Heather, (and David)
You know that's interesting about your fatigue. This week I was listening online to a broadcast about radiation in general, and how fatigue goes right along with it. I cannot say that I slept anymore during radiation treatment. The advice I heard on the broadcast was to fight the fatigue with exercise, and that it would perhaps make the radiation more effective, and you would rebound from it better as well. I did try to take a walk every day, more for mood therapy than anything.
The radiation oncologist on the broadcast even explained some of the theory why radiation made a person fatigued . . . something about radiation and protein changes. I know you need to push the protein.
Best,
Anne
SCC tongue 9/2010, excised w/clear margins:8 X 4 mm, 1 mm deep
Neck Met, 10/2010, 1 cm lymph node; 12/21/'10: Neck Diss 30 nodes, 29 clear, micro ECE node, part tongue gloss, no residual scc
IMRT & 6 cisplatin 1/20/11-2/28/11 at MDA
GIST tumor sarcoma, removed 9/2011, no chemo needed
Clear on both counts as of Fall, 2021
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