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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 2537635" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>This may be your issue. Sleep apnea is a real deal. there is help out there, and its typically successful.</p><p></p><p>I worked shift work in the military, and a little afterward, but always days from then on, except for call outs. In the Plant maintenance business, call outs are very common when there is no nigh shift maintenance support. Most of the guys have some excuse for not answering the phone at 2am, but I always did. The OT put good food on the table and paid for some fun things the family could enjoy. </p><p></p><p>Sometimes it was just a drive to the plant, a 20 minute fix, and back home, but then you have to get back in to the sleep mode. The older I got, the harder it got.</p><p></p><p>In 2002-2004, my average OT was 900 hours a year to finish special projects in a major plant overhaul. It just about killed me. Couldn't ever get a sustained sleep period, lived by cat naps at breaks and lunch periods, etc.</p><p></p><p>After that, the average was 250 hours per year. Better, but still sucked getting a couple of troubled sleep hours and still having to work the normal shift to keep from using vacation or sick leave.</p><p></p><p>This retirement gig has taken away all the stress, and I sleep like a baby again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 2537635, member: 5412"] This may be your issue. Sleep apnea is a real deal. there is help out there, and its typically successful. I worked shift work in the military, and a little afterward, but always days from then on, except for call outs. In the Plant maintenance business, call outs are very common when there is no nigh shift maintenance support. Most of the guys have some excuse for not answering the phone at 2am, but I always did. The OT put good food on the table and paid for some fun things the family could enjoy. Sometimes it was just a drive to the plant, a 20 minute fix, and back home, but then you have to get back in to the sleep mode. The older I got, the harder it got. In 2002-2004, my average OT was 900 hours a year to finish special projects in a major plant overhaul. It just about killed me. Couldn't ever get a sustained sleep period, lived by cat naps at breaks and lunch periods, etc. After that, the average was 250 hours per year. Better, but still sucked getting a couple of troubled sleep hours and still having to work the normal shift to keep from using vacation or sick leave. This retirement gig has taken away all the stress, and I sleep like a baby again. [/QUOTE]
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