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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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Those were the days! And many of us considered that normal. 
I was an accountant for decades but in the UK, not much use in a different country with different (and more complex) tax laws. The accounts side is easy enough, but this time I am claiming something new and guidance is sadly lacking.
Maybe the side effects will be more bearable in the morning and allow my brain to get into gear. Or maybe not.
Sleep would be welcome but new meds mean lucid dreams these days, making me wonder later if it was a dream, or did I really have a conversation with someone about .... ? 
Of course, I will fall askeep suddenly, just as the insomniacs appear, and I will miss the conversations.
Ah well. I hope you manage to get some sleep 
xxx
Toast! That triggered a memory, Jane. We were given free very lightweight sliced loaves and bottles of milk twice a week. Toast, often with nothing on it, followed by cold, sometimes hot, milk was the staple diet late at night after the students' union bar closed 
. We often played Monopoly with much cheating before getting down to the essay writing. xxx
