Hi I have been diagnosed with breast cancer and have been in a total foggy state like it’s happening to somebody else and I’m just looking in on their life .
luckily I caught it very early and the consultant said he was impressed I had found it at all and that it’s very treatable so I’ve had scans , mammograms a biopsy and a lumpectomy and now I’m waiti
to see if the surgeon got it all and/or if it’s spread anywhere else . I’m still keeping remarkably calm but I’m not sure if that’s because of all my meds I’m on already . I have fybromyalgia, deprsion and anxiety . I’m in quite a painful flare up of fybro at the moment so I’m not sure if that’s responsible for the extreme exhaustion I’m feeling just now , I always have fatigue and if I push self too hard I can literally sleep for days , but this exhaustion seems to be much worse I have zero energy I’m exhausted and I cannot walk the length of myself without being badly out of breath a in a lot of pain all over but mostly in my legs back neck shoulders and at the moment under my arm where the lymph nodes were taken is agony still . So bad I actually called the doctor and he prescbed more pain killers for me . I’m wondering if this level of fatigue is normal with breast cancer or if it’s just a flare up of my fybro which seems worse because I’ve got cancer . I really have no dea and I’m rambling on a bit sorry
Hi there, sorry to hear of your fatigue and pain, that sounds really difficult. I don't know what is normal in terms of fatigue but even though it's “only” a lumpectomy, it's still major surgery and this takes it's toll on the body and requires rest and recovery. I'd suggest you keep talking to your medical team and see what they advise.
Oh and on the wee smiles, it seems to be a weird blip when you use an emoji they randomly appear in the test! Best wishes
