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Still tired after 4 years?

User4426
User4426 CSN Member Posts: 1
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
I've been done with treatments; surgery, chemo, and radiation for 4 years now, and I still get really tired after physical activity like mowing the grass. My heart just races; does anyone else experience this?
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  • hummingbrd
    hummingbrd CSN Member Posts: 6
    #2
    my sister who is now out 3 and 1/2 yrs from her treatment complains of the same thing...she is on Tamoxifen and is now starting to think it is that...are you on Tamoxifen???
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  • mc2001
    mc2001 CSN Member Posts: 343
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    Hi User4426!
    I am not a breasts but a leukemia survivor. I was diagnosed when I was 21 and I am now 29. 7 years remission. I also had chemo, radiation, surgery and I am still on disability for chronic fatigue and short term memory loss. I also get tired after activities. Some days, just getting ready in the morning (shower, dress...) is a lot and I have to sit and catch my energies. Also, there are others here with chronic fatigue. Hope this helps. Take care.
    -Michael
    PS: Now DROP and give me 30 push-ups! heehee just kidding :-)
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  • DeeNY711
    DeeNY711 CSN Member Posts: 476 Member
    #4
    My pulse is usually over 100 while I am sitting quietly in a chair. I hate to think of what it might reach when I am huffing and puffing my way to radiation therapy, or worse, to the lab on the other side of the hospital. I just finished chemo August 7. Oncology seems to gravitate toward a philosophy that as long as you are alive and moving, let's not get too picky about the specifics. However, since you are concerned, mention it to the oncologist and ask for some illumination. Then, come back and tell me what the oncologist said. Love, Denise
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  • rizzo15
    rizzo15 CSN Member Posts: 153 Member
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    One of the side effects of A/C chemo can be permanent heart damage if they accidentally step over your "lifetime" dose during treatment. I read this stuff about lifetime doses of treatment and think that everyone reacts to drugs differently and the lifetime dose is a conservative estimate that is an average for everyone. I don't know if there is a treadmill test for checking for heart damage though.
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