This two-time cancer survivor is worn out, but not quitting.
BY Barbara Tako
PUBLISHED June 16, 2018
Barbara Tako is a breast cancer survivor (2010), melanoma survivor (2014) and author of Cancer Survivorship Coping Tools–We'll Get You Through This. She is a cancer coping advocate, speaker and published writer for television, radio and other venues across the country. She lives, survives, and thrives in Minnesota with her husband, children and dog. See more at www.cancersurvivorshipcopingtools.com, or www.clutterclearingchoices.com.
There is now a name for the extreme weariness and fatigue during and after cancer treatment that we cancer survivors have known about for decades. It is called cancer-related fatigue (CRF for short) or simply cancer fatigue. The American Cancer Society describes cancer-related fatigue. Research and the development of tools to combat this fatigue are ongoing. There are suggestions out there to help deal with fatigue, as well as new tools including phone applications that are just becoming available for cancer survivors.
Know that you are not alone. Get stubborn and don't let cancer's side effects (the short-term and long-term ones) win. We are all unique and we can each find the help and the tools to beat cancer fatigue. You deserve to get back to your regularly scheduled life.
Know that you are not alone. Get stubborn and don't let cancer's side effects (the short-term and long-term ones) win. We are all unique and we can each find the help and the tools to beat cancer fatigue. You deserve to get back to your regularly scheduled life.
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