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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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Hello Soc
This tread may be of interest, it does have a quite a few posts from the Prostate group but there''s plenty of general advice:
What you wish you had known before starting Radiotherapy?
Best wishes - Brian.

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Hi Soc
Localised is good in the scheme of things although I know none of this is good. I had 32 sessions of radiotherapy and I’ve had several surgeries, and chemo to boot, so if there’s anything I can help with I’m always here.
Hope you’re doing ok today.
Sarah xx
I was diagnosed with bowel cancer and had a dreadful time sleeping. I say was; a hypnotherapist (Andrew Pearson) helped me to accept my upcoming treatments and addressed the underlying problems that kept me awake. I was able to enjoy more restful sleep, still waking in the middle of the night occasionally but that was very much the exception rather than the rule, and even then I was able to drop off quite quickly again. Some sessions were in person but when I was too ill due to chemo we were able to work online
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