Gee, it's quarter to three in the morning where I live, and I am sitting here posting on OCF. Insomnia? My experience was I would wakeup and could not sleep for about 3 months after radiation TX then it settled down. It was wonderful to then sleep thru the night. When the cancer came back and they did the Cyberknife, the cycle has restarted. So it may be September before I sleep the sleep of the just. Right now though I sleep like a baby (up every couple of hours) I do try and make it positive by taking an extra can of Jevity as a pre dawn snack which seems to help falling back asleep. Why do we all have similar stories? DavidCPA and EricS and Ari have spelled out three reasons: mental turmoil, opiate pain pills, and the choking mucous. Right now I have a trifecta (or hat trick for hockey fans).
Good news: it will get better and better. Plus what a great excuse to nap !
charm