older women dehydration issues?

[nuliajuk]

As long as there isn't a cat walking across my face, insisting that it's play time, I try to take a deep abdominal breath, exhale, and think "sleeeeeep" along with the exhale. I also try to gently roll my eyes upward to give them a little nudge in the right direction. If that doesn't work, I just get up and go to the bathroom By then, the cat knows I'm up, and a whole new battle begins.

At least your cat is mobile. Ours becomes this solid little concrete weight, sleeping sprawled on top of whichever of us most desperately needs to get up. When she sleeps, she almost goes into a coma. (This cat doesn't do anything by half)

[IBrakeforPastry]

At least your cat is mobile. Ours becomes this solid little concrete weight, sleeping sprawled on top of whichever of us most desperately needs to get up. When she sleeps, she almost goes into a coma. (This cat doesn't do anything by half)

Well, there's that, too. He doesn't burrow under the covers. He stays on top of the bedding, and snuggles up against me, pinning me in place. If I roll over quickly, he'll be flung off the bed. Tempting, but I'm too nice. I do all sorts of twisting and turning to not disturb His Royal Highness.

[malkin]

MOSTLY COMMISERATION!

When I wake up in the night I can just get up and pee without waking up all the way as long as I don't turn on the light. I was quite a sleepwalker when I was younger, so maybe it's leftover from that. If I am semi-conscious a few minutes after I get in bed, I turn on the radio which is set to the most boring nighttime station. When the powers that be switch the night radio to something more perky I either find a more boring station or listen to Alan Watts recordings on my ipad. Foreign language recordings will also work for me.

Maybe it is helpful that I've had intermittent sleep issues all my life, so I don't think of it as any big deal.

Dehydration sucks.
Unless I have an IV, or am in Hawaii, I will always fail the 'tent test.' (Pinch up the skin on the back of the hand; if it stays in a tent then you are dehydrated. Ideally it should snap back flat.)

[Biciclista]

Malkin, i don't know how old you are, but as you get older, your skin gets less pliant... might not mean you're dehydrated, just old (ducks)

[malkin]

*snort*

I've been flunking the hydration test for decades, so now in mid-50s, I am not 'just old' but old and dehydrated.