weird week this is - no hospital appts for next 2 weeks- chemo well out of the way- but can’t get into a proper sleep pattern- wide awake now- bored all day- need to get back into a routine- but aching when I move- can’t be bothered- need to get motivated- sick of looking at four walls and pc- sorry girls but bored now!!!
hi mary
woke up a bit hot over an hour ago and have given up trying to sleep myself
just having a large banana and a decaff coffee to see if that helps - hot drinks can sometimes help me go to sleep
hope you’ve managed to drop off by now!
lots of love FB Xxx
I burn a lavender and camomile incense stick before I go to bed at night and find this really helps. I’m 10 months post chemo and finished Herceptin about 5 weeks ago, but I was waking up during the night really hot and prickly, I have to keep a small battery fan in my bedside drawer. I was referred to a menopause clinic by my oncologists recently and advised to go on to topical oestrogen which is a very, very low dose. It comes as a tablet on the end of an applicator which you have to insert into the vagina. My oncs have told me it is perfectly safe for me to use for a while.
I can honestly say I have only been using it for 10 days and am already feeling the benefits. My moods are not as bad and I’m sleeping better; also, that horrible dryness is sorting itself out. I’ve had no libido since Nov 2006 and feel this is starting to change too - the oncs told me and my OH to try using things like massage oils, so I bought some nice ones in Boots yesterday. I have been referred for counselling this week and my onc said they will probably help me with a lot of the libido stuff, also my confidence took a knock at the beginning of the year and they will help with that.
Hi all
My name is lisa I am 3 yrs down the line and still have probs sleeping.I have got used to it but any advice would be great as having 2 kiddies drains me and i dont have much left at the end of the day.My husband is very very understanding but i think secretly he gets annoyed with me though he doesnt say anything.I had recon in oct last yr everything went fine looks great,just dont have any nipples which does look a little odd.Already had ovaries out so been through the change at 36 but cant have hrt because my cancer was oestregen receptive.I think i just need to let my body get back to normal and see what happens.Just in from work and need to go to sleep but watch this space i will be up at 4 wide awake.
Lopez(my nickname)
I hate to say it coz I don’t want to believe it, but no alcohol works for me! I have less flushes, more energy in day so do more physically and get more tired. those 2 combined mean I wake less but still have interupted sleep.
By the way, I’m sitting here with a class of wine having abstained for a whole week. Thur is my fri as it’s my last working day of the week! I am loathed to give up the vino completely but I must say I feel much better in body (not so much in mind), if I don’t have a drinky poo.
Irene
Hi Irene
Will have to agree with you there on the old alcohol. I love nothing better than a freezing cold glass of white wine and I am fine as long as I stick to one. However, one turns into two etc and I end up having a horrible nights sleep and if I have any more than a couple, I have a hangover from hell that lasts for days!!! I guess alcohol is just another poison our poor old bodies have to metabolise but I can’t see me quitting it completely!