There is a bright side to experiencing a night without sleep.
There are a few things going on: I have a major j-pouch flare-up, I have been using Cortifoam, and I have had an extremely difficult time eating and getting the nutrition that I require. I also that I cannot absorb the nutrition that my body requires.
Yesterday, the cortifoam had improved my symptoms later on in the day, which made it easier for me to eat. In a way, this is a really great thing. My shakiness and weakness were both improved after having a good meal, and I had more energy from the protein I managed to keep down. With fewer bathroom breaks I am certain that more nutrients absorbed.
This is really important.
Unfortunately, it also means that the food was bound to result in severe stomach pains and intestinal cramping. These pains were not severe enough for emergency treatment or anything, but they did manage to keep me up all night, rocking back and forth on the bed in the guest room as to not keep Rj awake (or make him vomit from motion sickness - the bed was basically a boat while I was rocking for hours on end).
It isn't that I wasn't tired, and it wasn't insomnia, it was simply pain and discomfort that I experienced because I ate a healthy amount of food yesterday.
Kind of a downer.
And yet it also means that the Cortifoam worked well enough to allow me to eat - to get past the immediate pains and urgency and nausea in order to absorb some nutrients.
That makes it worth it.
So the majority of the day today will be spent sleeping... hopefully... and if you see me, don't be alarmed if I have a zombie-like appearance -> in the way I look, move, walk, and even talk.
Hooray for Zombie days!
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