Ten Reasons Why Breast Cancer Survivors Like To Stay Up Late

by Karen Lynch on June 27th, 2008

Of course, next week I’ll share why survivors like to go to bed early, but for now … this is where I’m at.

Ten Reasons Why Breast Cancer Survivors Like to Stay Up Late

10. The quiet of the night allows us to hear ourselves think, often for the first time all day, and for better or worse, we have to think about our lives.

9. Primetime television allows us to get sucked into other people’s dramas, and let us forget about our own.

8. Late night television offers even greater escape from painful thoughts we don’t want to ponder before bed.

7. The stars up above remind us of the greatness, the vastness, the enormity of the universe … and allows us cause to ponder how we fit into that realm.

6. Every passing hour gives us an opportunity to take another look at our children, sleeping peacefully in their beds. Peacefully.

5. The community at breastcancer.org doesn’t sleep at all and you can always find a post to respond to or a response to your own post in the wee hours.

4. Each night brings the opportunity for intimacy with our partner, and the cover of night allows us to be less inhibited by our scars.

3. We know that the most restful hours of sleep occur after midnight and figure, why bother going to bed before then? (Didn’t know that? Alright, here’s my source: Prevention).

2. We have friends in other time zones and since friendship matters greatly — it is worth sacrificing sleep time to connect with them when they’re awake!

1. You tell me … what’s the number one reason you like to stay up late?

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