Noun:

A condition of body and mind that typically recurs for several hours every night, in which the eyes are closed, the postural muscles relaxed, the activity of the brain altered, and consciousness of the surroundings is practically suspended.

 

Try to get as much of this as humanly possible. 

 

After each chemo session you might feel totally wired and awake for a couple of days, due to the steroids that you’ll have alongside the chemo.  But then, a day or so after, your off button will be switched and stringing a sentence together becomes an epic challenge.

 

Give in to it!  Close your eyes.  Sleep for 20 hours.  My dear old mum used to say “sleep is the best medicine”.  Although now I wonder if she sometimes just said that so she could get some peace from me and my brother?