Who else can't sleep?

Yep I had to snag it when I saw it thought oh I know who will enjoy this ...... 

@SoldierCrab He he he! Very good  :*

Ladies I found the best picture for you all today ..... 

@sister not too much ok if you use too much it can actually cause you to be too Alert 

@SoldierCrab I had forgotten about lavender oil - I always use to use it for the kids when they were having trouble sleeping.

I bow down to your extra 15 minuteds @JJ70! Five hours, whoo hoo... I have to think we'll get there one day like @SoldierCrab says.

Well to let you know that we do go back to a more normal sleep pattern ...I wear a fitness tracker that tracks my sleep also. 
8h 25 mins last night total sleep.
2.41 mins deep sleep
5.44 mins light sleep
0 mins awake 

woo hoo ......
It has taken me about 4.5 years to get back to this but it has happened I am now more regularly sleeping longer at night. 
I do  still have the nights where sleep evades me....  But I want to encourage you all that it will come back.....
Learn to practice some good sleep hygiene  NO blue light (screens) If needed use a mediation style track to help you relax and go to sleep.....  No caffeine late in the evening.  

My routine is PC's off  clear up around the kitchen sink etc then bath with Epsom salts and 2 drops of pure lavender oil 
Bed read a little .... then my mediation track if I feel unsettled and off I normally go now about 3/4 way through the track... 
You will come back to a more natural sleeping pattern once your body has readjusted from the onslaught that chemo has inflicted on your body 

 
Soldiercrab

Yay Kate........almost hit the 5 hour mark...almost respectable. Been awake since 3...up since 4. That's 5hrs pretty much on the dot....beat ya by 15 mins :)

4.75 hours in a row. Might not sound like much but that is the biggest block of sleep I've had in months.

Although I've never been a good sleeper, I've always been able to eventually relax myself in to sleep but not anymore.  And once upon a time, any strong painkiller would have knocked me out for hours - anything designed to make someone sleep would have left me a zombie for the next day.  Now, I'm lucky if I can get a couple of hours.  I don't know if it's underlying anxiety or chemo - nothing works anymore.