Disturbed sleep

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Hi all,

Granddad finished radiotherapy 1st May and is still struggling with fatigue/tiredness, it is improving but is still there, the specialist nurses have reassured us this is normal. He's also having quite disturbed sleep, he's been sleep walking twice which he's never done before (or we don't know I guess) and other nights has just been really restless - again specialist nurse has said it'll be due to fatigue from treatment.

has anyone else experienced this or similar? I'm an anxious person and can't help but let my mind wander "oh I bet it's this" "oh it must be that" rather than just accept it's because he's tired.

Katie

GRANNY59 22 hours ago

Hi Kate290822 welcome to the forum.and sorry to hear how worried that you are. I had a different type of Cancer than your grandad but had 20 sessions of Radiotherapy..I was also in my late 50,s at the time and I was completely and utterly wiped out with Radiotherapy beyond any level of tiredness I have ever experienced. I'm.imagining that your grandad will take time to recover and he is only just 5 weeks since finishing. The only thing he can do is rest up and listen to his body as it will pass but may take some time. Sending Best Wishes your way for now. Gail x

kate290822 21 hours ago in reply to GRANNY59

Hi Gail, thank you so much for your response. He could help himself by having a day time nap but he does not haha! That is reassuring, sometimes I just need to read it to believe it, 5 weeks is not long at all really x

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