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4 months since I finished treatment and I'm exhausted. Has anyone else struggled with fatigue?

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Hello, I’m just wondering if anyone can relate. It’s been four months since I finished chemotherapy, radiotherapy and brachytherapy which was given over 5 weeks. Thankfully I didn’t have too many side effects but currently going through the menopause and started HRT. I am really struggling with exhaustion. No matter how much sleep I get (sleeping for around 12 hours each night) I crave even more. Energy levels are zero. I’m due back at work this week, worried about how I’m going to manage. Has anyone else struggled with fatigue? Any advice would be much appreciated. 

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    Hi, i had a total hysterectomy and double oophorectomy coming up 2 year ago and the fatigue was terrible. I took HRT but it did nothing for me and i kept getting told to take more by my GP.

    To cut a long story short i now have breast cancer, possibly from the HRT so stopped it straight away. I felt so much better, had more energy and not so tired when I stopped it. I know not everyone is the same but this was my experience and I kept asking how I  knew if the HRT was doing was doing any good but kept getting told to take more.

    I hope your fatigue lessons soon x

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    Hi, i had a total hysterectomy and double oophorectomy coming up 2 year ago and the fatigue was terrible. I took HRT but it did nothing for me and i kept getting told to take more by my GP.

    To cut a long story short i now have breast cancer, possibly from the HRT so stopped it straight away. I felt so much better, had more energy and not so tired when I stopped it. I know not everyone is the same but this was my experience and I kept asking how I  knew if the HRT was doing was doing any good but kept getting told to take more.

    I hope your fatigue lessons soon x

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