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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  • That's a coincidence - one of my best friends lived on a farm in Lower Wyke, and we often went to the Moravian Church on Sundays. It wasn't really a religious thing, rather that we enjoyed singing hymns and liked the Christmas service when they gave out the Christingle oranges. Halcyon days...

  • Wow what a baby ????

    I feel a bit calmer seeing your fur baby.

    Had a stressful day but this is so hopeful  Such a pretty cat.

    It looks like she has 2 bushy eyebrows!!

  • Evening Dingg, and I hope you're feeling less stressed out now my lovely Heart eyes 

    Isn't Pippin a beauty? I've been trying to lure a lovely tortoiseshell, a new cat on the block, but she's very shy so I'm none too hopeful of being able to pamper her. I'm going to try for a photo if she comes back. I'm cat crackers xxx

  • We did consider calling him Groucho.

  • But he's definitely a Pippin 

  • Yes lol is he friendly or keeps to himself x

  • Groucho's a good name. We get a big ginger tom round often, but he's a bit narky so I'm going to call him that. Nice one xxx

  • Me too. Our last rescue has passed aswell at 16, disabled cat had had brain surgery. Vet said he shouldn't have survived.

    I work from home so l could be there. He needed help on the litter tray but he was able to tell me he was going so l could hold on to him or he would fall in.

    He was part siameze so constantly vocal.

    Partial sight and hearing and spatial judgement gone. So l just carried him round if l moved.

    He was huge, black cat. Took a year to get him to leave one room he was terrified. Really terrified of men and workmen. Something bad had happened in his life.

    He was wonderful and knew if we were ill, he was so kind and used to wash the guinea pigs he did think they were kittens, must have thought that xx