Fatigue swings

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erin_t
erin_t Member Posts: 77
edited September 2019 in Radiation Therapy - Before, During, and After

Last week was my second to last week of rads and I started it feeling surprisingly good, barely any fatigue at all. Got through the week. By Friday afternoon I was tired, by Saturday I was as exhausted as I had been in chemo.

I'm a little bit better today (last week of rads) but the weekend was a nightmare.

Has anyone experienced this? I was cheered up when I was feeling good, like yay I'm not going to be incapacitated for much longer. Then I was crushed.

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  • Ingerp
    Ingerp Member Posts: 2,624
    edited September 2019

    erin--I found that the days I had fatigue were typically after I'd had a really big day the day before. For me, at least, it had more to do with my activity level than how long I'd been in treatment.

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  • erin_t
    erin_t Member Posts: 77
    edited September 2019

    I wonder. I didn't do anything really active during the week, just went to work. Which admittedly I hadn't been doing much lately.


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  • Spoonie77
    Spoonie77 Member Posts: 925
    edited September 2019

    Fatigue was awful for me, progressively worse as RADs wore on. Didn't matter if I rested all day or if got out and had a walk, etc. I don't think the fatigue lifted for me for 2 months or so afterwards. Granted I had severe SEs the entire time, lost most of the skin on my nipple,and developed Breast LE from my treatments. I think it's different for everyone but swings of fatigue sounds normalish to me. Rest when you can and try to move, walk, and stretch along the way. I found it helpful.

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  • erin_t
    erin_t Member Posts: 77
    edited September 2019

    Thanks spoonie. I hope it doesn't take that long. I have four treatments to go and only just got some peeling. Aside from the fatigue it's been uneventful. Even that wasn't too bad until a few weeks ago. It was awful during chemo. And then of course you get mad about it because everyone says rads is easier. Well. I guess it was. Boy it's a long road.

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  • Yogatyme
    Yogatyme Member Posts: 2,349
    edited September 2019

    Erin t. I am 6 weeks post op and have not had any other treatments and I am having the same labile energy issues. Will feel great one day and fatigued the next and doesn’t seem to be affected by activity level.

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  • erin_t
    erin_t Member Posts: 77
    edited September 2019

    Thanks yogatyme, I'm sorry it's happening to you but at least we're not alone in it.

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