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@gisellef

It looks as though you have tried many different ways to improve fatigue. Are you eating enough protein? Have you tried seated cycling or brisk walking instead of running? Acupuncture helps too. Hope you find your way through this and are able to maintain your health through treatment.

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I haven't tried cycling yet of any sort. I used to ride a road bike 15 miles every day, but that was a while back. I had just gotten back to running 3 miles every other night before my cancer recurrence, but not since chemo resumed. A 2-mile brisk walk is pretty easy for me, so there's a fine line between when exercise is too easy and too hard. I need to move that fine line upward a little bit, knowing the gains will come slowly. I have to make some other lifestyle adjustments first in order to start squeezing that all in.

Interesting you mentioned acupuncture in the context of fatigue. I've heard of it being helpful in various cancer scenarios, but don't know enough about it to proceed yet.

Is there a specific "modality" of acupuncture that is appropriate to treat cancer-related fatigue? A different modality to treat chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy? (I've been on biweekly Abraxane for 14 months, got my share of CIPN). How do you find a credible acupuncture provider for various conditions like that? Do they have specific certifications they are required to display? (Similar at least to chiropractors, physical and massage therapists, etc.) I'm afraid of walking into the office of some charlatan who tells me what I want to hear in order to take my money.

Thank you!