Fatigue

Fatigue is finally what drove me to retirement. It can be debilitating.

Sometimes fatigue is chemo, sometimes it is cancer. Perhaps indelicate, but does your dad have diarrhea? That can cause major fatigue from nutrition loss and dehydration.

When on chemo, i take naps. Chemo is killing healthy cells as well so sometimes your body needs to rest from all the cells it is trying to repair.

I also dont sleep so well when on chemo, the constant trips to the bathroom, the dry mouth all mean that I am tired when I get up.

Hope that helps.
KRis

Kay…….in addition too the answers Jamie has provided, I am sure for many more to come your way. Don’t hesitate to repost your questions as sometimes the threads become lost. You can also use the “Search Function” on top of the page in order to read up on previous discussions regarding fatigue. Simply enter “Fatigue” (no author needed) and read away.
Good luck and my best to your Dad. The fatigue may very well lessen within a certain time and then become dominant again, within a few days post chemotherapy. That seems to be the way it happens to most people. After a while those “off” days become predictable.
Marion