I am taking a break from my experiment in sleep-reduction, although I will continue on a polyphasic schedule. I have been recently diagnosed with Mantle Cell Lymphoma, and on of the side effects is serious fatigue, so I currently sleep a good 8 or 9 hours a day. It still seems easiest for me to sleep in 80 or 90 minutes naps, which has been working out well in the hospital, what with the nurses showing up to take blood and vitals at all times of the day and night, so perhaps my Triphasic experiment has had more payoff than I would have otherwise thought.
Found your blog at random. Sorry to hear about your diagnosis. Sounds like a cancer of some sort. I'm no stranger to cancer in my family. Get well soon dude.
ReplyDeleteWow, good luck with your recovery!
ReplyDeleteThanks, guys. It is cancer of the white blood cells. My prognosis is pretty good, and I should be back up and running in a year or two. It is a haul, but at least it is probably curable.
ReplyDeleteI am very sorry to hear about your diagnosis, I hope you are doing well!
ReplyDeleteI found your blog at random as well... How are you doing now?
ReplyDeleteI am half-way through my treatment. My cancer seems to be in remission, and now I am having "light" chemo to keep it there, while they get ready to do my stem cell transplant at Dartmouth-Hitchcock in Vermont. If everything goes smoothly, I might be done with my treatment (and cured!) by Christmas. I am trying not to get my hopes up on that timeline, but it would be really nice to spend the holidays with my family.
DeleteI hope everything is ok and your treatment worked. My best wishes.
DeleteLeif Weaver, 45, of Brooks, Maine passed away on Nov. 14, 2013.
ReplyDeletehttp://obituaries.pressherald.com/obituaries/mainetoday-pressherald/obituary.aspx?n=leif-christopher-s-weaver&pid=168092538&fhid=25485
I'm not sure if this is Leif Weaver's blog, but many of the particulars line up.
Leif's commentary on his experiment is unique and valuable and I hope that it will stay up long enough to become part of the internet archive.
I hope you are alive & healthy.
ReplyDeleteRest in peace, Leif.
ReplyDeleteRest in peace Leif.
ReplyDeleteI was reading through your initial entries after trying polyohasic sleep, and I'm going to try it.
I really wanted to talk to you after I read your entries.
I wish I could learn more about you.
I hope that wherever you are, you're happy and content. Your blogs have helped many people, and will continue to help many people.