Telgirls dance with cance....16

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After an eventful day finally got the little man into bed (hes full of cold so didnt offer too much resistance) and cooked our "celebration" meal which was everything I expected it to be. Dishwasher loaded and on and chill out time.....wrong. I could not get to sleep, tried half sitting, lying on my left a bit sor, lying on my right a bit sore, lying on my back totally unnatural, sitting bolt upright, and so began another night of no sleep. Even sky tv gets a bit crap once you enter into the wee hours. Hubby woke up at 4 asking why I was still awake and why didnt I go to sleep (the urge to slap was quite strong) and after explaining that I just couldn't he promtly fell straight back to sleep. Must have dropped off after 5 so when the alarm went off it felt like I had only just gone to sleep. Still new day so up and about and then made an executive decision that today was probably not the best day to start back at work, so coffee kids and playhouse disney again.

Unloaded the dish washer and then put the washing machine on and have spent a very nice day with my little one just pottering about and have decided that its quite ok to just potter on some days. Maybe I am getting the hang of this thing....

Spoke to another site member today on the phone and it was lovely to be able to match a name to a voice and she was full of sound advice and information and as she is already into her chemo treatment which is the same kind that I am going to get she answrd a lot of the questions that have ben tearing around inside my head. (thank you).

Well going to try a nice bottle of red tonight see if that helps the old sleep situation. Hope evreyone has a great weekend.

 

take care love Terri xxx

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  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Hi Terri,

    Have you thought about sleeping tablets? I had real trouble sleeping when I was first diagnosed and again when I was on chemo and then again was I was rediagnosed this July.  I went to my GP and she gave me a low dose of Diazepam. At first I was apprehensive as I didnt want to be in such a deep sleep I wouldnt hear the kids, or feel even more groggy the next day. Then I really didnt want to take any more medication. Anyway after some wrangling I started to take them and found they relaxed me enough to get me off to sleep without knocking me out completely! I didnt take them every night, maybe 3 nights in a row then I found it a bit easier to get off on my own. There is the worry of getting addicted to these kind of drugs but if you are sensible with them they can be really useful.

    Love Chrissi xxx

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Hi Terri

    I am onthe old sleeping tablets also.  It took me a whileto even try them out - I thought I was becoming a drug addict!

    I am still not sure if they work or not - I tend to drop off for a couple of hours and then wake and cannot get back to sleep.

    My doc just seems to think the need for sleepers is the norm!

    Hope you have a good night tonight - at least the red should help!!!

    Bye for now

    Love M x