Who else can't sleep?
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Hi @arpie. @Sister, @Kiwi Angel, @kmakm
Fancy meeting you girls here! You may know me from another conversation. I didn't realise how many of us suffered insomnia. Well, a couple of nights ago I was awake until 3.45am. I am hoping I will be asleep earlier tonight. My husband has to get up at 6.00am to go to work, so I am quietly (shh!) sitting in our spare bedroom typing this. I was always a poor sleeper but since starting chemo and dex it's a whole new world of bug eye! I have had 3 AC treatments and heading towards my 4th next Friday May 25. Up until this week, I have been able to get to sleep but then I wake up around 2/2.30am without a chance of nodding off again until at least 6am, thank goodness I am not working at the moment. Now it seems to have changed and I am restless and can't even get 5 minutes sleep when I go to bed. So I am trialling staying up until exhaustion hits and then go to bed. This new theory may work except for the fact that our next door neighbour (we live in a townhouse complex) chooses to start yelling at her 7 y.o. twins around 6am each morning.....grr
!!! I seem to have a brain that is generally asleep (chemo brain?) when I am trying to hold a vaguely intelligent conversation with some-one, but that goes from 0 to 100 in 4 seconds when I am trying to sleep. The things I haven't laid in bed and thought about aren't worth mentioning!! Can any-one out there in "sleepless land" possibly offer up any suggestions please? Regards Ann 1 -
I am so sorry that you are in a dark place @kmakm. You don't have to help any-one else, just yourself. Just being awake and responding to my post means you have something. I am grateful that you have posted as I now know I am not on my own. If you weren't awake I would otherwise be talking to myself.....and let me tell you that makes for pretty lousy conversationkmakm said:@Annsan I'm sorry but I got nothin'.
I'm lying here thinking what's the point of even trying. I'm in a dark place tonight, I'm no use to anyone. Bloody bandicoots...
I hope things improve for you. Ann 3 -
I agree...bloody bandicoots. @kmakm I've had those thoughts too often so I don't know what to suggest - even the meditation stuff gives me the pip.
I tend to sleep early and wake up way too early and spend the rest of the night trying to go to sleep until I give up @annsan. Hope you've finally got some shuteye.2 -
@annsan - hope u finally got to sleep. We have bathroom renovations going on in a unit upstairs and they end up drilling when I’m trying to catch up on some sleep. I also tend have no problem going to sleep like @Sister as reading or watching tele helps me drift off but I find I am normally awake by about 3am and then struggle. I find the more I have on my mind the worse it is. I tend to lie awake and mull over things that are worrying me. I also have arthritis in my right hip and that has been aching more now it is colder (makes me feel like an old woman). Have to work today and decided not to go for my walk (I tend to get muscle weakness the week after the chemo week) and have a sleep in but the bloody cat decided to annoy shit out of me all morning wanting it’s breakfast.
@kmakm - hope u wake up this morning feeling a little better beautiful lady. Being down in the dumps seems to going around at the moment.3 -
@Kiwi Angel Thank you. I'm one kid down this morning (she's staying the night at a friend's), the noisiest, and there's a gentle rain pattering down outside so I'm hoping to doze for a couple more hours. Would rather not watch the royal wedding feeling miserable. Hope you're chin is a little higher today and that this weekend is an improvement on the last. K xox1
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@kmakm - love being curled up in bed when it’s raining outside. Maybe have a glass of bubbly for the wedding - I want to see the dress!!!
Min feeling much better physically this week and I’m sure the mood will be better next week as I have a fun Saturday to look forward too. U take care xoxox1 -
@annsan
haha not sure what happened there .. my post disappeared and the pic multiplied! Using my iPad now!
most of us end up on this thread sooner or later. I was very sleep deprived over my 10 year menopause horror .... so not looking forward to THAT side effect now I am on Letrozole. Lack of sleep just grinds you down ... so I hope you were able to drop off eventually. Xx
Check Page 27 ... I wrote about these ear plugs .... they are brilliant.
@kmakm
I am so sorry that you are feeling so down just now ... warm hugs and love coming to you from Forster xxxx good that you got rid of one kid .... how about all of them for the whole weekend, so you have some ‘you time’ and hopefully better sleep!? (No offence intended! LOL). It is a beautiful day here today .... if you can, go outside and face the sun - and all your shadows will fall behind you! Xxx
@Sister @Kiwi Angel
Hoping you are both feeling better too ...
big hugs going out to all who are doing it tough just now ..... xxx
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Bucking the trend .... I had a wonderful sleep last night and am now trying to work out why - so I can duplicate it!!
I left my electric blanket on ‘low’ and felt warm and snug all night through ... but accept that if/when the hot flushes start - I won’t be using the Leccy then!!
I also forgot to close the window .... and I don’t think it was abnormally cold last night or I am sure the extra cold would have woken me!
I had 2 x watered down red wines ..... maybe that helped (I didn’t even have to get up to go to the loo either!)
Weird .... but loved it. I didn’t want to get out of bed, savouring that ‘contentment’ feeling!
Hoping everyone has better quality sleep tonight!! Xxx (including me!)4 -
@kmakm I hope you feel a little brighter soon. As @arpie said, I hope there is sunshine where you are (beautiful day here in Brisbane) and that you can go outside and enjoy it. Just remember that we all understand you and are thinking of you. We don't expect you to always be strong.
@Kiwi Angel @Sister @arpie thank you for letting me know that this sleepless gig is normal and you all suffer it too. As a night owl, I used to love staying up late and sleeping in late but this is a different thing altogether and no fun at all! I did eventually get some sleep, thank you. Hugs, Ann2 -
@annsan Not baths allowed I'm afraid! My incisions have to fully heal before I can indulge. I'm actually about to head off to the GP because in places they're scarlet and weeping. I think they're infected. Which is one of the things worrying me. It will be good to get that sorted out.
After that I'm going to potter in the kitchen and make Coronation Chicken to take to a friend's house tonight for the royal wedding. I'll be right dear @annsan, just at bottom of one of the dips on the rollercoaster ride that is breast cancer.0
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