Hello Blossom35,

I am sorry to hear you are suffering such debilitating side effects following your fourth chemotherapy treatment. We have some detailed information on chemotherapy side effects here which I hope will be useful to you. In particular, we do have some advice on coping with fatigue. Find out more about the tiredness you are experiencing here.  We also have information on fatigue from cancer drugs in this page and you can also read more about treating cancer fatigue here .

I would also recommend you give our lovely cancer nurses a call on this free number 0808 800 4040, Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm. I am sure they will have some good tips for you to help you control this fatigue. You can also ask them any question in their Ask the Nurses topic area.

I am sure some of our forum members have also experienced similar side effects following chemotherapy and I hope they will have some helpful suggestions for you.

Best wishes,

Lucie, Cancer Chat Moderator

Hi Blosom,

I guess no-one else has replied because it's difficult to generalise due to each chemo regime being different and all of our bodies responding differently to them.

My own experience was that the side effects from my own chemo accumulated with each cycle. I took time off work during the later cycles as I just needed to sleep for a couple of days after the infusions.

The good news is that when I came off chemo my body bounced back within a few weeks and within a few months I'd recovered my stamina too. As I say, everyone's experience is different.

I hope this helps.
Dave 

It may be wise to have your blood levels checked. Chemo can affect them badly and your treatment may need adjusting.  I am sure your GP can help you with it. Good luck x