Hi i finished treatment in May 2007 and have been back at work full time since August. I thought by now i would have more energy but find i am both physically and mentally tired. I have started to feel as tired as i did on chemo. I just wondered if anyone else felt the same way. My bones ache so i was given a bone scan that showed an increase in the uptake of dye on my rib but onc said this did not look like cancer but arthritis. I then had a liver ultrasound that said they couldn’t see signs of spread but that my liver looked coarse but they are not concerned. My work at the moment involves providing palliative care to someone with secondary cancer and i am finding that hard as well this is not usually something i would do in my line of work. I just thought by now my energy levels would be up so I am starting to think the worst. Everyone thinks i should be happy my treatment is over but I’m not when i was having chemo i felt safer. sorry for going on but just wondered how others felt after treatment.
Bluebells
Hi Bluebells.
I finished treatment in May 2007 too after almost a year of surgery, chemo and rads. My energy levels have been improving, but oh so slowly. I would say that I am functioning at about 60% - 70% of my pre-bc level and have to plan carefully what I do and when…and I don’t work.
I asked my onc about this and he said that, as a rule of thumb, he would expect the tiredness to continue after treatment for around the same length of time as the treatment itself…and that the battering our bodies have had often takes longer to recover from than we expect…so May 2008 for me. I am also on Arimidex which may be a contributory factor.
Hope that helps
annie x