Before I was diagnosed with cancer, my last visit to the hospital was 20 years ago.

Who would have thought the next 10 months post diagnosis turns hospital as my second home.

Some cancer patients do not require the treatment as an inpatient. For some lucky patients like me, my treatment requires being plugged into IV machine for 10 hours for 5 days.

I still remember the first night I was there. It was so unreal. My brain was buzzing with the stream of information that has been dumped on me. From knowing nothing about cancer to being educated everything about it. My body was exhausted in the end.

I was lucky that I had learned the trick to sleeping well and slowing down my racing thoughts.

I am really feeling it for my friends who are a light sleeper. Hospital isn’t exactly the quietest place to be. I don’t mind so much about the bed. It was the nurse that wakes me up every 4 hours that disrupts me the most haha.

My sleeping pattern has gone crazy. My body was used to wake up every 2-4 hours. It wasn’t until almost a year post treatment that I can have an uninterrupted sleep.

What has your experience been?