energy after treatment

Hi Donna. I don't remember how long it took before my energy came back as it was a few years ago. It was several months though. Everyone is different. However be reassured that your energy will return eventually.

Lyn

Yes that does happen. Power naps become your best friend. I found starting exercise a few weeks after treatment ended really helped me cope with fatigue. I started with gentle resistance using light weights. Often sitting while doing them. Walking shorter distances or on my stepper when I felt up to it. 

I think what contributed the most to my fatigue was coughing and mucous at night so I never had a good full restful night.  Once I had that under control the fatigue lessened a lot 

Hi my daughter finished her treatment chemo radiotherapy. Couple of months ago and was concerned she felt very achy and zero energy called hospital her consultant rang her he said that’s normal after all treatment she has had 

Just a +1 for it being normal, i had it for several months. I had dizziness when i stood up quickly as well, for about 5 or 6 months post treatment

i do push myself but then iam wiped out i walk the dog each day but i was walking miles each day before treatment but i just haven't got it in me any more my g p has saif its normal my c n s also said its normal but can also be all in the mind and referred me to a physiologist not sure how that can help but will go to the appointment and see what they have to say x 

my mucus stopped a month or so after treatment ended i do push myself to walk in have to walk the dog but i do try push myself to walk into town once a week but then iam wiped out i was walking miles every day before all this and want to get back to having the energy to be walking miles each day again xx

do push myself but then iam wiped out i walk the dog each day but i was walking miles each day before treatment but i just haven't got it in me any more my g p has saif its normal my c n s also said its normal but can also be all in the mind and referred me to a physiologist not sure how that can help but will go to the appointment and see what they have to say x 

iam just over 3 months since treatment ended my docs said its still early in the recovery process but i feel i should be back to the old me by now he said i have to give myself more time i just want to wake up with that spring in my step like i did before cancer and treatment i hope your daughter is doing well xx

dpanky said:

my c n s also said its normal but can also be all in the mind and referred me to a physiologist

That would be a great opportunity to educate your physiologist about radiation fatigue. Maybe your CNS could sit in too?

Interesting that it could be in the mind. Just do what feels right. I was impatient to get back into my old workout routine but my body kept me in check. By 4 months post I was a lot more fit and able to do more