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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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Probably September now.
I have to have a lung function test (middle of August) and then an echo (1st Sept) so it'll be after that if all goes well. Just to check chemo hasn't damaged me!!
Good news is I don't have to have a bone biopsy again yet. So pleased about that!! Horrible things! xxx
Hi again Amanda
I'll tell you what, gremlins have invaded my phone and posts are only coming through ages after they've been sent and with no alerts either. Lawks!
Anyway hon, to answer. OH's cooking skills are zilch and he'd poison the pair of us if I let him loose in the kitchen, not to mention the mess he'd make whilst attempting to butter bread. Yep, he really is that undomesticated even though he lived alone for several years before I came on the scene. You wouldn't believe the crap that was festering in his food cupboard. I binned it all and took over. Told you I was bossy. I used to make curries and he adored them, but since his surgery they're a bit of a no-go area now.
Hey, I vividly remember my first day at nursery. I wasn't quite three but can recall the sights, the smell of carbolic soap on the tiny washbasins and Pauline, a girl who approached and asked if I wanted to play on the climbing frame. And Darryl, a weeping boy stood in a sink being washed down by a teacher because he'd pee'd his short pants. Loads more memories but I'll stop there.
Amanda, I'll remember your birthday as it's the same date as my mam's, only she'd have been 101. Blimey, seems like yesterday when she took me to my first day at nursery school, 1961.
You have the best evening sweetheart and treats aplenty. Hugs and love xxx
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