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Post radiation after breast cancer
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I am 20 months post radiation treatment for breast cancer dcis and I was doing really well my fatigue felt better I have been exercising doing weights and all of a sudden I am totally leveled again I just don't get it has anyone else had this experience with the fatigue coming back. I can't say it was totally gone but I was doing much better and feeling good.
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Sometimes, it felt like I was in a fog. Then it clears and I wonder what that was all about!
I learned to live with the roller coaster of ups and downs and identify when I was in a slump. That’s when it’s time to give yourself a little extra TLC!
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3 Reactions@beyourownadvocate
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How long have been done treatment ? I get the fog thing for sure.
@sue417
It’s only been eight days! I know I don’t have much to base my experience on, but I have been looking forward to this for so long! So I’m in uncharted territory.
So much information is available about treatment side effects, but little for post treatment effects/recovery.
I’m 70, so am curious as to what symptoms are due to anastrozole and what are caused by natural ageing. Maybe due to the interruption of cancer, I may never know the natural process.
Forgive me for boasting, but I’m just glad to be through it!
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2 Reactions@beyourownadvocate
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You're in very early days my fatigue didn't hit me until 3 weeks after I was home. I did not take an AI. I found a very good group online they do zoom meetings Mondays and Fridays you can go on and join breast cancer.org . Once you get into it you can sign up for the meetings the ones that are done treatment. Good luck 🤞
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1 ReactionHow are you keeping the breast cancer from coming back if you are not taking aromatherapy inhibitors ?
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1 Reaction@mocheta
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Well I was very lucky because I was dcis ER pr positive Her 2 negative and stage 0.
It was enclosed in my milk ducts so they removed it and I did not have anything in my glands under my arm they only had to remove one and it was negative.
It was not mandatory for me to take an AI I did try tamoxifen for 3 weeks but could not tolerate it I already have osteoporosis and I have three compression fractures in my spine so basically it was my choice and my doctors were fine with that.
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I am 2 yrs post treatment this April.
I am feeling better my energy is getting better but the day after I workout I am so wiped out and feel crappy. Is anyone else have this happen 2 yrs out.
I was diagnosed with DCIS in 2002 the year my was a college senior. Two lumpectomies and 30 fractions of radiation later, I was finished with all treatments! I was 56 at that time. Through the years my mamos were clear. Then in 2024 my husband of 55 years filed for divorce, I was 77, and I was diagnosed with ILC!
My surgeon recommended a mastectomy and reconstruction, but I refused both. I feel terrific w/o a husband and w/o any type of treatment! I fully comprehend how fortunate I am to and continue to do whatever I can to help and support others. I do a huge amount of my own research on my condition to keep updated about possible new treatments in the pipeline.I’ll turn 80 in 2 months, having outlived my mother by 16 years. She died of uterine cancer back in the dark ages (1981). I live by an entire set of new mantras. Here’s just one …
“Do or do not, there is no try: YODA”
You can too, just keep doing the very best you can and thank (God or whatever power you rely on) for each day that you can continue to DO!
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I took me over a year to get past fatigue. What helped me was/is acupuncture. I continue to receive treatment on monthly basis. I also do pranayama and healthy yoga.