Hi everybody! I've been to hell and back recently. I'm in the midst of a major run of insomnia, so bad that I have started to lose my grip on reality/sanity (okay, so maybe I never had so much of either to start with!) I've been trying the new drug Rozerem, and it has officially... made it WORSE! That's right, the most sleep I've had in a row has been 4 hours, tops, for the past month or so. So far I haven't gone on a killing spree or hallucinated (at least, not so I can tell) but it's been close. I'm ready to ditch all the drugs and just let my body do what it will.

On the more positive side, I have been getting up at 5 AM for yoga, because I'm usually up anyway.

On the less positive side, my odd shoulder injury from last year was just diagnosed as the result of a neuropathy from between C5 and C6 (that's my neck). I have a severely limited range of motion in my neck and considerable weakness as well, and my right shoulder is utterly wonkity (raised and pitched forward) with an odd looseness of the humerus in the socket. My neck position is probably what caused the shoulder injury. I'll be doing PT 3 times a week (at $30 a pop, ouch!) for a few weeks, then will be reassessed. There is scar tissue around my collarbone and they are going to break it up with massage. (Another ouch.)

So I am sore from being prodded and poked, but I look forward to getting my neck and shoulder set to rights. I can still practice yoga as much as I want, as long as I don't do things that hurt. I'll sit down with my Mysore teacher tomorrow so she can keep an eye on my neck alignment and other things.

And I held bakasana (crane or crow pose), prop-free, for almost 2 seconds last week! My arms were killing me afterward, but I am finally getting the hang of it. I will probably be falling on my face in the next week or two. I'm told it's the only way to get rid of the fear of falling on your face. :-)

And now for Spirit - I am so behind... anybody need a roommate and/or want to share a rental car? I can't rent a car this year because I don't carry my own insurance (I drive Kevin's car)... last year I bought the supplemental insurance with the rental and the whole thing cost me $500.