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- • Try to feel less guilty about restructuring your life to do what is most important for you and what gives you
- the most pleasure.
- • Reduce unnecessary energy expenditure by using special equipment or by placing equipment and supplies
- within easy reach. Physical therapy can help for bed and strengthening exercises using overhead trapezes,
- walkers and canes and with stair-climbing instruction.
- • 0ccupational therapy can help with equipment and energy-conserving activities. The Canadian Cancer Society
- can help with transportation and supplies. Begin to cultivate the fine art of delegating.
- • Stick to some form of individually tailored exercise program approved by your physician, nurse or physical
- therapist. Walking is an activity that most people can do at certain times during their illness.
- • Avoid exercising during the 24 hours immediately after your treatments.
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- Symptoms and Patterns
- • Monitor the effectiveness of medications and other strategies used to control other symptoms such as nausea,
- vomiting, pain and lack of sleep. Could these symptoms and/or their treatments be affecting your fatigue
- patterns?
