Post-Treatment Fatigue
Gosh I am having a whammy of a fatigue day. I don't get them very often. Today I feel utterly wrecked. My body feels like lead and I just want to crawl into bed and sleep. Which I won't do because the...
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I wake up every morning thinking I've got the flu, I'm hungover, pregnant and then I remember it's none of those things.
@kmakm I'm lucky that my housework is non-existent as two thirds of my living area is outside and protected. The more you use it, the cleaner it gets, lol.
I have no children at home anymore so it's just me, the dog and the horse that I need to care for. I can't imagine the pressure of looking after kids (although for the first 2 weeks of my AC chemo I had my 2 grandchildren aged 10 and 12 and they were good as gold - they looked after me).
My fatigue on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being stuck in bed and 1 being normal would be around 7 or 8 depending on the day - I might even have experienced a 6 in March. (I wear a fitbit and it keeps reminding me of my lagging goals and my alarming resting heartrate, which can be as high as 120 during the day)
I'm looking for improvement but it's a very slow road.
I don't know how any of you go to work or maintain a family.
I find it truly remarkable the strength and fortitude shown by the women on this site and I have drawn inspiration from all of you.
@kmakm I'm lucky that my housework is non-existent as two thirds of my living area is outside and protected. The more you use it, the cleaner it gets, lol.
I have no children at home anymore so it's just me, the dog and the horse that I need to care for. I can't imagine the pressure of looking after kids (although for the first 2 weeks of my AC chemo I had my 2 grandchildren aged 10 and 12 and they were good as gold - they looked after me).
My fatigue on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being stuck in bed and 1 being normal would be around 7 or 8 depending on the day - I might even have experienced a 6 in March. (I wear a fitbit and it keeps reminding me of my lagging goals and my alarming resting heartrate, which can be as high as 120 during the day)
I'm looking for improvement but it's a very slow road.
I don't know how any of you go to work or maintain a family.
I find it truly remarkable the strength and fortitude shown by the women on this site and I have drawn inspiration from all of you.