[keithmtParticipant]

I’m day 28 after SCT and until recently, I could sleep for England, generally getting around 10 hours solid sleep a night. For the past week though I’ve been struggling to get to sleep and inevitably wake in the early hours when it’ll take 2-3 hours to fall asleep again.

I am still having pins, needles and aches in my lowers legs and feet and I don’t know if it’s this that’s disrupting my sleep or something else.

Anyone else experienced anything similar?

Cheers

Keith

[meganjaneParticipant]

Hi Keith,

It is my husband Phil who has Myeloma and he also has trouble getting a full nights sleep due to the neuropathy he has in his feet from the Velcade he had as his initial treatment. He finds wearing socks to bed helps a bit. Also massaging the feet and legs with cocoa butter can help.

It may also be that your body is still recovering from the transplant and it may take a bit of time for you to adjust and get back into a routine. I know Phil never got a full night of sleep while he was in for his transplant with the various people coming and going checking vitals, giving drugs, etc, etc.

I hope the pins and needles go away for you soon, they can make sleeping difficult.

Megan

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