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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 Chloe. After thinking for a good few minutes, I can't think of anything except a pad and pen to write down answers. But you're so much on the ball you've probably got those at the ready.
Anyway lass, sending you loads of love and luck that it all goes well tomorrow. Fingers 
xxx
Hi Chloe
There are very few current open clinical trials for your type of cancer and none in our area that I’ve read about on Cancer Research UK, which has a database. I tend to try to keep an eye on any new developments in treatment/trials just in case!
Trials are not usually a first line option-they have very specific criteria for joining and are often used where the standard treatment hasn’t been successful. I know you’re one for researching as much as you can, but to be honest, I don’t think that clinical trials are something you would need to think about at this point, as the hope would be that standard first line treatments will be sufficient.
Sarah xx
Hey Gill
One of my friends did take part in a clinical trial and I remember how difficult it was for her to be accepted on it in the first place-months of extra testing before it even started. That was a few years ago now-maybe 4 or so-and it was my only personal experience of knowing someone in real life actually going through it.
I think I maybe thought at that time you could just ask your doctor to go on a trial and you’d get on it if you wanted and maybe it would be a miracle cure of some sort. I learned a lot about it from her-we had the same type of cancer-and I could see how difficult it was for her.
Sarah xx
Crikey. I knew nothing at all about how it all worked, but I do now, so thank you. It's always good to know these things.
You'll probably know about Active Together, sponsored by Yorkshire Cancer Research and based at Hallam University? Our CNS referred my H and it's really good; twelve weeks of weekly low impact exercise classes for cancer sufferers to enhance recovery. They let me join in too, I need it, and it's widely accepted that exercise can reduce recurrence by about 30%. I think they aim to reach further afield so more patients can benefit.
I'm waffling again... just tell me to put a sock in it! 
