I had endometrial cancer and total hysterectomy end of 2021. No further treatment at that time and felt good fairly quickly after. August 2023 I had a recurrence in the omentum and had chemo until end of January 2024. All side effects gone, apart from extreme fatigue, which built up during the chemo but doesn’t seem to have gone much over the past 8 weeks. Finding it both frustrating and restricting, as my mind wants me to get back to normal but my body says no. I’m really trying to push myself and make lists of achievable things each day plus I’m at work full time again but any chance I get I need to sit down and/or sleep. Hoping it’s just a matter of time. Can’t have HRT due to the estrogen so interested too in how others cope. Good luck with your journey too x 

Hi Mousie888, thank you for your reply. It’s so frustrating, I can totally empathise with what you are going through. It’s a battle everyday, I can see everything around me that needs doing but just haven’t got the energy to do it. I hope things begin to improve for you soon x

I have cancer related fatigue a year after finishing all the chemo for ovarian cancer.  It has if anything got worse over the last month.  Just wondering if yours eventually got better and if so after how long?

I have cancer related fatigue a year after finishing all the chemo for ovarian cancer.  It has if anything got worse over the last month.  Just wondering if yours eventually got better and if so after how long?

Good morning, I’m so sorry to hear you are struggling with fatigue. I was battling with fatigue and decided to do some investigating as knew something wasn’t right. I had a sleep study done and it transpires I have mild sleep apnea. I have started cpap therapy and the exhaustion has lifted. I was blaming the cancer treatment but I think this has been the underlying cause. Please let your cancer team know how you are feeling, it’s so debilitating when you are suffering with fatigue. 

By coincidence I’ve been using a CPAP for over 30 years.

There’s a risk of assuming our comorbidities are all cancer related. e.g. my stage 2 diabetes may or may not be a side-effect of chemo, more likely to be down to me eating too much of the wrong sort of food. 

Absolutely. I was convinced the fatigue was from cancer treatment but had to investigate the possibility of it been something else and after a lot of elimination it was sleep apnea.