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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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That's good to know Ray, what with the gymnastics you need to perform in your shower.
Yes, thank you hon, much better today but lumpen brother turned up this afternoon and my hackles rose. I put them down and everything returned to normal.
Well the gremlins are back and this is my third attempt to post. Here goes xxx
Part 2
Scooterless was in ward when I arrived. Visiting was over though that never bothers Stressy. Don't think the staff minded him there when pal was ill/ being sorted but ... other patients looked very tired or ill or just bemused by Stressy's larger than life slurry presence!
He wrangled pal's bag out of wall cupboard and started pulling bits of clothing out, some of if it in sealed bags, holding each aloft and announcing loudly 'We'll have that!'
So much for me trying to be discreet putting on my vinyl gloves before handling it. Pal looked unamused!
Doctor was suddenly in n out and in n out again hurriedly asking pal questions about his condition and I thought we really needed to get out of their hair.
Laundry bagged I went to other side of bed to put credit on pay TV but of course the auto chat decided it couldn't hear me and put me through to customer service where ironically I could barely hear them.
Suddenly all hell breaks out... various staff hurriedly surrounded bed, all TALKING VERY LOUDLY as pal is deaf...turns out Stressy has set an alarm off when pushing bag back into cupboard and on being told this set something else off too! Complete cacophony among staff!
I am trying to say down phone to TV woman 'err can you give me a few moments as it's difficult to hear you as there is a lot going on right now!'
Sorted TV and just wanted to get out of there when I hear staff in doorway saying 'Green! Can you smell green?'
Siiiiigh! Stressy is a lifelong smoker and although it's 'medicinal' it's also ritualistic, habit forming, smelly and royally disapproved of by many. Please beam me up Scotty!
'We need to go' sez me. Doc arrived again telling Scooterless they are putting him on IV fluids despite drinking gallons and Stressy is giving me evils as he is sorting out Netflix on pals phone, pal protesting that it is phone volume during calls that he wants sorting and I say 'I am off, see you downstairs!'
End of part 2
A coincidence Ray - I ate a pork pie almost an hour ago but it wasn't a mini one 
I've not had a Horlicks in years, probably since I was a nipper, but I do enjoy Maltesers in the malty stakes. Hot chocolates are more my thing.
I'm trying to stop with all the late night nosh but I think my body clock is so out of whack it can't decide what time of day it is. I keep having trouble knowing what day it is which is pretty alarming. I wonder if it's early onset dementia or something 
I blame the weather xxx
Part 3 I am surprised that it isn't long before Stressy appears ... look on his mush meant the jury was out on whether he was 'encouraged' to leave and it wasn't wise to enquire.
He gets into, yes not onto, scooter as remember this one has the enclosing canopy.We set off back to his where I intend to get the festering laundry straight in wash.
Journey was largely uneventful if you dismiss the incident where travelling on the road he turned his head to the right and stuck it out of the canopy to speak to me and the lefthand front and back wheels rose and unintentionally mounted the kerb ... given his 'relaxed' state, how this didn't topple him and scooter is beyond belief
For the unfamiliar, class three scooters are designed to travel on the road and are not like the seat on a stick jobs you can put in your handbag and whip out to tootle around Tesco. They are extremely heavy machines. You can't 'just' lift them. Yes he has tipped his previously. In a fall, the scooter would usually be on top of the rider!
Back at his he is alternating between two sentences, over and over. One that Sara in pub said pal being asleep in hospital was like sleeping baby and that he should get some sleep too (this was soooo funny!!) and 'I said I would go straight to hospital whenever he called and I did'
I took dog out and just wanted to sleep but discovered he had ordered me pizza.!!! See ... lovely really!!!!!
Cheers
Yes but greed ... body clock, stress, other people's needs etc etc not really just gluttony is it?
Shopping with pal the other day I looked in fitting room mirror and said 'Do these trousers make my hips look 94 inches or is it my 94 inch hips that do that?'
Cheers
Aw Shimmer, I was trying to laugh quietly at part 3 when some slavver went down the wrong hole. Cue loud coughing fit!
The day time gang don't know what they're missing by not tuning in for the live show.
I think those of us who do are truly misinterpreting the object of the thread as it keeps me Awake and up most of the night. Job done 
xxx
