OP Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,844 | For sometime now I've been experiencing extreme fatigue/exhaustion. I finished my chemo and radiation treatments almost 1 year ago and my surgery was in June of 08. I lost a total of 70lbs during treatment, mostly muscle and mostly from my legs and butt. The surgery removed a lot of tissue from my cheek and jaw as well as replacing my jaw with my tibia.
The issues I'm having seem to be related to physical activity, after a good day of feeling good and being active, physical therapy, workouts, etc...I go down for several days before I feel that I have enough energy to even get out of bed. I have a severe intollerance to cold as well.
I had my thyroid tested and the results came back normal, I decided to go to a General Practitioning doctor instead of my ENT to get another opinion and maybe an entire body prognosis as opposed to just having to do with my cancer. The doctor seems to believe it is depression, which I totally disagree with. I have had my depressed moments during this ordeal, who hasn't right, but I've been through depression before and this feeling of fatigue and exhaustion is not it. It's crushing really, I've tried getting up, taking hot showers, caffiene, walking around and all for naught. The doctor did order more blood work at least, so maybe I get answers there, but I'm wondering if anyone else has any ideas or has experienced extreme exhaustion not related to a thyroid condition? Any ideas would be appreciated
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