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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  • Somewhat of an enigma is Hayley. She is possibly attached to his housing association. The transformation of Crutch is immense. 

    For years he lived in a bedsit that he turned into a place worse than a skip that squatters wouldn't have gone near. 

    We intervened lots of times and lots of different 'support' tried to make a difference and failed. I think his mindset was to appear as much in need as possible to retain Benefits.

    The fact that he now owns mugs you are safe to drink from is mind boggling but in a good way.

    Cheers

  • Well done Sonia. Our Aldi and Tesco are much closer than 3 months away and Waitrose closer still, probably 1/4 mile. I used my ancient (1980s) mobility scooter for a trip to town today. It got me where I needed to go but began to falter on the way back home, requiring a connector to be fiddled with to maintain power. With my windswept nearly white hair which needs to be cut and leaning over one side and hunched to hold the offending connector, I must have looked like an escapee from a vintage fairground ghost house. I'm no longer confident walking far with just two sticks. The scooter or rollator give me a safer feel if I don't want to bother with driving and parking.

    Do you keep bread in the fridge? If not, it does seem to go off quickly rather than just go stale like in the olden days Wink.  xxx

  • Thats encouraging news about the flat Gill. True, not in the bag yet but a foot in the door is the next best thing. xxx

  • Evening Ray. That made me laugh . You have just given me an idea keeping the bread in the fridge. I freeze bread so usually I don't run out. Had to get one out of the freezer but had to let it defrost. I hobbled to aldi with my walking stick. I needed the exercise. Xxx

  • Wave Joy

    Awe good grief someone else with scooter woes!

    My mastiff pal has a tradition which involves any time taken as holiday from work then coinciding with something domestic and costly fritzing!

    True to form yesterday she got in car and was warned DO NOT DRIVE. Electrical failure.

    Tow truck pointed out she also had a nail in a tyre!

    How are you doing? Wrestled your tresses into submission?

    Cheers

  • Evening Shimmers, well done with assisting your gang AND attending arts/craft sessions. You juggle better than me.

    I must cut my hair soon. It takes concentration, wielding scissors with my unsteady hands whilst viewing movements by mirror. I need bright daylight and a refrain from coffee before tackling the task. xxx

  • I only use the scooter two or three times per month, so I'll have lots of opportunities to see what needs fixing or replacing re: the connectors. If modern equivalent parts are required, they only cost around £10 each side (two batteries) but I'll first see if it's just a joint that I need to re-solder or plug pins to clean. I do not want to buy a modern scooter because they have too much electronics on board and controls that do not suit me at all (I test drove a few last year). Mine is relatively easy and cheap to fix. Its circuitry is more akin to an old electric milk float than a computer on wheels. It can't be hacked either, unlike supermarket freezers. xxx

  • Hi Amanda but I hope you're reading this in the morning after a good night's sleep. 

    I'm all formed out now hon, but got them done. There was lots of referencing blah, but the worst was how dark it got and the light was sickly on the pages. So I squinted, a lot, and my eyes are now like beads. Not attractive but I'm hoping my toil reaps a reward and we could be in by Christmas, barring any mishaps.

    For my tea I made it simple cos forms, so ham sarnies followed by a Yorkie. Even simpler for OH's with a M&S cottage pie that I'd got out of the freezer last night. He absolutely loves them. 

    Yep, looking forward to relaxing evenings too hon, wherever they might be.

    Have a lush day, sugar xxx hugs Hugging 

  • Evening Ray if you're still up hon.

    You made me snort with your ghost doppelganger thingy - you won't look that ghastly, surely? Whenever I spy one of your posts I always think 'dapper Ray', so don't spoil my assumed image of yourself. 

    After my busy day I'm a dead ringer for a crazzled old peg hawker, so I've saved you the trouble of drumming up one. 

    I got an offer from CareCo this morning, the place I've ordered grab rails n stuff from for OH - a free heated blanket for a mobility scooter. Not yet, if ever.

    Hope you're doing ok chief xxx

  • Wave can you see screen?

    Cheers