Are you having trouble sleeping?
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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Hello sweetheart I can see you are new to the community and posting, and you’re very welcome to join us all. Your poor husband is going through the mill, and I get that you have this need to be strong for him, but it’s really ok not to be strong all the time…it’s just too much to manage that, so please don't feel you can manage this on all on your own.
This is a lovely group to come on to when you can’t sleep and you’ll find lots of like minded souls who appreciate being able to chat when sleep eludes us-you’ll be among friends experiencing all sorts of different things with this disease as patients and carers, but I’d like to also give you some links to other groups in the community where you’ll meet people in the same situation as yourself, and your husband, and this can give you some extra support.
There’s no pressure to join any of the groups-if you want to just chat on here, that’s absolutely fine, but these groups might help if you need that extra little bit of support.
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I hope you have managed to get some sleep so you are ready to face another day-everyone is here for you no matter what time of the day or night so you need never feel alone.
Please take care
Sarah xx
Morning Eddie
My apologies-I’ve realised I didn’t reply back to you yesterday. It’s a fast moving chat here and sometimes I miss things!
That’s good advice for sweetheart and I’m sure it will be helpful for her. You have such a positive experience of hospice and it’s good for others to know what’s available there. My friend and neighbour 2 doors down volunteers at our local hospice and says it’s a wonderful place. All of you who volunteer do a terrific job, and I’m sure you get a lot out of it yourselves.
Sarah xx
Hi Eddie
I fell asleep when I went to bed tonight and have not long woken up again so I’m in a bit of a muddle right now! I’ve taken my last lot of tablets for the day so I’ll likely zonk out again very shortly!
I think what you do with your volunteering along with everything else you achieve is incredible. You cope with so much and keep so busy but it sounds like you might be needing to slow down a bit? I often feel I don’t accomplish much in my day, so your level of activity rally puts me to shame. I’m hoping that I can start to function a bit better better with my new pain medication but it’s a struggle sometimes.
Things are quiet on here tonight-I hope some are already in the land of nod and getting some rest.
Sarah xx
Thanks Eddie-I completely zonked out just after I posted but back awake for the day now. At least I reminded you to take your tablets! I’m on 16 a day now and still have trouble remembering what to take and when!
Sarah xx
Morning H
It’s lovely to have visitors but a bit of a relief when you get the house back too isn’t it? I hope you’ll get back into a better sleep pattern now all the excitement of the wedding is over and peace descends on the house once more! I’m off for my first cuppa of the day now but enjoying the warmth of my little cat snuggled up beside me.
Sarah xx
