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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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Hello everyone hope all is OK with you to day just a quick question 5 years after kidney cancer and thought i was doing OK but for the last 3 years have been very difficult with my health problems my missus is in the garden doing her best as she has bad copd and i am doing the dinner because i got no energy in my body to go out and help her which is not very nice there has been a lot of tears because i can't do anything to help so what's the best thing to do
Hi Titaniumx. My wife suffered with very flakey and cracked skin on her feet. She used Zerobase and Balneum intensive cream, but her feet were really bad.
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