Awake and up all night

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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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Gill H 3 months ago in reply to Soc

Same with our parcels Sonia, though god knows what they'd do with med supplies xxx

Julie2468 3 months ago in reply to Gill H

Yep, and Amazon! xxx

RayMK 3 months ago in reply to Soc

I thought I'd mentioned this before on here, but it was in the Bladder forum:

RayMK 7 months ago in reply to winkers60

Good heavens Jane, you have had months of increasing stress, then today's affairs have piled on yet more. Needing to curl up in a corner under a tartan rug with your Teddy is completely understandable. Full marks for surviving the ordeal. My 75 year old Teddy sends his warmest regards and best wishes. He used to have a wind-up musical movement inside but my mother used her nursing skill to perform a musicboxectomy when it started to rust - I was about 4 at the time. After a tense few days he pulled through and has been with me ever since. I'm sure we will all do our best to offer words of support to help you into your new house soon. Not long to wait until Spring breaks, bringing with it a new garden to spruce up to your taste. Ray x

A few years later, surgeon mum carried out eye replacement by embroidery as both eyes had fallen off and could not be found. His value is probably just sentimental, to me. xxx

Soc 3 months ago in reply to Gill H

I am glad it's not just me Gill. I dread to think xxx

Soc 3 months ago in reply to RayMK

Ah what a lovely story. As you say your Teddy means more to you than money. My daughter still has 3 teddies from being a baby one is a panda. They are 46 years old.xxx

Gill H 3 months ago in reply to RayMK

Ray, my beloved teddy, named Teddy, suffered similar surgery about 63 years ago as his musical box rusted too, probably from ime insisting he went in the bath with me. Teddy's scar is on his back, poor thing xxx

Soc 3 months ago in reply to Gill H

I love these Teddy stories. I wish I had a Teddy that old. My daughter has also kept a sandy doll I bought her.xxx

RayMK 3 months ago in reply to Gill H

Ahem! Gill, as you know, babies can leak a fair bit....My Ted maybe had to be washed otherwise the resulting bacterial activity would have him walking around. xxx

Gill H 3 months ago in reply to RayMK

I'm almost sure wee wasn't the cause of rust in Teddy's case, Ray! But not 100% xxx

Soc 3 months ago in reply to Soc

Sandy doll