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Fatigue after DCIS breast cancer surgery

Posted by sue417 @sue417, Dec 23, 2023

Hi
I have not had any pain medication since the 2nd day of my surgery. today is day 7 and I am so exhausted. It's crazy can anyone relate to this fatugue after d c I s surgery. I felt better on day 3 than I do now.

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cfetoday | @cfetoday | Dec 24, 2023

I had DCIS had three surgeries to get a clear margin. I really had very little pain and felt fine after 3 days. I am going through radiation now and experiencing some fatigue with it. I would contact your Dr. On your extreme fatigue. Hope you feel better soon.

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celestebradham | @celestebradham | Dec 24, 2023

I’m 60 and in pretty good shape had lumpectomy/dsci on left breast and reconstruction on both breast in April, margin were not large enough- so second surgery 3 weeks after…first surgery I recovered very well second surgery took me quite some time to recover. then I went directly to 15 days radiation … took over a month for skin to heal, and fatigue. I was tired by about 3pm. Your body is healing- remember that. Keep up with your stretching and walking (or what you do). It does seem to help.

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sue417 | @sue417 | Dec 24, 2023
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@cfetoday

I had DCIS had three surgeries to get a clear margin. I really had very little pain and felt fine after 3 days. I am going through radiation now and experiencing some fatigue with it. I would contact your Dr. On your extreme fatigue. Hope you feel better soon.

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Hi
I do have fibromyalgia so I am sure that's part of my fatigue
Thank you

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maryjane61 | @maryjane61 | Dec 24, 2023

I get it, yesterday was my 8 th day and chilled for a minute at 12:30… woke up 4:30!!! Wow… not “ me” at all, “we” are healing!! I feel better today, well rested.. merry Christmas

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sue417 | @sue417 | Dec 24, 2023
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@maryjane61

I get it, yesterday was my 8 th day and chilled for a minute at 12:30… woke up 4:30!!! Wow… not “ me” at all, “we” are healing!! I feel better today, well rested.. merry Christmas

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Merry Christmas to you

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Miriam, Volunteer Mentor | @mir123 | Dec 24, 2023
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@sue417

Hi
I do have fibromyalgia so I am sure that's part of my fatigue
Thank you

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Glad you mentioned this. I have chronic pain/fatigue so for my lumpectomy I announced I was going to bed for a week (well, I include some exercise and puttering and reading but mostly DOWN). I knew I wasn't going to bounce back after three days, because frankly a flare can put me to bed anyway. Count in anesthesia, trauma, pain and stress and I knew I needed to take it super easy. I think in your case the fibro is an important factor--not to give up on improvement but take it slow. A week is not that long to recover--watch out for fever etc. or anything worrisome post-op--but I think you can give it some more time before being too concerned. Of course check in with your doc as needed. Happy holidays--hope yours are peaceful and healing.

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sue417 | @sue417 | Dec 24, 2023
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@mir123

Glad you mentioned this. I have chronic pain/fatigue so for my lumpectomy I announced I was going to bed for a week (well, I include some exercise and puttering and reading but mostly DOWN). I knew I wasn't going to bounce back after three days, because frankly a flare can put me to bed anyway. Count in anesthesia, trauma, pain and stress and I knew I needed to take it super easy. I think in your case the fibro is an important factor--not to give up on improvement but take it slow. A week is not that long to recover--watch out for fever etc. or anything worrisome post-op--but I think you can give it some more time before being too concerned. Of course check in with your doc as needed. Happy holidays--hope yours are peaceful and healing.

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Hi
Thank you so very much for your response. glad to know that I just need to take time and not worry about people's expectations of me. I also have a compression fracture in my spine. Which it was tolerable, but since surgery i'm having a lot of pain again very frustrating. I am doing my walking in my apartment building. So I use the stairs and go up to the sixth floor and walk on each floor twice. Merry christmas to you also.

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