3 am

Well, there we are then. Due to a flare in one of my conditions I am anaemic and with anaemia comes insomnia. Hence the fact I am sat at 3 am watching a horror and wondering if I ought to take an extra painkiller because my legs are restless. Restless leg is a symptom of anaemia, basically the long bones make most of your blood. So, when you become iron deficient due to blood loss your long bones can ache because of the work they are doing. This makes your legs twitch and ache. Add to that I can hear my heartbeat (another anaemia thing) and I am not sleeping great at all. It won’t last long, but for the next few days things will be a little rough, but I’ll be fine in the long term. I just got to wait this bit out. Wish me luck though as it is now 4am and sleep is no quicker at finding me. The trick is not to panic though. The trick is to simply let it ride and smile. Nap when you can and keep yourself as healthy as possible. Oh, and the hardest for me – rest and don’t do too much. I’m particularly poor at doing that, especially when I feel I have so many jobs to do…