Months down the line still tired...normal?

Hey! I finished radiotherapy in March after chemo and the rest....

i still get tired...after a couple days of work I’m wiped out....joints and muscles ache...just run out of steam.

is it all the crap over the last year? Is it the hormone tablets together with the ovary suppression injections? I don’t know and I keep hoping that I’ll feel better over time...I’m still waiting. I don’t sleep well either...again don’t really know why...so that doesn’t help.

I get fed up about it but I’m trying to give myself some time to recover.

Hiya, I still get attacks of extreme fatigue more than 2 years after finishing treatment. I've had to learn to work smarter, and recognise the signs of a crash.

That said, light exercise can be helpful.

Also, it's worth getting a full panel of bloods done. Particularly things like VitD, B12, Folic Acid. Also thyroid. Radiotherapy killed off half of my thyroid, so what had been borderline for years went fully hypo.

Hugs xx

I struggled badly with fatigue for almost 12 months after finishing radiotherapy.  I asked for blood tests and found out I had type 2 diabetes 

Hi

I’m getting on for a year and a half after treatment and still get surprised how fatigue can hit me, or how easy it is to overdo it. You jog along thinking you’re fine, back to ‘normal’ - and crucially everyone treats you like you are - then it’s like someone took the batteries out! 

It does get better from where you are though which is still early days for your body after such a lot of trauma. Trust in and listen to your body. Definitely prioritise sleep. Strangely I also found that anything mentally taxing also drains me physically much more than before - like travelling cos you are out of your normal mental routine, or when I had to get a big report in at work. So watch out for that too. 

Best wishes

Linda xx