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Hi there Not sure at what point I go from newly diagnosed (August 2024) to more? Or if I’m no longer considered “new” if I’ve just had surgery early October? Like many others I’ve been busy just get...
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We possibly need to resurrect Night Howls! My night time wakefulness predates a cancer diagnosis - and treatment didn’t fix it (the wakefulness I mean!). I’ve learned to
live with it - the deep quiet is often welcome, I do sudoku to stop my mind wandering all over the place, valerian helps and the occasional sleeping pill when it all gets a bit too persistent.
live with it - the deep quiet is often welcome, I do sudoku to stop my mind wandering all over the place, valerian helps and the occasional sleeping pill when it all gets a bit too persistent.
It’s worth remembering that nothing, nothing at all makes better sense at 2.30 in the morning, so don’t let your mind dwell on nonsense. If you really can’t sleep, get up and do something rather than lie and fret!! Leave your phone in another room, read a boring book (good ones keep you awake) or try a crossword. But sometimes just breathing, slowly in and out, can be remarkably soothing. Thinking is for day time, night is for calm and just being.