💤 When Fatigue Isn’t Just Tiredness: Why One Woman’s Story Matters – Page 2

Keep a journal:

📝 Patterns help doctors identify root causes.

Ask for basic blood work:

🩺 If results are normal but symptoms persist, ask for further evaluation.

You know your body best. If something feels off — insist on answers.

💬 Say: “I understand it could be stress, but I’d like to rule out medical causes.”

❌ Debunking the Myths

❌ “Only late-stage cancer causes fatigue”	False — some cancers cause early fatigue; others don’t at all
❌ “If blood tests are normal, nothing’s wrong”	Not true — some conditions require imaging or specialist referrals
❌ “Young, healthy people don’t get serious illnesses”	Dangerous myth — cancer and chronic disease affect all ages
❌ “Talking about illness brings it on”	No — awareness leads to earlier care, not illness

You don’t need to live in fear of every ache or moment of tiredness.

But if fatigue is dragging you down — week after week, month after month — don’t normalize it.

Listen. Act. Ask questions.

Because real strength isn’t pretending everything’s fine. It’s having the courage to say:

“I’m not okay — and I deserve to feel better.”

And that kind of honesty? It can save lives.