Are you having trouble sleeping?
Sleep problems may be caused by how you’re feeling emotionally, or as part of the side effects for cancer treatment. If you find it hard to have a good sleep, you’re not alone. The Online Community is here to support you 24/7.
“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
This discussion thread is for members who:
Be a part of the supportive Community in this discussion thread.
Has anyone else stayed grey or does their old colour come back.
My hair was silver before chemo but it's come back blonde, which I haven't been for many years 
H
Evening all
We left M&D for a few hours and went to Albert Dock in Liverpool for a walk round. We went into a restaurant for a coffee and had a meze board to share
It was delicious, especially the hummus.
I may have mentioned that Dad has trouble eating now but tonight I did cottage pie with cauliflower & broccoli followed by bread & butter pudding (ready made from Tesco) and he polished the lot off without so much as a splutter. It's a shame we can't give him that every night.
H
Hello Gill across the water, there have been a few strong gusts here today in the UK Midlands but only the odd spec of rain. I was looking at my garden fence at the weekend because one of the posts had taken on a jaunty angle. I thought the post had rotted at the base as it has been there for 20 years but it had just wobbled its post hole a few sizes too large. I may be able to drive an angle iron stake into the ground then screw it to the post, a method I successfully used a few years ago on the other stretch of fence.
It was a lovely gesture of yours, taking a card and edible goodies in to your nursing team. I wanted to do that back in 2018 when I was discharged from hospital after about 6 weeks in three unequal sittings. Unfortunately, I had so little energy when back home that I did not get round to doing it. When some fitness crept back, I had trouble remembering names and even wards as there had been so many, so I was again thwarted. I'll try to make the effort to do something, perhaps by asking a nurse for suggestions, given the time and memory lapse. I recall a contract nurse who was absolutely wonderful when I was in a side ward, one who gave me an Easter egg when in another side ward, another named Jackie who was initially very officious but soon won me over after she shed a tear when she and my daughter pushed me into the operating theatre wing not knowing whether I would emerge again, another called Page who stuck with me when I was filling with clots blocking my system but carried on with the gruesome task until I was functioning again for an hour or so. Also a registrar who had an East European (?) name which required an extra long badge - he was superb. The trouble is that I've been on a palliative, symptom driven treatment regime since then and now get recognised by nurses in Same Day Emergency Care....I'll need a dozen cards and a van load of biscuits 
. Ray xx
