Anyone else awake and worrying ?

It's really hard to look on the bright side and I find it difficult to put it to one side.  Nothing much to smile about at the moment. I practise meditation most days and my mantras are "i am safe" and "trust the future". Have to wait a couple of weeks for results. This is a really helpful site, although it is very new to me. Thanks for your message. Saltysally

Hi Saltysally, your welcome my friend, and I understand fully where we find ourselves at the beginning of our journeys, it's a difficult place to find our way through, and the not knowing is the worst feeling of all, but getting through it we do. Your mantras sound very comforting, as is meditation, I practice relaxation to help me sleep, and being positive, as many a consultant will tell you they can do 50% of of your treatment, the other 50 is down to you, and the community is a wonderful place my friend. I've been on it nearly 3 years, and my only regret is not joining sooner, so well done to you for joining early.

Eddie xx 

Thanks so much for being there. I did manage a better sleep last night, but feel so tired today. You are so right about positivity. I am trying to smile as much as I can and try to go for walks as much as possible. Yesterday I managed 4 short walks in the local area

Saltysally

Hi Saltysally, 4 walks is fab, as is any exercise my friend, not only will it help you through treatment, it releases  your feel good hormones which as well as making you feel a little better, take your mind away from those thoughts none of us wants, and hopefully helps with sleep, and is proven to boost the immune system, so well done you, and keep it up, as it helped me and so many others through the early days, I hope you have something on for the weekend, I'm dropping my partner off at the airport, then visiting family in Dorset, so 2 nice things lol Eddie xx 

Have an amazing time. Thank you so much x

Salty sally

Awww, thanks Saltysally, it's always lovely to see my auntie+family in Dorset, seeing my partner off to Australia for 4 months is hard but necessary due to her illness, and as she's been going for 17 years, I'm kinda used to it, so my friend, how is your weekend going?

Eddie xx 

Hi sweetheart 

I know what you are feeling, my problem is I go to sleep then like clockwork I'm awake from 1.30am/4.30am with pains in my legs and back so I get up then I'm awake, then during the day I'm like noy or the mouse on Alice in wonderland but by 9pm its good night all I've even tried going to bed later but the same thing happens! I'd love to lie in till 7am not greedy .xx

In always alone and wake up in the middle of the night and can’t get back to sleep

I know how you feel I try to go to sleep early and wake up at like 3 am and it’s hard to get back to sleep