Awake and up all night

Morning all

Alan was in the wide awake club this morning,  he was up at 3:30.

We've got 1 more sleep before our trip in the motorhome 

I hope you all got some sleep  

H 

Hi Twirly, Well isn’t that terrific news your lymph nodes came back negative!, When you say just blood tests and scans do you mean you have had them & are waiting for the results OR that you are waiting to get blood tests and scans? I take it you have had some kind of diagnosis? I’m afraid with cancer you have to get used to waiting for one thing or another and especially at the start, it is not easy. What you don’t want is to worry yourself sick about things that might never happen! Try to use your energy to do something you like. I just try to take things one day at a time as it makes things easier to cope with.

There is really no point in worrying about things you have no control over. In the Apps on your computer, iPad etc there is an App called Headspace, it is worth having a look at. It helps you to relax! If you have a Maggie’s Centre near you, it is worth popping in to have a word with someone. They also can arrange things like massage therapies, reiki etc but it can help just to talk to others. I hope you get some sleep soon. Xxx

Morning Steve.

Never mind shush!  I heard your aside to Eddie, so it's Italy now is it?  I'm absolutely thrilled for you mate - a deserved jaunt around Europe is just what the doctor ordered, so enjoy it to the max!

We enjoyed the match, inasmuch we're now able to abandon the radio and watch live; a helluva difference.  The fly in the ointment was JC's 'commentary' - could hardly understand a word and superfluous anyway.  We did enjoy your match against Scouse and were rooting for Newcastle all the way, even when they were down to ten men.  But I said to OH, as soon as they brought the kid Rio on, he'd score.  The rest, as they say, is history.  Shucks.

Keep having a fantastic time Steve, and strut your tan when you get home; that's if you're allowed to be in the sun?  Sending hugs to the Med xxx

Morning Annette, but I hope you're getting some rest in now.

I wasn't letting my imagination run away, and I can now divulge I received an email informing me that the technicians were working their socks off to reinstate PMs, pronto!  They were terrified of upsetting Britain's legendary night owl further, so men with whips were employed to lash them into shape.

All the above is complete fabrication, but what a coincidence it was!  You're a legend here anyway, and we're all made up when you post xx

Take things easy and hoping yourself and Vince have a fine day.  Sending hugs up to Scotland xxx

Awww Steve, another holiday, and in Italy, you poor soul, however do you manage, aren't the hormones a drag, Steve have you had your testosterone production checked recently, that's likely behind the way you feel, and do you travel much by train in Europe?.

Eddie 

Morning Gilly, SKY used to do something called fan zone, I  believe, where you had a fan from both teams doing the "commentary", so much better than the usual offerings. XX

Hi Twiirly, I've read about all you've been through and at such a relatively young age as well, for which I an truly sorry, but what wonderful news your surgery was so successful and now to be told all lymph nodes are clear of this awful disease, but it's not that easy to just move on, we're only human and the worries and concerns we all have are normal, but do ease over time, and it's likely these anxieties are what's stopping you from having a good night's sleep, in as much as your body might be crying out for sleep, the anxiety wants you wide awake. Amongst my friends and I, we found meditation and relaxation the best way forward and both therapies are quite easy to access too, but we're all individuals, so there's no guarantees.

Eddie xx 

Morning Eddie.

That would be great, if it still exists, as I'd much prefer fans' perspectives rather some washed up footballer's.  If there was a way to turn off the studio commentary, but leave live match sounds on, I'd do that.

I hope you feel better today and enjoying time with your little angels. Youngsters and animals are a panacea xxx

Hi Gilly, I often thought the same, wouldn't a mute button just for commentators be fab, I do hope the fan zone is still available, I'm pretty sure it was via the red button and only when the match had started, I'm good, as I hope the both of you are. Xxx

I'll have a look and see if I can find it Eddie, so thanks for the heads up.

Good advice to Twirly and it resonates with LOH, I think.  When he comes down in the mornings I can tell straight away he's 'somewhere else', and it can take an hour or so before he starts responding proactively.  I never nag him but I think each day brings back what's happened, and he's dwelling on it, unsurprisingly.  As the day moves on, so does he, and he returns to the silly and daft antics we both love.  A counselling session helped, and he does open up when we have occasional 'chats' about ways things can be improved.  He sometimes cries but there's nothing wrong with that, and it's a release from pent-up emotions as he's lost a lot of his old life.

I hope I haven't depressed anyone on this bright Sunday morning?  Hopefully not, so I'll pull on the gardening gloves and tackle the triffids, growing in abundance in what was once a pleasant garden.  Wishing myself some strength and sending the same to you all xxx