Awake and up all night

Hi Cullieo

Sorry you find yourself here and that you're having problems sleeping. 

If I am very awake during the night I tend to get up and catch up with some TV, sometimes I may doze off on the settee. 

Having a nap might be a good idea as you've got young children to deal with.

Good luck for your appointment next Tuesday.

H 

My appointment with gynae oncologist went well, she's happy with my progress. I'll see her again at the end of the year. 

H 

Thank god he is okay.

Hi Cullieo,

I agree with Ray, be kind to yourself.

Sleep when the children are at school definitely. If you're worrying about sleep, you won't be able to sleep! I only slept about 3 hours last night but was in bed at 9.30am and got up at lunchtime. Bit more active this afternoon but managed to stay awake so you might not need much extra sleep to get to school pickup time.

Get some frozen food in, pasta, jars, tins and easy to prepare veg or try to batch bake at the weekend when OH is hopefully around and freeze it. Are your children able to help with some weekend cookery adventures? 

Remember, you're the most important person here. They'll be changes but your family need to muck in. It takes a month or so to adapt but you'll soon be in the swing of things and so will everybody else. Your OH can join the friends and family support group on here to get advice as well if he needs support.

Focus on yourself, stay positive and come back to chat. We chat about lots of things as Ray said, which is a lovely. We also share what we're going through which is incredibly helpful. 

Julie xxx

Evening Gill. How is OH? Hope you are both enjoying the sunshine.

Excellent news Helen, and you'll be able to relax now. xxx

Thanks for replying about the eggs - that egg cooker I mentioned does poached and boiled, so we'll have a couple each with soldiers. I'm afraid I can only eat white toasted bread with loads of butter so that probably cancels out the good eggs. Hell fire

Evening Sonia OH is doing ok thanks love, but the sunshine's not for us unfortunately. It makes us both feel a bit washed out, but not to worry.

Anyway lovely, it's almost time for his TLC routine so I'll make a move. Maybe see you later if you're still awake. Big hugs xxx

I am the same Gill not keen on alot of sun. Hopefully speak later my lovely.

Good news Helen xxx

Hi Sarah and Ukiboy 

My newest craving are flapjacks but that won't help my steroid induced high blood sugar so I've been Googling alternatives.

Today, I found Banana and Oats with Greek yoghurt muffins. They are more of a baked oats cake type thing but seem to do the job for me and although quite small, are quite filling. Very easy to put together. 

They contain banana, oats, milk, Greek yoghurt, cinnamon, egg (I left out the honey and put some sultanas in but they're sweet enough for me). So no fat, no added sugar and surprisingly filling. Perfect for a midnight snack with a cup of tea. 

What do you think with your expert diabetes head on? Here's the link for the recipes:

https://theplantbasedschool.com/banana-baked-oatmeal-cups-with-greek-yogurt/

And here are my efforts (I also put chopped walnuts in mine)!!

Julie xxx