Awake and up all night

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Sleep problems may be caused by how you’re feeling emotionally, or as part of the side effects for cancer treatment. If you find it hard to have a good sleep, you’re not alone. The Online Community is here to support you 24/7. 

“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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  • Sending you both hugs and positive vibes. xx

  • My son eats a Quaker oat bar 3 for 3 pounds offer Morrisons golden syrup or strawberry 

  • Thanks Ray

    He's had a better day and I'm running around looking for a small toilet to replace a useless one in our second toilet with integrated sink that never works for a small one for when hubby comes home so he can have his own quiet bog.

    He said I'll go in a bucket, lol l said you'll have a toilet we have had small moments but l just cried on and off through B&Q

    We were supposed to be on holiday in West Wales this week.....we bought our wedding rings there and he lost his moving furniture recently.

  • Yes, I'm worried how we will manage will the car to get him to appointments 

  • Hope it goes ok.

    Yes l feel a bit like that , that the transporter on the Star Ship Enterprise would be useful.

    And the uniforms are pretty cool too....

  • Hi Dingg. You've not lost your SOH, going by your last couple of posts my lovely.

    I know it's not everyone's cup of tea, but if you haven't got suitable transport when hubby's home and needs hospital treatment, there's always the transport run by the trust. We used it for six weeks and found it fine. Plus points were it's all free, so no fuel costs, no parking headaches and 90% of the drivers were fab. The only minus was the waiting, but we even got used to that and yapped to other patients to pass the time.

    You could be all sorted by the time he's ready to travel though xxx

  • That's good Dingg. I feel it helps to find your sense of humour again...it's a good sign.

    Try not to focus on what could have been. You'll get those times again, just not now.

    Sending love xx

  • I've got to have low sugar. Anybody got any recommendations?

  • Good to get stuff out of your system. System nearly corrected to dustbin. Hope you can get some time to relax.You could invest in a guzzinder.

  • That's a tricky one. My blood sugar was high last week so was told to cut down on sweet things. Is it added sugar or just sugar in general?

    I try to eat as much unprocessed food as possible as sugar (like salt) is in lots of things you wouldn't realise.  Porridge for breakfast, bit boring but it does the job. Try to avoid too much cake, biscuits,  chocolate. Processed breakfast cereal is high in sugar too.

    You can buy low sugar diabetic food but I don't think its very nice and probably expensive.

    Keep your eye on the packaging labels. Can the doctors tell you what sugar level you need to stay under? 

    Julie xx