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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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Morning girls, just a quick hi from me before it gets light enough to take the dogs out and start my day 
oh Sian, everything crossed my love for a good result from the CT scan … how long do you have to wait in Portugal for the results ? The waiting is torturous isn’t it 
I hope you enjoyed your book and snacks Gill and H got the rugby result he was hoping for
I dropped N a quick text last night wishing them both well and saying how pleased I was that the tube issue had been resolved, no response back yet so hopefully he’s getting some much needed rest.
Another beautiful start in west Wales today, the sunrise is lovely. We’ve got a fairly busy day, tip runs to do (which we keep putting off 
) and a friend to visit as her ex husband has just died and she’s devastated. They split many years ago but she had 3 gorgeous sons with him and he was the love of her life. She’s been surprised just how upset she’s been. You may well of heard of him … he was the lead singer of The Foundations. He was 81 so having survived a horrific surgery for stomach cancer in his 30s and given a max 5 years to live … he did extreme well.
Right with the tune of Build Me Up Buttercup going round in my head and a dog mournfully looking at me to take her for a walk …. I better start my day.
so, not such a quick hi from me, lol 
Laters sweeties, love, strength and hugs as Nige would sign off with xxxx
Morning my lovely and so pleased you're bearing up - we're always thinking about you both.
Sian will be happy you've dropped in, and updated us on the latest news, so let's hope you're right about Nige. It's nippy and grey here but dry - sounds like another world in Wales atm! I don't envy you the tip trips; when mam passed we made so many it became our second home for a good while.
Aw Debs, I totally understand how your friend must feel so please give her my condolences; no doubt there'll be tears when she visits. Build me up was one of my favourites years ago and the song's in my head now
A good win for the Rhinos last night, so H went off to bed a very happy guy, then I got stuck in to rooting for new channels, which was daft as I was supposed to get an 'early' night! After exercise this morning, we're off to buy a V pillow and a wedge, hopefully to enhance better sleep for H in the upright position he has to keep. It's all go on Fridays!
Righto Debs, we'll chat later and give Teddy and Honey a big hug for very big dogs! xxxx
Good morning everyone! 
I've just popped in to get my bacon, sausage and hash brown rolls, but clearly nobody has bothered to make them for me. What's going on? This is the friendly MacMillan breakfast cafe, isn't it?
Post getting up, I've skipped the posts that were posted since I last posted and before posting this (that's a mouthful of a sentence). Thanks for the couple of kind mentions of me going to St Barnabas yesterday. I'm sorta kinda shocked I actually went - Maybe it was all a dream? Maybe I'm still dreaming now? *PINCH* Nope I'm awake.
Talking of dreams, I tend to get crazy dreams quite often and they sometimes affect me throughout the day. In last night's dream I was at a hospital queueing for a blood test, and the queue was one of those like at an airport that snakes up and down for several long rows of people. Then before getting the test, I somehow become separated from my family who were with me. I eventually found them and we'd missed our train home. My Dad somehow knew to go to this machine which was like an old mechanical mechanism, where you'd turn the handles and for some reason it knew who I was and gave me a new ticket. The details are vague now. Usually I dream of being desperate for the loo but not being able to find one, or they're all closed, or too crowded, or something. I have a dream like that regularly.
I made another Youtube video yesterday afternoon of me chatting with an AI, as I thought that might be entertaining and I set it in argumentative mode. As soon as I saw myself on my monitor I deleted the whole thing! I just looked so terrible, mostly because my chin was wobbling around like a raspberry jelly. It's so embarrassing. Some of you have been very kind about how I look, which does mean a lot, but I still sometimes see myself and can't barely to publish myself looking like that. The last one I did from here in my bedroom was much better, the angles and lighting worked well so I didn't look too bad, so I'll have to work out what I did differently that day.
Have a nice day everyone. 
Love and hugs, Geoff.
Hi Geoff,Sausage and bacon rolls sound great 
I’m not too bad thanks.I might get the garden steps weeded,there is always so much to do out there.x
