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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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Hi Jannb7d8aa
Can I try to help you at all? I’m a Community Champion, which means I’m a volunteer for Macmillan and our role is to try and direct new members to the right place for help and support and also help keep the community safe for everyone.
I’m really sorry to see how distressed you are, but I’m finding it difficult to be quite sure what is happening for you.
The forum is anonymous, so you won’t receive emails from other members unless you have given out your email address privately to anyone? We cannot share email addresses on the forum as it’s against the guidelines. Are the emails from Macmillan?
Sarah xx
Hi Gill
Sorry you’ve had a rubbish day…I’ll send you a hug. I’ve replied to Jann to see if I can help.
Sarah xx
Hug received and thank you Sarah 
and thanks for helping Jann, who's having a bit of a time lately. She's explained about her stroke, leaving her with memory lapses; this also happened to LOH and caused a fair bit of confusion for us both at the time. I didn't get time to reply to you this morning, but I was thinking of something more indulgent than walking sticks for a treat! Hugs back xxx
Ok…the Macmillan team manage the forum, and are different from those of us who are volunteers in the community. We do not know anything about contacts between Macmillan and members and do not see them, so you would need to reply direct to any email you get from MacMillan to try and clear this all up. Could you do that tomorrow?
Sarah xx
I don’t like to see you have a bad day Gill, but we all get them sometimes and I find a hug really helps! We call them a bosie in the north east of Scotland-a warm and loving cuddle from a friend.
I’ve had a stroke myself, and I know what I am still like with my memory and some confusion and it’s upsetting. But my litter grabbers have been used multiple times today and my new sticks-though I forgot where I’d left them a couple of times today! 
Sarah xx
