Great article and very helpful. I just finished 15 months of treatment in October for TN breast cancer and the fatigue from chemo, radiation, and immunotherapy still plague me. I’ve always been an over-achiever and now I just want to rest. All the time. I’m learning the balance.
Well done on finishing treatment, Kathie. Fifteen months is a long time, you deserve all the rest. Fellow overachiever here - I still struggle to give myself grace when I’m tired, but I’m slowly getting there.
I was also terrible at rest until my cancer diagnosis. I had to rest after surgery and through radiation and then this year being on hormone therapy, and the resultant fatigue has meant that it’s been the first year I can ever remember where I rested without guilt.
I hear you on the fatigue with hormone therapy. I’m on letrozole, and I’m definitely more tired on it. I’m really glad you’re giving yourself permission to rest. It’s sobering that it takes a cancer diagnosis to make us slow down and listen to our bodies.
Great article and very helpful. I just finished 15 months of treatment in October for TN breast cancer and the fatigue from chemo, radiation, and immunotherapy still plague me. I’ve always been an over-achiever and now I just want to rest. All the time. I’m learning the balance.
Well done on finishing treatment, Kathie. Fifteen months is a long time, you deserve all the rest. Fellow overachiever here - I still struggle to give myself grace when I’m tired, but I’m slowly getting there.
Yeah, it’s not easy but we do the best we can.
I was also terrible at rest until my cancer diagnosis. I had to rest after surgery and through radiation and then this year being on hormone therapy, and the resultant fatigue has meant that it’s been the first year I can ever remember where I rested without guilt.
I nap, read or watch TV.
I hear you on the fatigue with hormone therapy. I’m on letrozole, and I’m definitely more tired on it. I’m really glad you’re giving yourself permission to rest. It’s sobering that it takes a cancer diagnosis to make us slow down and listen to our bodies.
I love this - and relate so much!
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