Unbelievable fatigue

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etherize
etherize Member Posts: 423
edited June 2014 in Radiation Therapy - Before, During, and After

I finished rads 3 weeks ago and I know fatigue can continue weeks, even months after rads end (I got the book and I read it).  

But I didn't expect to be THIS tired.  It takes ALL my energy to take a shower (a 15-minute affair turns into 45 minutes), I'm just as tired in the morning as I was when I went to bed, and a nap doesn't do a thing.  I am literally dragging myself from room to room. I can't even stand up straight, I'm so bleeping tired!

Oh, I have managed to take a (grueling) 30 minute walk each day (except today) and I take my cats out for 20 minutes.  That's it for me.  I am TOTALLY wiped out afterwards.  After that, I spend hours trying to get up the energy to take a shower.

I have a co-morbidity that causes fatigue so maybe that's why it's hitting me so hard but this is just mind-boggling.  I am going to drag myself into the clinic (I hope) tomorrow to get a blood test to see if I have anemia on top of regular fatigue.  But I'm pretty sure the test will show nothing.

Have any of you experience fatigue of this magnitude after rads and how long did it last? 

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  • FLislander
    FLislander Member Posts: 243
    edited July 2012

    Etherize

    I was so exhausted by radiation and we were about the same time, just finished two weeks ago. I had 2 good days since then that I accomplished things, but other than that I've just been recovering. The RO said it would be 6 weeks before I had my energy back and that's not really factoring in the surgery and chemo. Thinking 6 months... I'm just taking it as it comes. Maybe blood work will show something. This heat is outrageous this summer also. Just take it easy and recharge those batteries!

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  • etherize
    etherize Member Posts: 423
    edited July 2012

    FLislander, thanks for the response.  It's good to know I'm not the only one in this boat.  It's really frustrating, though -- I was so anxious for treatment to be over so I could start living my life.  And now it's no treatment and no life ... yet. ;)

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