Hello there . My partner finished chemo over 10 weeks ago but is still very fatigued. He is sleeping about 20 hours a day and eating very little. I'm most concerned, he is ashen and has muscle wastage.Is this normal . It was for Prostate cancer.
I am sorry to hear about your partners situation, this must be difficult to see him like this.
Chemotherapy affects people in different ways and whilst most patients will start to feel better a few weeks after the last cycle some side effects can last much longer. We have a section of informationabout side effects of chemotherapyon our website.
However I think that it is worth mentioning how your partner is to his specialist team or GP as they may wish to run some bloods to make sure everything is okay and there isn't anything else causing this.
I hope he starts to turn a positive corner soon.
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