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."
Community member, ‘Pancreatic cancer’ group

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  • £160. We get that tagged on every time I confirm we'll be attending an appointment xxx

  • I was very unimpressed when I was refused much needed B12 at another clinic when my nurse on holiday. Explained in person back at my surgery. Mine were 8 rather 12 weeks. Told they would be in touch.

    They were, text to say been changed to 12 weeks!

    No chat or explanation... and this when I had not been seen at the surgery since been blue lit to AnE from street!

    Yes, I made an appointment and voiced my err feelings ... raft of blood tests and got iron tablets!

    Cheers

  • Hi sbird

    My hair was brown poker straight all my life now its got curls at the back and dark. Strange isnt it how it grows back. 

    Hope your having a nice saturday, were relaxing watching super slam xxx

  • Thank you so very much means a lot xxx

  • Aww Julie. That’s shocking, after what you have been through. It’s not fair on you. 
    I agree with the others, definitely put an email in. 
    Sending hugs. xx

  • Hello all you good people havant been on the page for a long time hope all is well or well as you can be i mite not be on the page a lot as i said before me and phone's do not get on as my wife says to me i should not have a phone because i don't no how to use it and she is so right well after 5 and half years after my cancer had my bloods done this week and they said i need to have bloods done 3 months time but i have to go up the doctors every 2 weeks for my blood pressure to be checked as the fact I'm losing a lot of weight gone down to 11 stone were i was 12 stone but my self i feel OK i had my bloods done and thay all come back OK but thay said i was on the border line of being diabetic so you go through 1 thing then on to a nothing so that's all i have to stay i do think of all you lovely people about your cancer problems and the problem you all have so sorry for going on 

  • Evening Steve Blush

    You're not going on and it's good to hear from you.

    Well it's good you're having BP checks and your bloods are fine, but have you lost weight through any dietary alterations or extra walking hon? If you've been trekking up and down your mountain it's not surprising but as long as they're keeping an eye on you, then all good. 

    I'm not too cracky with phones either, but there's no getting away from them when there's always appointments and other stuff to deal with.

    Hope all's well in Pontypool and sending hugs to you and yours xxx

  • Hi Mikey. I got a similar result after I had a blood test this year. I eat healthily and I m slender for my height. With me it could be alot of stress. Don't beat yourself up or feel bad. I think that this year has taught me to bin the things I have no control over. Not easy, I know. Hope you get some good news soon.

  • It's awful you have to push Julie, but Gill's right, that you have to make them know that you're not messing about and this is massively important.