tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211929548240400184.post4914515162542271683..comments2023-05-13T03:35:58.030-07:00Comments on Teddy's Rat Lab: The GUIDE: Sleep and Sleep DeprivationSpeakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06067034722507056802noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211929548240400184.post-62706490899516208612012-10-12T17:49:35.959-07:002012-10-12T17:49:35.959-07:00I appreciate this very much. My mother suffers fr...I appreciate this very much. My mother suffers from a long-term sleep disorder and often can't sleep more than four or five hours a night even though she _needs_ more. (Her natural sleep cycle is somewhat like yours, I believe; it's in the seven and a half hour range.) This is because of physical pain, mostly, and other associated health problems due to aging.<br /><br />In a personal note, I'm glad that your carpal tunnel surgery went well. I have CTS also, and with two rounds of occupational therapy plus a few cortisone shots a year-plus ago, I was able to resume playing my musical instruments and my typing speed went back to normal (upwards of 75 wpm). But surgery is an option down the line (right now, a combination of exercise and medication seems to hold the CTS in check; it is no better, certainly, but no worse, either, and so long as I can do what I need to do, I'm willing to put up with the occasional bad attack of numbness); it's good to hear that it worked for you, as I've heard roughly a 50/50 split thus far (those for whom the surgery had no effect or a worsening effect, and those, like you, for where it really did help).<br /><br />Much appreciated, as always. (I often read but rarely post.)<br /><br />BarbAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com