Hi Helsbels

I'm sorry to hear your mum has cancer. Fatigue plagues all of us with cancer. It is one thing that really lowers the quality of life along with pain and disability. A good night time sleep routine is essential, early to bed early to rise, a dark quiet cool bedroom helps. This is easier said than done if pain or anxiety keeps you awake. Also getting a nap during the day is good, but at a regular time each day and for a limited time, otherwise night time sleep is affected. A good healthy diet too helps, cut out junk food. Also some excercise is essential, whatever she can physically manage.  Taking a walk, household chores, doing some stretching excercise etc, just getting up and about will give her more energy through the day. A medicine called Modafinal can gently promote day time wakefulness, while not usually prescribed for cancer fatigue, it is prescribed for sleep apnoea and for shift workers who's sleep routine is disturbed. I had it for a few weeks while suffering debilitating fatigue during radiotherapy, it did help. Hope this is of some help. Kim

Hi Helsbels

I'm sorry to hear your mum has cancer. Fatigue plagues all of us with cancer. It is one thing that really lowers the quality of life along with pain and disability. A good night time sleep routine is essential, early to bed early to rise, a dark quiet cool bedroom helps. This is easier said than done if pain or anxiety keeps you awake. Also getting a nap during the day is good, but at a regular time each day and for a limited time, otherwise night time sleep is affected. A good healthy diet too helps, cut out junk food. Also some excercise is essential, whatever she can physically manage.  Taking a walk, household chores, doing some stretching excercise etc, just getting up and about will give her more energy through the day. A medicine called Modafinal can gently promote day time wakefulness, while not usually prescribed for cancer fatigue, it is prescribed for sleep apnoea and for shift workers who's sleep routine is disturbed. I had it for a few weeks while suffering debilitating fatigue during radiotherapy, it did help. Hope this is of some help. Kim