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chemo side effects

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I've had four chemo treatments after being diagnosed with stage 3 endometrial cancer.  Following my fourth treatment I am feeling completely debilitated. Nauseous , diarrhoea and extreme fatigue . I can control the first two but don't know how to overcome the fatigue.  Will I ever regain my former strength? What should I do? I feel like I'm in a swamp, trying to make my way out of it and not making any progress.

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    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 

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    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 

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