Thursday, May 12, 2005
Awakenings
I was sitting here just now, at 5:45AM, feeling so driven to write to you. You, the anonymous you who may read this. I write so rarely, I feel as if I am in a coma, then re-emerge to tell you something. I was so inspired by the story of that firefighter in Buffalo, NY recently. He spent 10 years in a coma following a horrible fire fighting injury only to emerge one day and speak to his family. He was lucid for many hours.
This has been a strange year so far, and a painful one. I injured my shoulder/back/neck (still not sure) about 5 weeks ago. Since then, I have been in a constant state of managing excruciating pain, trying to meet my daily responsibilities, and fighting like hell to sleep at night. I have been losing the war on all three fronts. This is so frustrating. I am sick of talking to those who are close to me about my pain.
Anyway, I know I have survived worse, although in all my hospitilization my pain was either far less, or it was managed far better. So, here I lay after yet another 2-3 hour of sleep night. I was trying to get a prescription for Lunesta. Any doctors out there? Got any samples? My insurance doesn’t cover it yet.
The music itself is doing well, although I am too injured to pick up my guitar. Liz’s record sounds great and is almost finished. KARMA CO. is getting airplay all over the US and Canada. It looks like some tracks from the disc will be used in a new MTV series. (not telling which one til it’s final)
Any other insomniacs out there? I would love to hear from you.
Thanks!
russell
