Anemia after breast cancer treatment?

yes i have extreme fatigue , had 3 weeks radiation , after 6 months chemo. finished radiation 4 months ago . but still very tired . but i'm older woman so that may contribute more . feeling more tired now than 3 months ago .

Did you have surgical removal of cancer before your radiation or was the radiation used to kill the cancer cells.

I had 2 surgeries 1 in Dec breast and 1 in Feb sentinal nodes then radiation after that.

Hi
Wondering if anyone else out there after they're done radiation treatment ends up being anemic. I never had issues ever in my life.Since my radiation ended in april i'm very anemic And on iron , but it still is not coming up. It has been nine months since my treatment ended.

@sue417,
I am sure it is frustrating to finish treatment and want to feel like you did prior to treatment. I have been treated for anemic in past, but it was during chemo and due to malabsorption after bariatric surgery, not radiation.

When my ferritin drops very low, just taking oral iron is not enough and the providers usually order iron infusions. Once it is back to normal, then I take Vitron C, or generic version to maintain my iron.

Beside blood test to check your ferritin level, have the doctors run any other tests?

My hemaglobin, hematocrit were back to normal in November my rbc was almost there. Then my surgeon decided I needed to have a colonoscopy, and gastro so I had to go off my supplements for 2 weeks. Now everything has dropped again. So I I was speaking to my friend who's a nurse and she said because I went off the supplement.That's probably why it dropped again. I had only been on it two months. I will see what the doctor says next week When I
Go for my follow up. My ferritin is also low.