Quote Originally Posted by GrandPrix View Post
not dealing with lack of sleep as well as i used to : ( think i just need to be good about taking care of myself now....anyone had this before?
Hey - hope you're healed up soon -

Just a thought from my own experience: pain is EXHAUSTING, even if you have a high pain threshold and don't actually realize you're in pain. I think it's probably not that you're not "dealing with lack of sleep," it's that you need more sleep and more rest until the contusions start to fade and the road rash starts to heal. And take your pain medicine, even when you think you don't need it.

Twenty years ago when I had my concussion and some pretty good road rash, I didn't feel like I needed any extra rest or pain pills, and I didn't take any of either. And I wound up with a sinus infection that lasted for 11 weeks and resisted all antibiotics. I finally had to take a week off riding *and work* to rest and recover.