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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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Don't beat yourself up James. Celebrate the wins. As Bing Crosby sang " You've got to accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative , don't mess with Mr.Inbetween'
Mind you James, I'm notorious for giving advice and not taking it myself. Basically, just hope you're on an upward trajectory.
I think you can be forgiven for getting in to the groove of a good spell.
Hopefully this is just a little bump in the road.
I spent the last few days with my eldest son his wife and a group of their friends at Centre Parcs … it’s a long story … One of their friends is 39 and has stage 4 bowel cancer which has spread absolutely everywhere and he is on end of life care. It was a very humbling experience he is being so brave. It’s made me very grateful for everything I have. Mind you I’m a bit bruised he wanted to go down a water chute and I went with him lol he had to help me out! I can’t stop thinking about him today
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