It seems based on recent discussions on the MCL message board, and a review of my first post on fatigue , I may have led some people to interpret I believe fatigue to be psychological. So let me set the record straight. FATIGUE IS NOT PSYCHOLOGICAL! There are many factors which can contribute to the feelings of fatigue, which are psychological, e.g. depression from having a terminal illness, but that doesn't mean fatigue isn't real. It is real. I know, because I experience fatigue every day. I just try not to wallow in such feelings, and rather attempt to do something about it. There is no doubt in my mind that as we get older our bodies don't respond as they did in the past. There is also no doubt that cancer patients, who have undergone chemo and/or a transplant, have had
The ramblings of a mantle cell lymphoma and bypass surgery survivor, and then some