Cancer has so many misconceptions around it. Before my wife got cancer we thought how most other thought. That people with cancer are deathly thin, your skin gets that deathly grey hue to it, you sleep all the time.

Well, my wife put on weight, her skin looked the best it had for years (she suffers from bad eczema at times and the chemo got rid of that), and she suffered greatly with insomnia. Insomnia remained for around a year after treatment had ceased.

The truth is, the only time you people usually get thin is if the cancer (no idea about blood cancers) is late stage or affecting your appetite/digestion. The tiredness is also greatly affected by the type and stage of the cancer.

My wife's cancer was very locally advanced upon diagnosis and she had been exhausted, but she had also been very busy running after her elderly parents. The oncologist stated one or 2 lumps in her breast wouldn't cause fatigue. Fatigue is usually reserved for systematic cancers such as blood cancers and advanced cancers.

Can't edit the above post. But regarding the last paragraph, people who have internal bleeding can also have fatigue due to anaemia. Supposedly can be quite common in bowel cancers.

Can't edit the above post. But regarding the last paragraph, people who have internal bleeding can also have fatigue due to anaemia. Supposedly can be quite common in bowel cancers.

Thank you for your reply.

Sending good luck wishes to your wife