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Coldinohio
Coldinohio Member Posts: 14
in Head and Neck Cancer #1

How much sleep is normal at this point? I'm sleeping almost all day right now after 14 rads. I just can t wake up.

 

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  • Skiffin16
    Skiffin16 Member Posts: 8,305 Member
    #2
    Normal 4U ~ GroundHog Days

    That could be normal for you...., your body is in a battle...

    If you aren't having hydration issues, fever, nausea, anything else going on other than more than likely limited calorie intake... It could be just what your body needs to rebuild each day.

    Preparing for battle tomorrow..

    GroundHog Days,like the movie, same thing, day, after day, after day....

    JG

  • KB56
    KB56 Member Posts: 318 Member
    #3
    Sleepy

    it's good your sleeping as you need the rest. Radiation definitely takes it out of you and 14 rads you're not too far from the halfway point and that's a big milestone.  I started being much more tired and overall uncomfortable in about the 3rd week so it's probably in line with a lot Us.  

     

    keep fightinging and congratulations on the halfway point (almost), it downhill from here finishing it out.   Sleep when your tired, stay hydrated and manage the pain.  

     

    Keith

  • CivilMatt
    CivilMatt Member Posts: 4,724 Member
    #4
    counting LOTS of sheep

    Coldinohio,

    Sleep was the one area I did well in.  During the day I slept (probably) because I needed my Lorazapam to get through the mask and at night after the gag, spit,  rinse and magic mouth wash I would fall fast asleep.  It was the one time I felt normal.

    As john mentioned, if everything is normal, sleep is ok.

    Matt

  • Kelly_Scott
    Kelly_Scott Member Posts: 6
    #5
    Sad to say you better get

    Sad to say you better get used to enduring fatigue. It's the worst part of after-treatment for me, and that's saying something. I'm a year and a half out from finishing TX and I really take care of myself. It's common though that you deal with being tired a lot and it's showing no real sign of abating for me.

    That being said I have two teens, I work full time plus some, and I keep my house clean. You just manage your energy and don't waste any. Learn to do that now and just accept some changes have to be made.

    Keep your head on straight though. You look like your life may be a little off-kilter ;)

  • phrannie51
    phrannie51 Member Posts: 4,716
    #6
    Sleep is good....

    VERY good.  It's during sleep that the body goes about repairing itself....spend your waking hours refilling the calories and the hydration, then sleep away :). 

    There is no "normal" in how each of our individual bodies take treatment.  Lots of folks can't sleep more than an hour or two at a time, and get very frustrated.....since you can do it........DO IT!!

    p

  • Guzzle
    Guzzle Member Posts: 710
    #7
    phrannie51 said:

    Sleep is good....

    VERY good.  It's during sleep that the body goes about repairing itself....spend your waking hours refilling the calories and the hydration, then sleep away :). 

    There is no "normal" in how each of our individual bodies take treatment.  Lots of folks can't sleep more than an hour or two at a time, and get very frustrated.....since you can do it........DO IT!!

    p

    Juicer

    My brother has just bought me a juicer. He swears by this for keeping energy levels up and lll the juice should go down easily. Anybody tried one?

  • lornal
    lornal Member Posts: 428
    #8
    Sleep

    At that point, I was sleeping 20 hours a day.  Get up - take a bite of food, sleep til lunch, another bit of food, nap until dinner, another bite of food, nap again  Then take a sleeping pill and sleep all night. 

    If you're tired - Sleep!

  • jim and i
    jim and i Member Posts: 1,788 Member
    #9
    YUP it is normal for a lot of people.

    Jim slept all day everyday during treatment and a few weeks post treatment. The cancer, Rads and chemo are sapping your energy. Keep up caloriwes and water. Jim was taking in 2500 a day in calories and still lost weight.

    Debbie

  • fishmanpa
    fishmanpa Member Posts: 1,227 Member
    #10
    Sleep?

    I actually had difficulty sleeping throughout treatment. I resolved to getting a couple hours here and there whenever I could. I also slept in a recliner from a few weeks into TX until about two months post TX as lying prone was impossible due to mucous and just being totally uncomfortable. 

    Now, close to a year post TX, I need a minimum 8 hours of sleep or I really feel it. While the fatigue level has improved, I still have quite a bit of it. Just do what your body is telling you. You're in a war and wil be for some time. 

    Positive thoughts and prayers

     

     

  • HAWVET
    HAWVET Member Posts: 318
    #11
    fishmanpa said:

    Sleep?

    I actually had difficulty sleeping throughout treatment. I resolved to getting a couple hours here and there whenever I could. I also slept in a recliner from a few weeks into TX until about two months post TX as lying prone was impossible due to mucous and just being totally uncomfortable. 

    Now, close to a year post TX, I need a minimum 8 hours of sleep or I really feel it. While the fatigue level has improved, I still have quite a bit of it. Just do what your body is telling you. You're in a war and wil be for some time. 

    Positive thoughts and prayers

     

     

    After the fifth week, I just

    After the fifth week, I just was so tired and feeling sick.  Other than going for radiation treatment, I spent most of the time in bed.  For the first four weeks, I was commuting from our island since we had no radiation facilities.  I just could not keep up with the commuting and temporarily relocated.

  • Crazymom
    Crazymom Member Posts: 339 Member
    #12
    sleepy....too

    I slept off and on all day....you need it!

     

    Ann

  • Guzzle
    Guzzle Member Posts: 710
    #13
    Crazymom said:

    sleepy....too

    I slept off and on all day....you need it!

     

    Ann

    fresh air!

    Lots of people over here swear that if you can force yourself out for some gentle excercise such as a walk it boosts energy levels?

  • Steve5
    Steve5 Member Posts: 147
    #14
    Sleep is restorative

    Sleep is good for restoring what your body needs - your body is getting overwhelmed, that's what the treatment does - you can fight it or listen to your body, rest when you feel the need, exercise when you can, work out. lift, walk bike when you are able, this is also good for your body -eat well when you can and drink fluids, hydrate, hydrate, hydrate, it was either Phrannie or one of the other veteran sages that told me I now have to tend to my body in a way I didn't have to think about before - My own history is that I get 5 hours a night sleep, I am up early and go to bed late, that is just my wiring - but during rad and chemo, I went to bed early and other than, what is the average Matt, 4 times a night to go, I slept - the second ajnd thirde day after chemo day, I napped and was wiped out, the couch was my friend - my wife new something was different because I wasn't up everday at 5 like clockwork - so that is my advice and thas has been gained thorugh experience and through the sage advice and incredible helpfulness of those on this network that got me through.

    All the best

    Steve

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