So this thing is happening more often than not lately: I go to sleep fine, and then I wake up at 2:30 a.m. and like my skin is on fire, I am drenched in sweat, I need to throw all the covers off, and the window is already open, and Mark is all happily sleeping under the covers and doesn’t realize that the bedroom has suddenly become 97 billion degrees.
Alternatively, I am reading in bed, perfectly comfortable, and then I turn off the light and snuggle under the covers, and .0043 seconds later, the covers are too hot, and I throw them off and I’m STILL too hot, and I cannot cool down, nevermind that I just spent an hour reading under the covers, with only my arms out, holding the book. And when I finally get to sleep, I still wake up at 2:30 a.m. and my skin is on fire and I am drenched in sweat.
Last night I was awake from 2:30 till after 5. The annoying thing is that when I finally do go back to sleep, I end up sleeping very late (and not overheated at all!), and then it feels like half the day is gone before anything gets done.
At first it was all just fine, it only seemed like I was maybe acclimatizing to Oregon, now that I’ve lived here four years. I’m not all cold all the time like I always used to be. I keep the house at 68, not 72 like when I first moved here. I’m comfortable in a tank top and bare feet even down into the sixties. Okay, high sixties, but still. When I was a Californian, I was VERY cold-blooded. Thin-blooded.
But this is new, I think. I look at myself in the mirror looking at the areas of my skin that fill hot, and they’re reddened, and I feel like I’m blushing. I looked for Atopic Dermatitis Resources online, and it seems similar, although not being a professional, I wouldn’t be able to confirm.
The thing is, it’s really hard to know. I had a hysterectomy twelve years ago, so I can’t tell by periods (or lack thereof). But, because I still have my ovaries, I didn’t get the insta-menopause when I had the surgery; I’m going to have it the natural way. Or I am having it the natural way. I think? They’re not “flashes”–it’s like an hour or two of not being able to cool down. And pretty much at night. When I would really much rather be sleeping!
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In other news: work on Our Lady continues apace. It is at the point where the story is pretty much telling itself…though it’s taking its own sweet time. Also, I have a rush freelance job, which is awesome, but it takes its own sweet time as well. Also, there were some things that needed planting in the garden, so Mark and I worked on that. Also, it was time to do a water-change and cleaning on the big aquarium, which FREAKS THE FISH RIGHT OUT, but honestly, they’ll be happier in the long run.
WHERE IS THE WATER OH MY GOD WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE
Actually, they’ve probably already forgotten anything happened.
And I bet THEY don’t wake up at 2:30 wondering why it’s so damn HOT in here.
You actually do get hormones from your ovaries so it may be that they are starting to shut down. But, I would check your hormone levels, talk to the doctor, then you can decide what you want to take to help.
Every time I lower the tank to clean the water ( I also vacuum because of my big algie eater fish) they never forget. When I go near the tank they run and hide. They are like elephants 🙂
Yes, I should probably go get this checked out… 🙂
Our fish forget everything within minutes, it seems. Or else they remember some lessons better than others. We approach the tank every day with food, after all.