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After treatment

Posted by sue417 @sue417, Apr 16 4:58pm

Hi
Surgeries are done radiation is done starting tamoxifen I feel lost after living this for 6 months I was so happy the night I came home from radiation being completed now I just feel a sadness and empty it's very strange does anyone else feel this way after they're done their treatments surgeries. I live alone and I had to go to another city to have my treatment so had to live in a hotel where there were other cancer patients so you constantly had people around you to talk and maybe that's the issue not sure plus I have the fatigue after treatment and just don't feel up to doing a lot

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ppat4pr | @ppat4pr | May 20 7:08pm
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@sue417

Hi
I called the cancer hospital I had my treatment at and spoke to the radiation nurse yesterday. I told her what my symptoms have been and she said the fatigue can last 6 months to one year I was like are you kidding. I hope that is not the case.

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I certainly hope not, too. Good luck to you.

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freckle1 | @freckle1 | May 20 10:22pm

My doctor, who was about 55, expressed "surprise" that I was "still so flat" for the best part of a year!!!

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cmdw2600 | @cmdw2600 | May 21 6:32am

Agreed on both counts! Diagnosed with triple negative at age 66 (almost 72 now) and underwent 8 months of treatment. I befriended my young chemo infusion nurse and had a wonderful team overall-oncologist, surgeon, radiologist and their staff. I did miss them and their reassurance when my last treatment ended. That being said, I am hoping not to experience that eight month again.

I wish I could remember how long I needed to nap in the afternoon. It was a long time-maybe a year? I wasn’t working or raising kids so I could and I did-without guilt. People don’t understand that there’s a difference between fatigue and just feeling tired.

Listen to your body and give it what it needs to the extent that you are able.

Best wishes,
Cindy

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mimzy | @mimzy | May 21 8:47am
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@sue417

Hi
Sorry you're going through that too but glad you shared because sometimes I feel like I'm crazy. Yesterday I never got out of bed all day not quite a bit today I feel better I guess it's just succumbing to the fatigue when it hits

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Sometimes a bed day is a very good thing. It rejuvenates

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