Do you all sleep ALOT?

RaineySkies
RaineySkies Member Posts: 10
in Colorectal Cancer #1
Hi, I am doing cyberknife this week, but have been off chemo and radiation for the past three months and I still sleep alot. I generally sleep 10-14 hrs a day. Before being diagnosed I could get by on about 6 hrs. I was just wondering if any of you sleep this much when your not going through treatment. Thanks for ny input.

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  • geotina
    geotina Member Posts: 2,111 Member
    #2
    HI:
    Although my hubby did not have radiation, he continues to get chemo, and yes, he still sleeps a lot. He sleeps about 8 - 10 hours a night and generally takes a nap in the late afternoon.

    Take care - Tina
  • Coppercent
    Coppercent Member Posts: 158
    #3
    I never slept a lot through
    I never slept a lot through chemo/radiation or since I have been off. But my oncologist was so big on exercise that I think all of the activity kept me from getting the fatigue. Plus I was working so many hours I am not sure where I would have found the time to sleep any more hours then 5-6 a night. Good luck on your cyberknife next week!
  • JayhawkDan
    JayhawkDan Member Posts: 205
    #4
    Tired, a lot.
    I feel fatigued most of the time, after 10 full treatments of folfiri and vectibix, and 2 of just vectibix (got a break a couple of times when we took trips). But I find it difficult to sleep. I take ambien at night and that helps, but if I try and grab a nap in the afternoon when time allows, I rarely fall asleep. But it's still good to lie down and close my eyes.
  • Doc_Hawk
    Doc_Hawk Member Posts: 685
    #5
    Sleep
    I feel like sleeping a lot. My eyes are so tired most of the time after treatment that it feels like there's sand in them and my vision is blurry for several days afterward. But, I'm lucky if I can get in 8 hours. For a couple of days after treatment, I'll be awake until about 7 the next morning and then only catch about 4 hours sleep.
  • here4lfe
    here4lfe Member Posts: 306 Member
    #6
    Yes
    She sleeps way more than she did pre-diagnosis.

    Best
  • RickMurtagh
    RickMurtagh Member Posts: 587 Member
    #7
    Hard to remember exactly, but
    I recall sleeping 10-12 hours a day for a very long time. I am not sure when it happened, but now I usually sleep, at the most, eight hours a day. On days when I try to sleep more hours to get "caught up" I end up laying in bed awake or just getting up. I went to bed at 9:30 last night and even with an ostomy disaster at 10:30 which took about 1/2 hour to clean up, I was wide awake at 4:30 - and so here I am an hour later still reading posts on the forums.
    Peace

    Rick
  • Lovekitties
    Lovekitties Member Posts: 3,364 Member
    #8
    Sleeping a lot
    Sleeping more than usual can be because the body and/or the mind need it.

    While certainly some treatments can bring on fatigue, mild depression also is a reason for sleeping a lot.

    Marie who loves kitties
  • pete43lost_at_sea
    pete43lost_at_sea Member Posts: 3,900 Member
    #9
    sounDS excessive
    If I was sleeping that much I would check amino acid profiles, others might want to see s good Naturopath

    Hugs,
    Pete
  • PhillieG
    PhillieG Member Posts: 4,866 Member
    #10
    Sleep!
    In the 4-6 hours I sleep I dream about sleeping 12 hours a night!
    Almost always, two days after chemo I can easily get 12 hours of sleep for the next 2-3 days. I've found that there are times I have more energy than others. Your body is going through a lot, maybe follow its lead unless you just sleep too much...
    ZZZZzzzz....
    -phil
  • Sonia32
    Sonia32 Member Posts: 1,071 Member
    #11
    yes
    lol my ex at the time thought i was being lazy but treatment did hit me hard until it was adjusted. hugs
  • smokeyjoe
    smokeyjoe Member Posts: 1,425 Member
    #12
    Sonia32 said:

    yes
    lol my ex at the time thought i was being lazy but treatment did hit me hard until it was adjusted. hugs

    I seem to go on less sleep
    I seem to go on less sleep than my 20 something year old kids.....can't say they are more active during the day than me as we work together.

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