Michael Helmke

It is 6 weeks since my surgery and I continue to recover well.  I slept really well last night.  It is so nice to be able to sleep normally in bed with my normal pillows, on my side.  It is … Read More

I slept fine when I slept and but couldn’t get back to sleep much after 2am.  I slept on my side and no pain pills. It may have been the house was too warm.  We will work on that.  Sacramento … Read More

I think I slept better.  It was certainly different.  First I was back to my usual pillows which have me very flat.  I also didn’t take a pain pill since if I lay the right way, my chest muscles don’t … Read More

I slept solidly from arond 9:30 to 5am-ish.  I also was sleeping much more flat than normal which was nice.  I.e. fewer pillows.  I took a pain pill.  But I still felt tired.  I imagine I hadn’t slept well enough … Read More

I Slept well.   Stretching is still helping my sternum feel better and I continue to gradually lose weight. I spent much of the day working on a small business proposal for some follow on work with one of my clients.  … Read More

Sleep was interesting.  I’ve been heading to bed around 8 most evenings.  I’m just exhausted by then.  I read or watch something and generally try to sleep by around 9.  (Digression:  Last night was “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” on Amazon.  … Read More

5 weeks since my surgery.  I slept really well.  I think the big problem I’m having with discomfort with my sterum is I’m not doing any stretching exercises.  There are some simple ones I’m supposed to do but I never … Read More

Outside of being awake for several hours I slept well and feel good so far.  And I caught up with the latest episode of WestWorld.  And continued watching the new season of Amazon’s football documentary series.  And then slept more. … Read More