Is anyone feeling tired fatique alot????

[linny]

  I had my AN taken out last year.  surgery and they couldnt get it all the first time my brain swelled up and water anyway a couple weeks after  I went back for a second  round. ( 3cm. ) My question is I still dont feel right. Tired alot and fuzzy headed.  I just dont have my old life back yet. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE??   everyone is different I know but has anyone been tired this long?? alittle over a year now. thanks

[tony]

I guess you will get a small book of replies here
If you search "fatigue" on the search function
you will see many of the earlier contributions
At one level - yes overtime it gets better
equally due the balance issues - fatigue is often a factor
I am 2 yrs post op(s) - a 18hr shift decorating is now quite possible.
The key points here are that
a) improve your balance (through balance exercises/therapy etc)
and the fatigue will reduce
It will be tiring while you do it - but its an investment that will
payback 100 times or more in your life
(basically your balance is tiring you - improve it, it will use less energy)
b) learn to take short breaks (sitting -with eyes SHUT)
the 10minute break like this will give the effect or about
4 hrs sleep - it resets the mechanism somehow
belive me - it works
old life ? - I always say 99% is possible - but it does just happen
to some degree you have to work at it ?
Good Luck and
Best Regards
Tony

[Omaschwannoma]

I am post surgery by almost 3 years January.  I still feel fatigued when doing physical stuff, gardening, yoga (I'm a teacher), walks outdoors, house cleaning, etc.  I agree with Tony regarding closing the eyes, as I do this often and it works wonders.  Unfortunately, any more physical therapy for balance training won't work in my case as the more physical work I do exasperates my oscillopsia and nystagmus therefore creating a bigger problem for me.  BUT I agree that getting your balance under control is the key to helping with the fatigue.  It did work for me (I did have almost 99% back), albeit a very short time before the oscillopsia and nystagmus set in.  My troubles seem to be of a different nature and surely not your problem.  Keep practicing your rehab exercises and give it some more time. 

[nancyann]

Hi Linny:  For me, the fuzzy head/head fullness has never left - surgery was 1 year & 5 months ago.     My energy started feeling a little more like normal after 1 year, but I definitely don't have the energy I had preop.     I have accepted that I will always have the head fullness & less energy than preop.   I have found taking a short nap (20-30 minutes) when I'm feeling extra fatigued during the day does help.    This is quite a road we're all on.....    Always good thoughts,  Nancy

[yardtick]

Had my surgery Sept 2006 and I'm still tired.  I don't know which is the worse of the two evils headaches or fatigue?

Anne Marie

[Captain Deb]

In dog terminology, I've gone from this:

to this:


Woof!

We are getting a puppy in January--I sure hope she transfers some of her energy to me--I need it. I don't know if I have just become complacent with low energy levels, or what. I sure know that I struggle with getting up each morning. I don't have to get up and go to work in the AM like most people. I work at home, which is not conducive to jumping up at 6:30 and getting to it. I do enjoy staying in the studio till 7 or 8 at night though. My energy doesn't kick in till around noon. Hitting the ground running usually gives me a headache.
If I have to get up early to walk a puppy, well, I'll just have to do it won't I? Or make Dr Love do it while I sleep in!!!!

Woof! Woof!

Capt Deb