Abiraterone, Fatigue and blood tests

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I just had the result from my latest blood test before my next months supply of Abiraterone

I noticed that on the Full Blood Count my Haemoglobin was 120 g/L. A normal reading would be between 130-180.

This is obviously a contributing factor to the fatigue I feel all the time.

I already take a multi vitamin and an additional iron supplement every day and eat a healthy diet as I've been diabetic for 30+ years, but wondered if anyone could advise on anything I can do to boost the red blood count.

The fatigue is worse this time on Aberaterone and I have a consultant phone call in July where they want to discuss putting me back on a reduced dose of Olaparib as well and one of the side effects of that is.....fatigue – Yay!

My PSA is still below 0.03 but the side effects are killing me.

Any advice would be appreciated

  • Hi  , it’s ages since we last spoke and sorry to hear your fatigue is bad.  I have been on Zoladex for 8 years and  fatigue is increasing, but sadly so is my age!  I am not sure what a healthy 76 year old should feel like anyway. I recently had SABR (3 doses of high level targeted RT) and that hit me very hard, but with exercise and time I am gradually recovering.  Some days I feel down and others almost normal, but I do think exercise and positivity are two very useful tools.  Sorry I can’t help. David