Fatigue and insomnia, post radiotherapy??

I seem to have developed chronic fatigue and insomnia a few weeks after radiotherapy for breast cancer has finished.
Is this normal? I feeling very wiped out either it all and able to do less and less.
When will things improve?  
Thank you in advance. 

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  • Hi MegorT

    Fatigue is quite normal after radiotherapy. Your body is working hard to repair the treated area and at this stage in treatment you have mentally and emotioally been through a lot of trauma. My own experience is rhat the two weeks after treatment finishes are the worst then things very gradually get better over the coming months. You can help yourself by eating a heathy diet with a little extra protein. Meat fish beans nuts eggs. Have a regular bedtime and getting up time. Gentle excercise like walking each day. Rest when needed but not long daytime naps. You will get your energy back maybe not 100 percent but nearly there.

    Ed

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  • Hi MegorT

    Fatigue is quite normal after radiotherapy. Your body is working hard to repair the treated area and at this stage in treatment you have mentally and emotioally been through a lot of trauma. My own experience is rhat the two weeks after treatment finishes are the worst then things very gradually get better over the coming months. You can help yourself by eating a heathy diet with a little extra protein. Meat fish beans nuts eggs. Have a regular bedtime and getting up time. Gentle excercise like walking each day. Rest when needed but not long daytime naps. You will get your energy back maybe not 100 percent but nearly there.

    Ed

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