I finished my last session of Docetaxel 4 weeks ago and I don’t feel I’m recovering my fitness. Am I being over ambitious? I started to feel stronger about 2 weeks after my last dose but now at 4 weeks I don’t feel I have made any further progress. Most everyday activities are ok but sometimes just walking up the stairs makes me short of breath and my thigh muscles burn when I exert myself. I was very fit before treatment and maintained a low level of fitness during treatment but now feel less able to exercise than I did during treatment.
Tracy’p give your bc nurse a ring and have a chat with them about the breathlessness, your team are there for you with anything. We all have different ‘ping’ back journeys do don’t put too much pressure on yourself ???Shi xx
I had my final treatment 4 weeks ago and I’m having exactly the symptoms that you describe. I’ve been very down as I expected to feel better than this.
How are you feeling now?
I don’t know whether to ring nurse as I may be experiencing too much, too soon. I can’t imagine feeling normal again. I start radiotherapy next week too.
