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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  • Eddie, that's fab news about all the appointments being before January 10th, so Scotland could well be on. Wakey was ok, apart from the upcoming wait, but I was really narked about the incident with Walter, and could have crowned LOH with it at the time. Same as I'd like to do to his Oz tribe if they show up again.

    I don't know why I call inanimate objects he or him, but Eddie Copper, or Copper Eddie, sounds like a PC or someone who goes round thieving metal. Neither are that appealing my friend xxx

  • It's not unusual to give names and genders to inanimate objects my friend, it's compulsory to call ships her, and give them a name, being the classic, I read about Walter, and your Aussie in-laws, strewth you don't want them turning up, and there's always the bloody waits my friend, anyway I have Mandys kids till she gets home tomorrow and it's their bed time, so bye for now, XX

  • Eddie, love the comment about Gill's pillow, 'Copper'.

    maybe you should call it Eddie, I'm good at sending people to sleep, I

    If it makes Gill swear, she could call it Steve.  I've been told that... allegedly I make people swear!  It must be true, everyone says it... allegedly!!! 

    Steve (SteveCam)

  • Awww Stevie, I imagine it takes a lot to make  Gilly swear,, but you wouldn't want to be on the relieving end,  if she started, as you say allegedly. 

    Eddie xx 

  • Guys, I don't even know what swearing is...if you believe that, you'll believe anything. I could make a docker blush!

    Did you get the kids off to bed Eddie? xxx

    • Aye
    • the boys are in bed, they do like their sleep, and have to be up early for the bus to school, giving me enough time for my appointments.
    • Awww I'm sure you need a lot of provoking to blurt out lots of expletives, maybe Aussies walking towards the front door 
    • Well Gilly I had my  meeting with oncology, and as always asked for the minutes and all my recent results, as always there's a certain amount of ambiguity, IE, my bone density score is 0.1, which is fab, but it's not stopping new damage and their very keen to get me back on IV Bisphosphonates to not make it to easy for the cancer, which unbelievably despite my rising PSA, my thoracic mets have shrunk by 40% in the last 8 weeks. I have my 1st dental appointment in 7 years as bisphosphonates can cause necrosis, so I may lose all my teeth.
    • Happy days xx
  • Crikey. Well I sort of got there's more good stuff than not in all that. But is the teeth thing the same as, or similar, to ORN that can cause big problems to H&N patients, due to RT and then extraction of teeth within a certain time frame? Sorry, that was babble but you'll probably get the drift. I hope you don't lose your gnashers, obviously xxx

    • Sob strewth mate sorry to hear this , I'm worried this could happen to me .my docs want me to take zoledronic acid asap

    Ok woman tone2

  • I can't sleep because of stress. I feel exhausted but am currently having a nightmare with my team and undergoing an official complaint.  I've come off some medication because the idiots didn't check if it would affect my chronic illness and of course it has and Im now having to deal with that as well! 

    They don't seem to have any idea on how to move forward and I appear to be leading. What do I know? Am trying to organise a second opinion on top of everything else.

  • Sorry to hear about the stress and medication problems, I hope you can get it sorted.