Hi to All, I’m new here but not new to BC. My 3rd bc showed in my lymph nodes so now I’m diagnosed metastatic. With it comes new treatments; shots and Verzenio.
The everyday fatigue from the medications is hard to manage-actually not that I can’t but it’s changed my once active life to a way slowed down one. I didn’t realize that cancer treatment fatigue is not at all like the fatigue I’d feel after managing a lot at work or after a holiday celebration. I’d rest and my energy would come back. This new fatigue is always there if I don’t distract myself. I feel it would help me and others to have a new word or more accurate description of how bone tired we actually are. Thanks for listening!
Hi. I’m on my 4th BC, it’s in a lymph node on my chest wall and it’s inoperable and incurable. Like you, I suffer from the fatigue. I’m now retired so can rest whenever I want, but the thought of going out anywhere fills me with dread as I just don’t have the energy. My days are filled with lying in my recliner and playing games on my phone and because of this I feel lazy and feel I should be out in the garden enjoying the nice weather but I just can’t be bothered. I do manage to walk to the bottom of our garden (it’s a big garden) to feed the birds everyday, do the washing up and feed the dog. I haven’t got the energy to cook so just have snacks. Although my cancer is incurable now, it’s treatable and not terminal as yet. I’m on my second bout of capecitabine. Treatment is going well. The cancer was dormant for 9 months but has now woken up again which is why I’m back on chemo. It’s helpful to me to know I’m not alone in this relentless fatigue.
