I forgot about that. I'll be 48 in December. Oldtimers I guess. Bruce

		-----Original Message-----
		From:	PMarcum [mailto:pmarcum@polysciences.com]
		Sent:	Wednesday, November 21, 2001 1:34 PM
		To:	Bruce Gapinski
		Subject:	RE: sleep depravation

		No Bruce, coffee and chocolate make up the 5th food group.
My mother said
		as you get older if is harder to sleep and I hate to admit
she is right.  As
		to your question about waking up on days off, YES, I do and
I hate it.  I
		can't even sleep in anymore.  I find now I sleep an average
of about six or
		seven hours tops.  Longer than that and I just dose and wake
up.  It can't
		really be age can it?  Pam Marcum

		> -----Original Message-----
		> From: Bruce Gapinski [mailto:BGapinski@pathgroup.com]
		> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 3:42 PM
		> To: 'Mottishaw, Brad'
		> Cc: 'HistoNet@Pathology.swmed.edu'
		> Subject: RE: sleep depravation
		>
		>
		> 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)
		>
		>