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."
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winkers60 4 months ago in reply to RayMK

Hi Ray,I’ve only heard Mam in the north.We called mum,mother or mum till a boyfriend of my sisters started calling her mubbly.That name stuck with her in the last 30 or so years she was affectionately called mubbly or mubs.I’m known as Dodo to my sister who rarely calls me Jane xx

Gill H 4 months ago in reply to excavator

Hi again Derek, and many thanks for the info i also found that mam is the actual word for mother in Welsh. If you're owt like me, delving into the origins of words and phrases is a great pastime.

Well our little town was heaving with shoppers and it'll get moreso on the run-up to Christmas. Here's hoping your shopping trip is a success too xxx

Former Member 4 months ago in reply to Gill H

oooh this is interesting - I LOVE derivations of words (and placenames) .... Ah'm a Geordie, like, my mother was always 'me Mam' .... and yer Mam ruled the hoose, like, yuh nivver crossed yer Mam .... LOL

Gill H 4 months ago in reply to RayMK

Ray, my granny and grandad always addressed each other as mother and father in company, which I found a bit odd. When I worked in schools, I was always called 'miss' - ma'am wouldn't have gone down too well, as it sounds very 'old school'.

Hoping you're having a fine day fella xxx

Sbird 4 months ago in reply to Gill H

Afternoon All

I am indeed crocheting and watching a Christmas movie

We've been out and bought Christmas cards this morning so I can get them in the post to the Northern rellies.

This time next week we'll be in France to visit some Christmas Markets

Sbird 4 months ago in reply to Beekeeper527494c

Best wishes for your consultant meeting

Sbird 4 months ago in reply to excavator

As a Scouser I don't know anyone who used mam, it was always mum.

RayMK 4 months ago in reply to Gill H

Ma'am sounded old school to me as well when I left school in 1969 as a 6th former. Even when taught how to write formal letters, the Dear Sir or Dear Madam sounded positively Victorian. Very often nowadays, instead of a letter we get an email saying 'Hi Ray' or a 'Dear Ray' both signed off as Sincerely or Regards '-first name-.' Yours faithfully seems rare now. I suppose we've all become so used to the speed of modern communication that we soon feel we know people quite well, making extreme formality appear out of place, unless of course one is in the habit of writing to His Majesty .

Gill H 4 months ago in reply to Sbird

All excellent Helen, and the Christmas markets should really get you in the swing. Are you going to northern France or further afield? Wherever you get to, your trusty motorhome will be a haven of comfort and joy keeping things topical xxx

Sbird 4 months ago in reply to Gill H

We're going to Northern France and Brugge

We do it every year. We even managed it last year in-between my radiotherapy & chemotherapy