NO COFFEE? I thought it was the 5th food group!? Bruce

		-----Original Message-----
		From:	Mottishaw, Brad [mailto:mottisb@aruplab.com]
		Sent:	Wednesday, November 21, 2001 12:23 PM
		To:	'Bruce Gapinski'
		Subject:	RE: sleep depravation

		Make sure that you get plenty of vitamins, drink alot of
xylene and stay
		away from coffee.(grin)

		Brad

		-----Original Message-----
		From: Bruce Gapinski [mailto:BGapinski@pathgroup.com]
		Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 12:31 PM
		To: 'HistoNet@Pathology.swmed.edu'
		Subject: sleep depravation


		Do any of my fellow Histologists suffer from sleep
depravation? I find that
		the older I get the harder it is to switch to an earlier
shift. I get
		something we've dubbed 2nd day syndrome. It's not the first
day waking up 1
		or 2 hrs earlier but the second day. I feel ill, and cranky.
I'll bet it's
		akin to jet lag. 
		It's to the point that I truly hate covering for anyone on
vacation.
		Furthermore, do you wake up early on your days off? I find
it difficult to
		get on "regular" hours except when I take my 3 week
vacation. By the end I'm
		much better shape. I think more clearly and I feel really
good. Is this job
		killing me?  Sleep is important, and I'll bet I'm not alone.
How do you
		cope?
		Respectfully,
		Bruce Gapinski HT(ASCP)