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My husband has just been diagnosed with prostate cancer

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Posted 01 Nov 2014 at 17:36

Carol is he having problems sleeping or having his sleep disturbed by hot flushes, loo visits etc? Or is he sleeping okay but still tired? If asking the GP or anyone else for help, you need to be clear about the difference between tiredness and fatigue.

If he is not sleeping well, you could ask for sleeping tablets as Mo suggests, or request flomax or similar to reduce the night loo trips or try one of the remedies for hot flushes (depending what the problem is). You could also try lavender oil products such as 'This Works' from Boots which includes in the range a pillow spray, massage oil, wrist dabber, bath soak and others. I have just ordered this for John but it hasn't arrived yet so I can't say whether it has been worth the money! Let's hope so.

If he is suffering fatigue, this is a very common side effect of the hormone treatments and it might be worth you speaking to PCUK who have been doing some work in this area. You should also discuss it with the Stampede nurses.

Edited by member 01 Nov 2014 at 17:38  | Reason: Not specified

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Posted 02 Nov 2014 at 10:01

Dear Carol

The lack of sleep has been an issue for my OH too, for 3 years, since dx. It seems to be caused by the worry and the nocturia. He just does not get into a deep sleep, so his bladder wakes him up when the rest of us might sleep through it.

The only time he has had a few nights rest was when he was on strong painkillers for a bad back (unrelated to the Ca). We have talked about sleeping pills but he is reluctant to take yet another pill.

The upshot is that he is really tired all the time which affects all the family and can then obviously affect moods (for us - with 2 young children he never gets a rest in the day either)....so pretty difficult ongoing.

I too would be interested to hear any further comments on this problem, as we all know, nights without sleep really do affect the rest of our lives.

All the best

Alison

 
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