Fatigue/ Tiredness

Do go and get a blood test though, please.

Opelessgran & rubylady and for everyone feeling whacked!

Thank you all for your stories and messages of comfort, and good sense. I will get checked out when I get a docs appt, and will certainly mention fatigue at my next check up at the clinic.Gransnet members always make me feel better, or make me laugh, or make me realise that I am lucky on the whole.

I am 64 and couldn`t do half the things some do ie working 4 long days / grandchildren and a day out at the weekend! . I do have health problems though and think that has a lot to do with my lethargy . When I retired a few years ago I was working part time and was so exhausted by the time I got home I would often sit in the car for 10 mins to gather enough energy to get out .

All you can do is mention it when you go to your check up and hopefully your Doc will check Vit D and thyroid function . I am sure having the cancer scare would make anyone more worried so it may put your mind at rest to have some blood tests . xx

I am only 51 and I can't do very much at all now. I have a sleep in the afternoon/early evening or else I couldn't manage, I would make myself more ill than I am. I went to docs and he said my vitamin D levels are low so prescribed a holiday, yeah! I think I will rust though in Morecambe but a break will do me good and there is a bed in the living room apartment so very cosy.

Today I am on a complete rest day, I have some pains (more than normal) so I am on strike work wise, nothing will happen, the world won't implode just because I have put my feet up for a day or two. I have to do it. I have even had to get a taxi to the post office a few blocks away, it's shocking but I am not going to beat myself up about it, it is what it is. I used to shop for hours on end, loved every minute but do it all online now, even just ordered my Mother's Day presents off the doggie for me just now, some lovely books.

Just get checked out and if everything is ok, try not to worry, just start to take it easier. Who have you got to impress with flying around all the time? Who would benefit if you became ill because you do too much at once?
No-one, that's who, so chill, take it easy, look after yourself.

Maybe it's the time of the year too.
When the days are short and the nights are long most animals tend to sleep more, many hibernate.
I once had a week off work in February and I spent most of the time asleep, day and night.

Oh err oplessgran15 ( love the name) I had to think about that question I'm only 63

opeless , ask for a thyroid function check as well as Vit D levels, although it is highly likely your GP will ask for those. But just in case ....

Get your thyroid checked while your there.

Oh, I know re shopping! I do food shop mainly online these days, but used to love going browsing shopping. After 'doing' M n S/ Next these days I feel shattered and have to go and have a coffee or sit down. Another shop and that's my limit. I don't think the arthritis pain helps at all. Nothing to moan about really, and morethan2, I admire you as you are working 4 long days and grandchild looking after etc. You don't state your age, but I understand how you feel whacked!

I am due for a check up next week, so will definitely bring up the subject of tiredness and fatigue, and will also look at Vitamin D, thanks

I'm permanently tired. I don't sleep as well as I used too. I work four long days so I can look after grandchildren one day a week. we occasionally take three youngest on an outing on sat or Sunday. We travel a four hundred round trip to visit MIL once every six weeks. There's still everyday housework. I expect this is a familiar week for most of us. I just put it down to getting a little bit older and probably doing more and not coping as well with a faster moving technological world. I'm whacked but worse still I think I look it. I do miss being able to shop for hours and hours.

My period of exhaustion tends to be around 3-5pm and if I sit will nod off.
I am woken grudgingly at 5.30 by OH getiing ready for work,and getting up at 6.45 to drive to the bus stop in the town as we are in a village and buses do not leave that early.
I do tire a lot more easily than I used to,I was 63 end of December,all recent blood tests have come back ok.

Between 4 and 5 is when DH and I sit down and have a cup of tea!

I think we have to pace ourselves more as we get older and it all sounds pretty normal, however, given the issues you have had with cancer it might be a good idea to chat things through with your doctor.
Low Vitamin D levels could be at least part of it as we don't make as much as we need as we get older. Your doctor can arrange a simple blood test to find out and /or you can take a supplement. Vitamin D deficiency can cause many problems so do a search on it. I hope that is all it is and you feel better soon.