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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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Ask away Soc-anything you like about any treatments etc.
I’ve been through my particular cancer twice, but was it all worth it? Absolutely, even my biggest surgery because last year I heard those magic words from my surgeon/consultant-“ I consider you cured”.
Hold onto hope, and you’ll find the strength to go through what’s needed.
Sarah xx
That’s brilliant for your son, Soc-the best news. I think of 42 as just a young lad, so I’m glad he’s got his life back.
Sarah xx
Radiotherapy is generally one of the nicer treatment methods. It is not as arduous on the body as chemo or surgery. Mine was 10 sessions of moderate intensity carried out over a period of 2 weeks in 2017. It was aimed at a non-muscle invasive 7cm tumour in my bladder. It succeeded in destroying 95% of the tumour. Each session was barely 5 minutes. I did not feel anything. The machine did not induce claustrophobia. The only aspects I did not enjoy were the marker tattoos - there's no choice, no pictures, just a 3mm dot. You can't even choose the colour. Mine were blue. Mine would not stop bleeding. Nothing excessive, just inconvenient. RT did not have any strong after effects except for the runs for a day or so midway through the 2nd week. I hope you find your sessions to be not too bad and more importantly that it mops up whatever they were focussing on. Ray xxx
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