedtime didn't affect the shaking during the night... Has to be something other than anxiety... Foods don't seem to affect the shaking that much either--still getting the shakes despite dropping sugars... Like my pancreas is out of whack and doing a hypoglycemic dance anyway (although the blood work they did on Xmas day showed glucose within the normal range while the shaking was present)... Is a puzzlement!

Been starting to deal with home care issues... I've asked the doctors to figure out something that'll let me get some sleep--can't go another week at this pace...

***********MIRACLE*************

Through a for-sure miracle, I contacted a friend of mine who has done a lot of work in this area of need. She volunteered to do everything I would be asking a home care service to do (rides, shopping, food prep, cleaning, laundry and anything else that's needed). What an angelic person! She just stepped in and made space in her life to do this. I am really touched. Among other roles, she's a Reiki practitioner and intuitive counselor. I feel so blessed! I can just let go--let God. I've known her for over 25 years--I knew she was a compassionate person, but not at this level. I'm truly grateful for her wondrous gift.

She's probably making a pot of Brasco Broth (a la the Rubin/Brasco book). Looking forward to eating some tomorrow. Here's a link to the recipe -- http://www.gardenoflife.com/wol_recipe_brasco_broth.shtml

It and a set of supplements restores and rebuilds the intestinal track. Health always comes down to chicken soup!

I couldn't get in to see a doctor today about sleep issue--maybe tomorrow. I took half of the tab of Ativan to see if I sleep well like on Xmas night--can't be worse than last night. As I said in an earlier note--seems like everything I eat gets a "boink" from the pancreas.

Looking forward to some snooze tonight--may it be so!