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How tired is tired
. Good Morning.
Just a quick question.
I had breast cancer in my left breast, have now had both removed, some precautionary chemo. I was so tired before any of it let alone how tired I am now.
I spent 18 months travelling through India, my life was calm, all I did was yoga, meditation, meet new people, drink chai, laugh, wonder through the amazing Himalayas, hike, hug trees and live a dream..... But I was tired so much of the time. Some days I needed naps, most days I had to rest... I didn't have energy that would last.
I did many blood tests checking for parasites etc while away and when I got home, all clear. My surgeon and other doctors in the hospital told me this wasn't caused by the cancer. I don't understand tho, if ur body is trying to fight something how it wouldn't be tried and fatigued.
My question is.... Was anyone else tired before they were diagnosed? Did u feel anything physically different?
Thank u, Healing light and energy x
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Thank u for letting me know Emma.... I guess we have a long way to go. I'm not used to fighting so hard for fitness, it is usually harder to stop me.
Peace xx
Hey Willow
10 months past and still tired.... wow, how long do we have to wait I wonder. I finished chemo April 20, surgery last week so I am a while behind u too.
I'm struggling with motivation these days and I used to practice yoga twice a day and walk.
How much chemo did u have?
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Hello,
I remember being super tired in the months leading up to my diagnosis. At the time I put it down to working Full Time and being a mum to a three year old but now I definitely believe that it was the cancer. I also got the flu right before I had my lump checked out and it really knocked me around much more than anything had before.
I am still tired now and wonder when I will feel less tired. My treatments finished in December 2015 and I have been back at work for a couple of months. I have to remind myself that it will take time.
Hugs Emma
I was also really tired before diagnosis. It's a relief to hear someone else say they were the same! I went to the Dr to get checked because I was eating well and exercising and not too stressed out so couldn't understand why I was fatigued and kept getting sick. I had a lot of other strange symptoms pre diagnosis. Getting a PAP smear done and a painful lump checked that had been there for years was my way of starting a medical history with a new Dr. I worry now because it's 10mths since treatment finished and I still feel the same fatigue and low immune system.
I felt the same, when I got little sicknesses while away I was out for days. Food poisoning put me in bed for 5 days, anything that brought my immune down felt the same.
Thank u. X
I felt like I was getting colds, flus and infections a lot in the year leading up to my diagnosis and I felt like I was taking a lot longer than normal to heal and recover. But it could easily be a coincidence.
