Hi everyone, Suffolkflyer here, 76 yrs old and just going to start Cycle 4 Gem/cis Chemo next week. I thought l was doing pretty well with the Chemo treatment for Stage 4 Kidney cancer and beyond, with lack of side effects.
However l am now experiencing chronic fatigue especially if l use my upper body and arms to do what l now consider to be any heavy manual work, i.e. hedge cutting and similar. Having sid that though, I am still walking my dog for 2 x 1 hour forest and road walks, which is a "life saver". (My hair is going very thin but l am not worried about that!)
I am on twice daily blood thinner injections for a load of blood clots on lungs and have been since August and will be for some time, which of course may be a contributary factor to the fatigue.
So....l take it that this fatigue is NOT unusual and is a build up of this particular side effect which seems to have started to occur after the Cycle 2 short 1hour session infusion.
Anyone able to offer any words of advice as to what to do as l am now finding that having an hour's afternoon doze seems to provide some relief but which l personally find a bit of a time-waster!
Anyway to you all l wish you well. Regards Suffolkflyer
