Many people are unaware that our bodies do most of their healing when we are asleep. There is much more complexity to sleep than simply how long we are able to sleep.
Quality of sleep is very important! Some people can survive on 3 – 4 hours a night, whilst others may wake up after an 8 hour sleep and still feel exhausted. Stress and anxiety hugely affect our sleep quality. Also some cancer symptoms affect sleep. For example poor pain control, or having to get up multiple times during the night to go to the toilet. Also many cancer patients have steroids, and these can make it difficult to get to sleep.
