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agness · 08-28-2015, 10:32 PM

Another thought, you might try Chinese Medicine to understand your fatigue more specifically to you. I have kidney qi deficiency, Qi deficiency, liver qi stagnation, blood stasis, and dampness related to my spleen. I've been working on these imbalances with acupuncture, herbs, diet, qigong, and trying to shift my attitude and ways of being.

I observed that my tongue looked bad two years ago, before I was diagnosed and knew that I had cancer. After the treatment finished my tongue looked like it was improving but then suddenly it got paler again. It turns out that a brain tumor was compromising my energy again.

If you haven't ever tried tongue diagnosis (a mainstay of western treatment in the days before all these medical tests, though without the chinese diagnosis) it is pretty revealing. Only a skilled practitioner can help you address and fully understand what is going on in your body though and how to address it. Try this tongue diagnosis tool:

http://eagleherbs.com/self-tests/tongue-diagnosis-38/

08-28-2015, 10:32 PM	#12
agness Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 285	Re: Is Fatigue a Sign of Mets? Another thought, you might try Chinese Medicine to understand your fatigue more specifically to you. I have kidney qi deficiency, Qi deficiency, liver qi stagnation, blood stasis, and dampness related to my spleen. I've been working on these imbalances with acupuncture, herbs, diet, qigong, and trying to shift my attitude and ways of being. I observed that my tongue looked bad two years ago, before I was diagnosed and knew that I had cancer. After the treatment finished my tongue looked like it was improving but then suddenly it got paler again. It turns out that a brain tumor was compromising my energy again. If you haven't ever tried tongue diagnosis (a mainstay of western treatment in the days before all these medical tests, though without the chinese diagnosis) it is pretty revealing. Only a skilled practitioner can help you address and fully understand what is going on in your body though and how to address it. Try this tongue diagnosis tool: http://eagleherbs.com/self-tests/tongue-diagnosis-38/ __________________ Dx 2/14 3b HER2+/HR- left breast, left axilla, internal mammary node (behind breast bone). Neoadjuvant TCHP 3/14-7/2. PCR 8/14 LX and SND. 10/21-12/9 Proton therapy to chest wall. Dx 7/20/15 cerebellar met 3.5x5cm HER2+/HR-/GATA3+ 7/23/15 Craniotomy. 7/29/15 bone scan clear. 8/3/15 PET clean scan. LINAC SRS (5 fractions) Sept 2015. 9/17/15 CSF NED, 9/24/15 CSF NED, 11/2/15 CSF NED. 10/27/15 atypical uptake in right cerebellum - inflammation? 12/1/15 Leptomeningeal dx. Starting IT Herceptin. 1/16 - 16 fractions of tomotherapy to cerebellum, break of IT Herceptin during rads, resume at 100 mg weekly 3/2016 - stable scan 5/2016 stable scan 7/2016 pseudoprogression? 9/2016 more LM, start new chemo protocol and IV therapy treatment with HBOT 11/2016 Cyberknife to temporal lobe, HBOT just prior 12/2016 - lesions starting to show shrinkage 8/2017 - Stable since Dec 2016. Temporal lobe lesion gone. Using TCM, naturopathic oncology, physical therapy, chiro, massage, medical qigong, and energetic healing modalities in tandem. Stops at nothing. Mother of 2 boys - ages 7 and 10 (8/2017) and a lovely partner with lots to live for.