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 such havoc wreaked upon their bodies, they will certainly experience bouts of fatigue.
The point I was trying to get across to everyone was in the absence of something more sinister, your fatigue can be overcome. You just have to work at it.
Certainly it's won't be easy, but the more you sit around doing absolutely nothing, believing there is nothing you can do, the easier it will be to keep sitting around doing nothing, and the harder it will be to overcome those feelings of fatigue.
Just start out slow, and gradually increase your excercise. And if you get tired afterward or later in the day, take a nap. There's nothing wrong with that. Lots of people do, even healthy people.
If you do that, I believe you'll start feeling a lot better about yourself, and there is mounting evidence to prove that.
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 such havoc wreaked upon their bodies, they will certainly experience bouts of fatigue.
The point I was trying to get across to everyone was in the absence of something more sinister, your fatigue can be overcome. You just have to work at it.
Certainly it's won't be easy, but the more you sit around doing absolutely nothing, believing there is nothing you can do, the easier it will be to keep sitting around doing nothing, and the harder it will be to overcome those feelings of fatigue.
Just start out slow, and gradually increase your excercise. And if you get tired afterward or later in the day, take a nap. There's nothing wrong with that. Lots of people do, even healthy people.
If you do that, I believe you'll start feeling a lot better about yourself, and there is mounting evidence to prove that.
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I just don't know any more. Maybe my MCL, or two transmissions going bad, in two cars, within two months, has driven me to the point of insanity.
I think I need a vacation!