Overwhelming fatigue

[Janeyruss]

Hey I’m new to this but just wanted to see if anyone feels/has felt like I do. I had a lumpectomy in February then 4 weeks of radiotherapy which I finished 4 weeks ago. I’ve been taking Tamoxifen for about 6 weeks. I had a couple of weeks of fatigue at the end of my radiotherapy but bounced back pretty quick. So I thought I was over the worst, but then 1 week ago this overwhelming fatigue has hit me. My brain feels like it’s going to explode, my eyes ache and the worst bit is I literally can’t think. Trying to string a sentence together is impossible. I’m on phased return to work but am struggling to do the simplest things. It’s so distressing and frustrating especially when I don’t know how long it will go on for.

Friends and family think you should be back to normal but I’m feeling worse and don’t want to make a fuss.

Has anyone else experienced this and can offer any advice?

J

 

[Shi]

Hi j, I’m not on tamoxifen but a few ladies I know are and I think different brands of tamoxifen can either suit them better or not. Please ring the nurse line on bcc and also speak to your unit too And you make a blooming fuss as much as you like because you are the one who has had the journey and you know if something isn’t right Glad you’ve popped on and not tried to battle through alone ?hope that helps a bit ??Shi xx

[catbee22]

Hi

I know this was a while ago but did you start to feel better or get to the bottom of it as I could have written that exact same post! with the same sort of timings too.