Crash

Hey @Blossom1961,

Just do what you have to do.  Rest when you need to, don't if you don't. The mental exhaustion from what you have been through is unexpected.  You think treatment is done, time to get better and back to normal right?

 I lived on Berocca's and caffeine for about a month afterwards LOL  (Still do some days) Then it started to get better.  I was feeling pretty good by the time I finished rads so that was about 4 months after my last infusion.

 But different treatments probably take different times to recover from and the chemo hangover stays around for a while in varying degrees of crapiness.  

xoxoxoxo

Be gentle with yourself. It's going to take a while. My oncologist told me it would take a year to recover from chemo. Anyone I've spoken to who's actually had it says two to three years. I'm eight months past my last infusion and I still feel it every day. K xox

@Blossom1961
It's been 16 months and I still crash although the crashes are a little further apart. Doesn't take much to spark a crash.

@Blossom1961 give yourself license to do whatever you need to now.  Nobody volunteers for chemo and there are good reasons to dread it. The nastiness doesn't stop with your last infusion. Dragging yourself physically and mentally through the whole ordeal depletes even the sturdiest of batteries, full speed ahead is difficult when the recharge light is flashing. Mxx

It's not uncommon to crash at the end of active treatment.  I certainly did and I know a number of women here have gone through this.  My onc said he has patients report this quite often.

I have been on a gentle detox for over a week followed by a dayspa yesterday so have probably aggravated things.