Not enough sleep

I been moving, so I been pretty busy everyday for the last month or so . Being older the body does not handle aches and pains the way it use to when I was younger . Now it seems that good sleep is almost impossible to get . I been going to bed earlier and draggin my sorry butt out of bed each morning .
A Doctor once told me once you lose sleep , You can ever get it back. He said you can't ever "Catch Up" . I tend to disagree with this statement .

If thats the case , why do folks go on vacations and relax ?

I only got an hour and a half last night! Vacations don't help as i have trouble sleeping well in a different location from my own bed anymore. I slept till about 6:15 and the wife woke me up cause she thought i must have died. When she got up and saw the coffee was not made she freaked and came racing in the bedroom to wake me. I told her about her brother and the phone call she slept through at 4 am.

Theres plenty of time for sleep when your dead . Anything more the 3 hours is to much for me & a waste .