Sleeping arrangements

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Hi all,

hope everyone is having a good week so far. 

just a quick one to ask about sleep. My family are all up in Scotland but want to come down on a toys kind of thing to help. We have a spare room but am worried I/my wife may need to use it if I’m up a lot with pain/uncomfortable etc. 

any thoughts? 

thanks.

John

  • I don't know what type of cancer you have, but I would have reservations of having people to stay incase of infection, especially if you're on chemo. My husband has tonsil cancer and our spare room is there fir me if needed. 

  • any thoughts

    My initial thought is no. 
    Into week four I was being pump fed at night and I took myself off to the spare room. Being fed at night meant I had to visit the loo once or twice and I could be restless at night and didn’t want to disturb my husband. It also meant that I could read watch a movie on the computer at night guilt free if I couldn’t sleep

    Dani 

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    is your blog up and running yet? 

    Dani 

    Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019

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  • Hi John, best to have a rethink on this, treatment isn't easy, having a lot of people about, if you are feeling ill or very tired, which you no doubt will. Might not be such a good idea, good luck with your treatment. 

    Ray

  • Hi I decamped to our spare room early in treatment I needed  the space. Our daughter lives 4 miles away and to be honest she rarely came to see me which I was fine about between treatment and travelling my hubby and I just got on with it. We texted and spoke daily but I couldn’t have coped with others in the house. I had the spare room for around 5 months it heloed  both of us hubby could sleep while o got on with what I had to do. 

    Hazel. 

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