tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4190870869581201894.post8476844471038002276..comments2023-09-09T12:16:28.001-04:00Comments on Waiting for Hungry: Operating beyond design limits, part 1David Weinstockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14828791668002997996noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4190870869581201894.post-76485571781861779372011-08-02T17:04:04.423-04:002011-08-02T17:04:04.423-04:00I knew I felt a kinship with you. I, too, sleep wi...I knew I felt a kinship with you. I, too, sleep with a CPAP mask. I very nearly lost my job before discovering that my depression was being caused by getting the equivalent of 1 night's sleep every 17 days. I do not like my mask, but I cannot sleep without it. Someday, my weight will come down to a level where I may not need it....but I'm not holding my breath.BCarletonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17233295477049010759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4190870869581201894.post-62700063353678615582007-01-15T20:09:00.000-05:002007-01-15T20:09:00.000-05:00Wow. That's pretty intense. I snore, and for the s...Wow. That's pretty intense. I snore, and for the same reason. You didn't freak out with all that equipment, though. That says to me that you, like me, had grimly determined that losing weight was impossible anyway, so you might as well just cope.<br /><br />My sense of operating beyond design limits was sharpened by some foot problems: metatarsal algia, or, "pain in the toes". It's a very odd sensation: you feel like you are walking on wadded-up socks stuck in the front of your shoe. Nerve damage. The only practical remedy was -- you guessed it -- to lose weight. I never cared so much about the ability to walk as when I began to lose that ability.<br /><br />You haven't talked much about age. Unfortunately, having lost weight at various times (only to gain it back), I can tell you that it gets much harder to lose weight as you get older. <br /><br />We've been asleep while the quicksand has been eating us alive.Laurence K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10345295173354668208noreply@blogger.com