Fatigue after cancer treatment - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- Getting back to full strength can take some time after cancer treatment ends. Learn strategies to hep cancer survivors deal with fatigue from Dr. William Pirl of Massachusetts General Hospital. More: www.dana-farber...
Thank for this video. I thought I was alone in dealing with this.
I beat stage 3 lung cancer and I thought "this is the new me?". I just call it having good days and bad days. So many emotions go through my mind. Some good, some bad. Have a very hard time dealing with my emotions. Feel weak most of the time. I force myself to try and stay somewhat busy but have yet to find any satisfaction. At this time I'm probably good for about 3-4 hours a day if I do not exert myself, ( steady, slow, pace). Latest project is repairing and remodeling an 05 travel trailer. I get frustrated because I not as fast as I used to be and self motivation has become very hard. I have a hard time dealing with the heat. Am also on medications I wish I didnt have to take. Just keep thinking I'LL eventually get better but its going on 4 years and I feel Im about 65% of my old self. I dont expect 100% but would like to enjoy my life as God has spared me for some reason.
I am really tired, weak, don't have much appetite and have a low fever right now. Did you experience that? And how did you find out about your cancer?
@@justina9914 I worked as an industrial hydraulics technican. Built heavy machinery for the offshore industry. My first indications something was wrong was rapid weight loss, no matter what or how much I ate I was still loosing weight. Then came severe fatique. I went to my GP doctor and told him, 'I must be run down from working so much and thought I needed a shot of B-12. He sent me for X-rays and a couple other test. Got a call from him wanting to see me. When I got to his office He told me he was sending me to a specialist and not to go back to work that day. He never said the word cancer but I ended up having three days of 'out patient' testing at the hospital. Met with the doctor that did the testing on 9/2/14. He told me it was lung cancer in my right lung, surgery was not an option because of the location, all they could do was treat me with chemo and radiation. When I asked him about my chances he told me 'without treatment I give you about 90 days. I entered treatment and the fight was on. The absolute worst time of my life. Chemo and radiation in massive doses kept me sick the whole time. I went from 226# to 152# over the course of my treatments. Developed blood clots in my lung, was admitted to the hospital, went into a coma for 4 days. It all just seemed like a bad dream, I didn't know if I was alive or not, I think I just forced myself into a 'robotic mode', made my treatments each day, lived in a recliner or bed at home, had been put in oxygen so I pertty much stayed inside, had no energy, or appetite, I basically was just 'existing'. When they told me I was in remission things started to get better, I was still weak and forced myself to start doing stort walks. Dr. had me enter a physical rehab program. I went every other day for 3-1/2 mths. Then after having yet another CT Scan I was informed the 'cancer' had resolved itself on 2/9/16. I was cancer free. T it has taken a long time and a lot of determination to get where Im at now. I'll never be 100% but I'm alive, am fairly active, and able to enjoy life with my family and friends. I am still on medications, some for pain, some to keep my blood in order, wish I didn't have to be tied to a doctor but I am still seeing them, they test me now every six months, so far all has been good. It was a very bad time in the beginning but with determination it has gotton better. I have accepted I will never be 100% but am very thankful that I am Alive. Only thing now is I want to return to work but my body is not strong enough, I tire easily. My right lung is damaged, was told only lower 1/3 of the lung actually works so any extra physical activity I give out fast, my oxygen capacity is now decreased. If I over exert myself my lungs cannot supply enough oxygen into my blood to sustain more than moderate activity. Life is what it is at this point but I'm not ever giving up, just still learning to do things slower and with more determination.
@@jamesmoore3346 just finished a year of immunotherapy myself after stage 3, right along the bronchial tube.
Nice to know there may be a day I won't need to take one of those 5 hour energy drinks just to get the dishes done
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