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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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Thank you kez. I am very nervous. I am just waiting for the christie hospital to contact me. About a date when I start the radiotherapy. I just feel sorry for my son. He will be taking me all the way to Withington every day for 4 weeks. It is alot to ask him.
Hello, and another warm welcome to the group. Sending you hugs. xx
AI can now do almost anything with increasingly convincing results. I fancy getting it to show me doing a hand stand on my two sticks so that I can stand on the ceiling. Being believable is a problem. Perhaps a clip in the kitchen of me doing the dishes and playing with the gravy boat (testing its seaworthiness) would have them. Much more typical of my behaviour - when I've run out of dishes and have to wash-up .
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