"Sleep"

I would say that I have managed to adjust to virtually all of the challenges related to my treatment and many of them have even turned out to be the proverbial blessing in disguise. Even this saliva thing has some positives, but unfortunately, also, one very negative one. Extended periods of sleep have become a rarity. Many nights I wake up as much as twenty times, or at least it seems like that. Wake up, roll over, grab the water bottle, take a sip and roll back over. Only to repeat the process sometimes an hour later, sometimes a half hour later, or even sometimes 10 minutes later. I usually go right back to sleep, but I just can't imagine that the quality of sleep is very good. I can assure you that I never, ever, get out of bed feeling refreshed. I need to find solutions. Tonite I will try the vaporizer again, along with this disgusting dry mouth moisturizer crap. I think one mistake I have been making is eating too late in the evening and so I will try to avoid that as well. My throat gets a bit sore just from the eating procees itself, and so I figure that's not a good way to start out.

Training went not too bad today. I successfully completed the 90 km that was shortened by the flat the other day. I also think I found my cycling nutrition solution. It is a product called "Sustained Energy" made my Hammer Nutrition. It is powder that you mix with water and you can make it very concentrated. I had 750 calories in one bottle today and I could double that concentration if I wanted to. It does taste a little like All Bran mixed with Milk of Magnesia, but once down it seems to stay down well, without any reflux or stomach discomfort. That's the important thing. I learned of this stuff from my new buddy Ian Hayes who has done Ironman Canada, and answers all my questions.

On the dentist advice Elly, he gave me 2 things. First off he recommended a toothpaste called Prevident 5000....he says it's the best for dentally challenged people. (absurdly expensive as well of course) And he told me how to use a water pic correctly. He says " do not shoot the water up into your gums but rather just hold in between each tooth for 5 seconds, shooting the water directly from the outside to the inside. This creates a venuri effect which draws saliva, and the corresponding bacteria down from your gums, rather then forcing it up." Or so he says.

Tomorrow I run again...no idea yet on how far? The weather and the knee will decide.

I wish to dedicate day 108 to Ian Hayes who I will continue to depend on as an advisor.

"When I woke up this morning my wife asked me, 'Did you sleep well?' I said 'No, I made a few mistakes."---Steven Wright

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