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Gynecologic Cancers | Last Active: 17 hours ago | Replies (12)

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@celia16

Your journey is quite incredible. It explains where you’ve been and the plan ahead. It seems encouraging to me. Please forgive me, but do you mind saying how you knew you had cancer?

Why do you think your sleep health has improved?

Did you drive during your treatments?

Best of luck on your CT scans, echocardiogram and physical! They will go well. I will say prayers anyway,

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I started spotting. I call my primary first day it happened. She referred me to a GYN. It took a month to get into the GYN. The GYN did a biopsy. That's when I learned I had cancer. It's not in the family. I'm just the lucky one.

I did drive during treatments. I didn't have many physically bad day.

I started having sleep issues in 2020. I was traveling for work every week and sleep was difficult. When I stopped traveling I still couldn't fall asleep plus my husband was a horrible snorer. I would take ibuprofen just before bed and that relaxed me enough to sleep. After a divorce my daughter and I moved into the house where I live now. I just couldn't stop thinking and sometimes I would be up most the night.

I've been working on sleep for about 2 1/2 years. I've been in therapy trying to reduce my anxiety. It helped but I still have sleepless nights. I'm not completely sure why I'm sleeping well now. Maybe I'm just exhausted from treatments or the anti anxiety meds I started taking have helped. I going to bed and falling asleep and staying asleep. It's awesome.

Last night I did turn to the Internet again. I don't know why. There is nothing know for me to learn. Old habit I guess.