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So what's the real deal with fatigue once treatment finishes
I had a review by my breast cancer surgeon yesterday. All good as I knew it would be. I mentioned that I am back at work and the only thing that is really holding me back is the fatigue. I get 'hit' w...
Sorry sometimes I hit the wrong button when posting. Anway what I meant to say was ...fatigue is definitely a side effect many years on. However a very underdiagnosed problem is sleep apnea. My son was diagnosed in his twenties. He was told it was hereditary. I refused testing thinking I was fine
. It wasnt till I shared a room with my son and daughter while overseas that they observed I stopped breathing several times and urged me to be tested. I tested at the severe scale of sleep apnea .Very slim people have sleep apnea.as sleep apnea is related to the shape of your jaw and tongue. This was pre cancer and have been using a sleep machine for the past two and a half years.
So okay having breast cancer is more than enough to deal with but thought I would alert everyone to this possibility.
. It wasnt till I shared a room with my son and daughter while overseas that they observed I stopped breathing several times and urged me to be tested. I tested at the severe scale of sleep apnea .Very slim people have sleep apnea.as sleep apnea is related to the shape of your jaw and tongue. This was pre cancer and have been using a sleep machine for the past two and a half years.
So okay having breast cancer is more than enough to deal with but thought I would alert everyone to this possibility.