Saturday, March 07, 2009
Suddenly Sleepy Saturday
For those of you who did not know, we are coming to the end of National Sleep Awareness Week. Today is SSS, which is a day for Narcolepsy Awareness.
One of the ways I celebrated this today was to take a nap out on my hammock. :) Today has been the most gorgeous day in forever and it was the perfect day for it.
So now I have woken up and am ready to raise some narcolepsy awareness! I have mentioned this before on my blog, but for those of you who have no interest in going back and reading that stuff, I was diagnosed with Narcolepsy about 9 years ago. Before my diagnosis, I was a miserable bitch. I knew that my sleep patterns were screwy, but I thought it was based on stress and I had no choice but to suck it up.
Not so! Narcolepsy is a neurological disorder caused by the sleep center of one's brain not doing what it needs to do to make sleep happen as it should. It is not really at all like they make it out on TV or in the movies. And while there is no cure for it, there are treatments. For more information on Narcolepsy please check out the Narcolepsy Network.
With education comes awareness and with awareness comes understanding :) Thanks!
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Hi there!
Thank you for visiting my blog and leaving a comment on my Narc Side post. It's always nice finding another who really gets what it's like to live with Narcolepsy.
I like your post. A nap in a hammock sounds really nice right about now. :) Thanks for doing your part to spread the word and raise awareness.