Hello, 

my mum was diagnosed with leukaemia on the 2nd of September this year. She was in hospital for five weeks then came home. She has been back in for the past two weeks because her blood count dropped and they are trying to get it back up. 

She has so far had two round of chemo and is not too bad. 

Since her diagnosis, I have had terrible insomnia and just generally awful thoughts. I have two children (15 & 2). If my teenager is late home, I start panicking and if my toddler has a bruise anywhere, I start panicking. 

Is this normal? Everyone tells me I should go to the doctor but then I feel guilty because my mum is in hospital with this terrible illness and I'm moaning about missing some sleep

xxx