Fighting the Fatigue

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Hi everyone,

The side effects I had heard everyone speak of have kicked in full

for me now. This is my third week of treatment and for a while I felt

like I was being spared for some reason, but of late the tiredness,

knot if my stomach and some G.I. disturbance have gotten pretty

obnoxious.

I had to leave work early today even though I really didn't want to.

I guess I don't 'do sick' well anymore. I used to play being sick and

use illness to get my way and now legitimately being under the

weather is something I have a hard time owning. Even though I felt

absolutely about to fall out when after running around, going up and

down stairs etc, I still have difficulty with cutting myself some

slack.

I'm wondering what the best things to do to minimize this fatigue

are. Is there anything, outside of getting rest and eating well, that

can be done to insure that you have as much energy as possible while

on treatment?

Thanks,

Mike