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Archive => Archives => Topic started by: daylight on December 05, 2005, 07:55:50 pm
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I'm a little over 2 weeks post cyberknife and I have not had more then 5 hours a night sleep. I'm not tired but not full of energy either. Some of you have had just the opposite problem. I have had a lack of sleep problem for the last 10 years and take Unisome and Xanax to get 6- 8 hours a night but now that isn't working, I went to bed at 12 last night and was wide awake at 5:30 and up since. I'm not on steroids and only have coffee in the morning.
Another problem is that the tinnitus is slightly louder post CK and I feel pressure in my ear when I'm laying on left-AN side. Besides that I'm fine and happy and glad that I didn't get cut! Then I would surely have had something to b---ch about ;D
I probably should have posted this in the 'Post Treatment' section but would like to keep this with the radiation folk
Hope that you all had a wonderful turkey,
Sue B.
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Hi! Sue B,
Glad to hear you got through your CK and are recovering. It is interesting that you are having the opposite side effect of most of the people I have read about - have you thought about changing your sleeping meds to another type? Do you have a hard time falling asleep or staying asleep or both?? I am just curious, I am starting my CK a week from today. Have you had any other side effects other than the tinnitus? Any balance issues or hair loss?
Please keep us updated on how you are doing! :)
Best Wishes, Suzanne
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I didn't notice sleeping problems one way or the other. I never really get more than 6 or 7 hours, except on the weekends, I sleep a bit more. That's been the same before and after treatment for me.
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Hi Sue B
I would speak with your radiation team about this. I'm sure they can help. One thing I have noticed since CK is that I seem to react more strongly to everything I take - motrin, allergy meds, alcohol, coffee, etc. Could be I'm hyper-vigilant but I am definitely noticing the difference. Maybe you're having the opposite reaction? have you noticed it with any other meds?
I had louderinnitus for a little while after treatment and my hearing wasn't great for a little while either. Butthen it improved. The one thing I've noticed is that if I get a cold, or blocked sinuses the tinnitus is louder. I also notice it's louder when I'm very very tired. I also get the blockd ear which hurts when I lie on it - especially when I have a cold/sinusitis. Do you suffer from blocked sinuses? My radiation oncologist thought a lot of what I experienced was due to this.
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