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Ohiogal

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1. I took steroids
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 09:41 AM
Feb 2019

during my 3 months of chemotherapy when I was diagnosed with cancer 10 years ago.

I had so many side effects from the treatments I can’t begin to list them all, but tiredness and weakness was definitely a biggie.

I pretty much just laid on the couch most of the time. Are you trying to do too much? If you’re having trouble just getting up and walking around, mention it to your doctor or chemo nurse. Maybe they can cut back on your dosage. I wish I had better advice to give....

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