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“Getting a cancer diagnosis is extremely stressful, and that brings a whole load of emotions, and lack of sleep certainly does not help. I think many of us have periods of insomnia. I experienced a long period of not sleeping. I could go off to sleep quite quickly, but after an hour I would find myself wide awake again, and would spend the rest of the night getting frustrated because I couldn't sleep."
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Morning Uki ️ I'll have a look for that.
This might sound a bit macabre, but with the 25th anniversary of 9/11 approaching I've had a few documentaries dropped into my feed. I've listened to survivor's stories and they're interesting but harrowing at the same time, but as most of them are around 2 hours long I've not made it to the end of most before falling asleep. Not really recommended for the faint hearted but they're not overly graphic.
Hope your holiday's going well and you're not bruised to high heaven lovey xxx
Those photos are really beautiful Linda, and you must have the greenest of fingers. I imagine they attract lots of bees and other flying creatures - wonderful.
Our lone rose bush has got around 12 blooms but I fear they won't last long either. Would you recommend I snip the flowers off and put them in a vase, or leave them alone? I'm clueless with plants.
Your garden is superb hon xxx
Hi Gill I like to have some in the house so I’d probably snip half of them off. We get quite a lot of bees but at the moment there are loads of mating dragonflies lol. I don’t know about green fingers but I love gardening…as much as all my aches and pains will let me xxx
Thanks so much for that Linda - I'll get my secateurs and chop half of them as we like them indoors too.
You've done a superb job with your garden hon, but try to rest up to ease those aches and pains. Thing is with me, resting causes me to be as stiff as a board when I get to my feet! You can't win with this aging business, dammit!
You have a lovely day sweetheart xxx
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