By Judi Curry
There is no question that I am an insomniac. I have been for over 13 years and it started when my husband Bob was diagnosed with lung cancer. As the cancer advanced, it was difficult for him to speak, and so we developed a method of communication by turning on a light whenever he needed anything. It didn’t matter what time of day it was – the light went on.
But insomniacs seem to “run” in my family. My mother and her sister were sleeping pill addicts; My three daughters all have trouble sleeping and one of them takes one or two Benedryl at night to get to sleep. We have been looking for sleep remedies for a very long time.
(Once I suggested to my daughter Michele that we open up an “Insomniac Café” – open from midnight to 6:00 in the morning. The attire would be pajamas, robes, other nightwear, etc. Michele is an excellent baker, and her muffins and cookies and cakes would be enough to help a person go home and go to bed because they would be full. Obviously we haven’t done it, but as she gets closer to retirement age, it might not be a bad idea!)
I seldom, if ever, purchase anything that I see as an advertisement on line. But I fell for it this time. There was an ad for a FREE two week trial for “Peptiva” – a sleep support supplement. All I needed to do was pay the $5.99 shipping fee. Sounded so good. A full night’s sleep is a dream, if you excuse the pun! But before I was going to do that I looked up…
