Number one. Maybe somebody can explain to me why I’m sleeping better at night since I gave up sedatives. Giving up caffeine I can understand, but SEDATIVES? I’d been taking a low-dose over-the-counter sleeping pill every night for years and years and years, starting when I lived in California and owned a custom chocolate company that kept me busy 24/7. Eventually I realized I couldn’t turn my brain off to fall asleep at night so these teeny little sleeping pills really did the trick. I finally gave them up a couple of weeks ago when my doctor prescribed a new medication (Ultracet) for chronic pain that was supposed to make me drowsy. Even though Ultracet didn’t work out — actually, it almost KILLED me — I never went back to the sleeping pills. And surprise, surprise, I’m getting a lot more sleep WITHOUT them!
Number two. This one’s scary: I’VE LOST MY SENSE OF TASTE. I first noticed this a few weeks ago when my appetite decreased and I began adding an awful lot of Tabasco or soy sauce to make things taste good. It all went downhill FAST, however, because right now I can’t taste anything at all except over-salted food (i.e., Campbell’s soup), extra-spicy Chinese or whatever’s cold and sweet, like my world-famous Goofy Fruity Shake. I did a web search last night for the phrase “taste disorder” and discovered it’s a rare side effect of one of my diabetes medications (Metformin), which means I’ve got something new to whine about next time I see Dr. M. Mostly, I’d like to know if a condition like this can be reversed. Is this crappy, or what?
That’s the latest from Club Meds. Hope y’all have a swell Sunday night, and thank you for reading this. Send hot sauce.
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