I was diagnosed with breast cancer in May 2019, had my mastectomy in August 2019 when it was found to be worse than at first thought, so it was followed by six chemo treatments, but as I reacted so badly to it, the last one was cancelled (T and FEC). I then had twelve months of Herceptin injections. I was so ill being sick and exhausted during chemo, I lost a lot of weight and had no one to support me, which made things difficult, but I got through it. Thought after three months of recovery, that I would get back to normal, but here I am, over two years post chemotherapy and still feeling exhausted. I go for a walk each day and do what I can in the mornings at home, but if I push it, I get so ill with exhaustion, I’m bad all the next day. Does anyone else feel like this, is this normal? My hair, which was waist length, is growing back slowly, but hair underarms and eyelashes have not recovered well. Of course, hair where you don’t want it, eg under chin grows okay! That’s typical, Sod’s law I guess. It would be nice to hear if anyone else still feels unable to resume normal activities after this length of time. I turned 69 yesterday, bye the way, but always felt younger until recently. Just recovering from gastroenteritis this weekend, which saw me cancelling the weekend away and that would have been the first time out in three years almost!
Hi Giuliella, first, Happy Birthday for yesterday! 
When I asked my oncologist when I could expect the side effects from chemo to disappear, he said some could take weeks, some might take months, and said it could take up to a year past chemo. I am not sure if he was giving me an answer that was specific to me, or an answer that would be true for any patient.
One thing I have been looking into recently is whether the chemo drugs I have been given might cause an inability of the body to absorb certain nutrients, and other such issues. This is because being told something is a result of chemo does not actually tell me the acutal chain of causation, which I need to have if I want to be able to address things properly. In the meantime, I am taking some supplements. There are different schools of thought about that, but my viewpoint is that if I know I am not doing myself harm, then I may as well try, on the chance that it might help.
Based on this approach, some people try acupuncture, reflexology, any of the complementary therapies.
