Ghita419 Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 Hi, My husband, Gene, had his chemo and chest radiation completed Oct, 2007. In Nov, he finished his PCI. He had very few problems during chemo and chest radiation, but the PCI hit him really hard with fatigue. It's been 5 weeks now and he continues with the fatigue along with a drop of 10 lbs in his weight since October. He keeps brushing it off on the side effects of the PCI but I'm betting nervous. He's been so stubborn lately. Should I drag him to the doctor?? Ghita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ry Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 You might want to call the doctor and ask about it. Try to get him to eat and drink fluids so his weight doesn't drop much more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mary colleen Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 My husband had WBR, basically the same thing as PCI, in June '07. The fatigue hit him very hard as well. He became repulsed by food, lost 15 pounds in 3 weeks, and stopped all activity due to fatigue. Long story short, he was suffering from the side effects of brain radiation. These side effects lasted for about 4 months after the end of WBR. He even had another big drop in performance after seeming to partially recover. Hope this helps. MC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghita419 Posted January 3, 2008 Author Share Posted January 3, 2008 I finally did call he doctor and got his appointment for the 14th, bumped up to today. He said it could be a lot of other things as well. He's going to draw some lab. thank you so much for your input, Ghita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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