can't sleep due to anxiety with upcoming surgery

Hi Anita,

I have the same diagnosis as you and had my surgery 3 weeks ago.  I had to wait several weeks for it and that was very hard to cope with.  Had a lot of trouble sleeping, so I know what it's like.  At least you have a husband to talk with and good friends.  I am single and live alone & had to do it by myself day in and day out and now I am waiting for radium treatment to start.  I found that listening to chill out music for a while when going to bed helped to distract me & I spent a lot of time hugging my 2 cats!  Friends always mean well but sometimes they don't say the things that help most & I found it easier sometimes to just not answer the phone at all on my difficult days.  The anxiety was awful.   That lifted a lot about a week after the surgery.  So trust me, it gets better.  Always remember, every day, even the shitty ones are another day towards your recovery.  All the best honey,

Karen  xoxo