Tiredness (Fatigue)

Cancer-related fatigue is one of the most common complaints after cancer treatment.

Fatigue may occur while on treatment or develop over time and persist after treatment is complete. Cancer related fatigue is very different from “feeling tired” and has a number of complex of causes (1). It may go away on its own, and usually gets better over time. However, there are strategies available to help you live with cancer related fatigue, and many of them start with you!

This popular YouTube video by Dr. Mike Evans provides a great overview:

Resources for rehabilitation of cancer-related fatigue

• Managing Sleep Problems After Cancer
• Life After Cancer Treatment
• Reclaim Your Energy (video of the class)
• Reclaim Your Energy (booklet)
• Helpful Hints For Better Sleep
• Mental fatigue and what you can do about it
• Untire app
  Untire is an app you can download to your phone or portable device , developed by a team of psychologists and researchers, to monitor your fatigue, learn more about the causes, or access a private online community of people going through the same issue.

• Cancer Related Fatigue – Energizing and Empowering Yourself on the Cancer Journey
  2019 Webinar by the Canadian Cancer Survivors Network

• My Cancer Fatigue

Find help with rehabilitation of cancer-related fatigue

• Cancer Rehabilitation and Survivorship Clinic (formerly known as Fatigue Clinic) at University Health Network (for UHN patients only)
• Ambulatory Oncology Rehabilitation Program at St. John’s Rehab Hospital (preference given to Sunnybrook patients)
• Toronto Rehab Cancer Outpatient Rehabilitation program
• Patient and Family Support Program at Sunnybrook Hospital (Sunnybrook/Odette patients only)

*All of the above options are covered by OHIP