fatigue/tiredness

Hi Babafudge, I was asking a similar question earlier in the week and I am 10 months post chemo, so I think the answer is yes! I think for me, the elation of feeling so much better compared to during chemo seemed to really make me feel great. If it hadn't been for the operation, which I also had after chemo, then I would have been back running within 5 weeks. I was running most days for months all throughout the Summer, plus working and doing other outdoorsy stuff and then for a few weeks I overdid things due to circumstances (a few things happened at once that I needed to do) and I have been struggling with exhaustion ever since, which included an infection and taking antibiotics which are never good. After that, I've had low mood and enthusiasm, which is not like me.

I think the gravity of it all comes over you in waves. I remember being very tired and a bit blue about 6 weeks after radiotherapy but got over that quite quickly. 

What I would say is that my mental and physical recovery has not been linear and I have good days and not so good. I think a lot of people experience this and knowing that others are in the same boat is really helpful.

I also think I am maybe going through a slight grieving process - I am so grateful to be here but there are things that are lost forever and you eventually reflect on that. I've had to contend with so many changes to my body over the last year through treatment and a sudden, medical menopause, plus the loss of invincibility somehow. No-one wants to hear 'you have cancer'. It is a life changing moment.

If you look up my post 'Recovery or Menopause' from a few days ago, then someone had kindly posted a link to an article in the comments, which I found very helpful.

You are not alone.