New to the group seeing help with fatigue

divablu
divablu Member Posts: 75
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
I have just finished my first round of chemo. Next week I start taxol. The last two A/C chemos have thrown me through a loop, fatigue and nausea (what else is new!). Actully the fatigue is pretty bad. I feel best laying in bed. Yesterday I just didn't have the strength to move ... honestly. I'm wondering if depression is also part of this.

My story ... on June 21 of this year I took my wonderful Arab mare, Diva, to a show. Felt strong and good. On June 27, my birthday I found a large lump in my left breast. On September 12 I had a mastectomy and lumptectomy, and in October I started chemo. I keep saying "life comes at you fast sometimes".

Will I get my strength back? Will I be active again?

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  • chenheart
    chenheart Member Posts: 5,159
    #2
    Hello!
    Welcome to the Club you never wanted to join!!!! In a nutshell YES~ you absolutely will get your strength back again~ we get it all back: our Hair ( mine needs serious cutting every 6 weeks) our energy ( I recently did a half-marathon)our sexuality ( no explanation needed!)
    we just get our lives back~HOORAY!!!!
    This is one helluva journey with bumps in the road, to be sure. The Good News is: Now that you have found us, you are not doing the journey alone! I dare say there is no situation/emotion/treatment/ etc you will not experience that we haven't gone through as well.

    Hugs...and post often; you are one of us now!

    Claudia
  • KathiM
    KathiM Member Posts: 8,028 Member
    #3
    Yes and yes!!!!!!
    Diva sounds like one GRAND horse!!!

    Yes, life does come fast, but if you're hopping and skipping along anyway, well...

    I am 2 1/2 years post any treatment. I got the 2-fer...stage III rectal followed 6 months later by stage II breast. I am just back from 13 days in Turkey (the country...although, I also ate turkey last week...lol) and am preparing for Holland on Christmas day for 3 weeks.
    If I can, at age 53 (take note, ladies...I don't share my age often...lol), sucessfully use a 'squattie pottie', well, you can do anything!

    The best advice I give is to treat your body like a warm, comfortable old friend. Keep very hydrated.

    BTW, I'm dancing that you are through the A/C....I skipped my last one of four due to heart trouble...Taxol was given slowly (my nurse HATED me...took 6 hours) but I took it all with much less trouble than Adriamycin....

    Welcome to our family!

    Hugs, Kathi
  • divablu
    divablu Member Posts: 75
    #4
    KathiM said:

    Yes and yes!!!!!!
    Diva sounds like one GRAND horse!!!

    Yes, life does come fast, but if you're hopping and skipping along anyway, well...

    I am 2 1/2 years post any treatment. I got the 2-fer...stage III rectal followed 6 months later by stage II breast. I am just back from 13 days in Turkey (the country...although, I also ate turkey last week...lol) and am preparing for Holland on Christmas day for 3 weeks.
    If I can, at age 53 (take note, ladies...I don't share my age often...lol), sucessfully use a 'squattie pottie', well, you can do anything!

    The best advice I give is to treat your body like a warm, comfortable old friend. Keep very hydrated.

    BTW, I'm dancing that you are through the A/C....I skipped my last one of four due to heart trouble...Taxol was given slowly (my nurse HATED me...took 6 hours) but I took it all with much less trouble than Adriamycin....

    Welcome to our family!

    Hugs, Kathi

    Thank for the support. I'm
    Thanks for the support.

    I'm 56 ... share the ages! And before the breast cancer I was healthier and stronger than I've been in years! Currently, I'm down 10 pounds since treatment started. The weight loss I don't mind. I looking forward to getting some energy back.

    Kathi ... You Go Girl! Enjoy Holland at Christmas. How exciting.
  • divablu
    divablu Member Posts: 75
    #5
    chenheart said:

    Hello!
    Welcome to the Club you never wanted to join!!!! In a nutshell YES~ you absolutely will get your strength back again~ we get it all back: our Hair ( mine needs serious cutting every 6 weeks) our energy ( I recently did a half-marathon)our sexuality ( no explanation needed!)
    we just get our lives back~HOORAY!!!!
    This is one helluva journey with bumps in the road, to be sure. The Good News is: Now that you have found us, you are not doing the journey alone! I dare say there is no situation/emotion/treatment/ etc you will not experience that we haven't gone through as well.

    Hugs...and post often; you are one of us now!

    Claudia

    I'm hoping my hair comes
    I'm hoping my hair comes back red and curley! My father had curley hair and all us kids got was brown and staight.

    A half marathon ... WOW! I manage to make it out to the barn in the morning to feed the horses (2). My husband feeds at night.

    I see a light at the end of the tunnel.

    Many thanks,Claudia.
  • mmontero38
    mmontero38 Member Posts: 1,510
    #6
    Welcome Diva to our club and
    Welcome Diva to our club and sorry to have to welcome you here as it means you too are fighting the beast. You will find a great group of women and men here on this board. I was diagnosed on June 1, 2007 and went through a radical mastectomy on June 7th, 2007 1 month before my 49th birthday. I went through 8 rounds of cytoxan, adriamycin and 5FU. The first few weren't too bad but it got progressively worse after each infusion and I survived them. Sometimes I ask myself how I did it but I guess we do what we must do to fight this beast and survive. You will get your strength back and you will be active. I just joined a gym so that I can start working out and getting into a more healthy life style. Your body has been through a lot and it needs time to regroup. Try eating healthy foods and if you are done with chemo ask your oncologist if you should be taking a multi vitamin. Mine had me taking a multi during chemo. Have him check your vitamin D levels, as it seems that low doses of it can also cause fatigue and muscle and joint pain. Keep us posted. Hugs, Lili
  • Joycelouise
    Joycelouise Member Posts: 482
    #7
    Hi! I am over a year from
    Hi! I am over a year from my DX. My energy came back. Even my spirits came back. And I was pretty low at times. This board made a big difference to me. Please come see us often when you need a friend. Today I was thinking that "Hey, I feel good!". I never thought I would again. I thought I would have liked to have known when I was in TX and dispairing that it would be okay one day. Why didn't anyone tell me? And then I realized...everyone told me so. I just couldn't believe it.
    Believe it, sweetie! You're going to get through this. love ya, Joyce

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