Beat Chemo Fatigue + update! 

My husband is having chemo he has terminal lung cancer Your such a beautiful woman let’s all encourage eachother who are fighting cancer … ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ 😢

I'm having my second chemo treatment today and all my hair already fell out from the first treatment. I cried so hard but I know living is the most important thing. I didn't mean to be so vain. I wonder if it is traumatic for others to lose their hair too. Anyway, thank you for all the tips you share. I have five more treatments to go including today and then I'll have surgery, radiation and a year of chemo meds. I have invasive metastatic triple positive grade 2 ductal carcinoma. I pray for healing for all of us who are fighting cancer battles !!!! And I pray for continued healing for you !!!! 🙏🙏🙏💪💪💪

I started chemo today and I woke up at 4:30 in a panic. So many unknowns and i literally made myself sick because of how stressed I was. I found your video and I have to thank you❤️ you calmed me down and provide great information. Thank you and you’re all in my prayers🙏❤️🙏

fatigue, sleepy, and major weakness AFTER a long time can be a real issue for some too.

Thank you for you. I start treatment tomorrow. I’m prepared to conquer and do this. Praying for you all. Shalom.

I had my first chemo last Tuesday and I felt so good on day 1. I went to the gym afterwards, took a melatonin, and went to sleep. Then, I was taken all the way out from day 2 through 4 (I just slept--ate dino nuggets and smiley fries and that was my meal for that day!). Am getting on the elliptical now (woohoo) so feeling much much better (day 9). Waiting on my hair to come out.

I’m 32 no kids with stage 3 breast cancer and it’s not in my family. I was diagnosed on Valentine’s Day. I’m on my 3rd chemo treatment tomorrow. Mine are every Monday. I shaved my head a week ago after my first session and my sister shaved hers with me. 😭 I didn’t wanna cry seeing my hair fall out. I do have wigs I’ve had them for years and I’m able to wear them. I have hats and scarfs as well I use. My friends and family send me care packages which is nice too. I’m always sleepy some days I’m up by night time I’m out. Sometimes I feel weak and what not too. I’ve been on a diet since I started chemo. and I have been eating a lot lately. I’ve had nausea once or twice and my knees hurt my first week. I already knew I was gonna be 6 months sober, no sugar or fried and greasy foods. I have my second chemo in July which is the strongest one. Yall aren’t alone and will beat it!! Prayers to others going through this as well. Stay strong ladies. 🙏🏼❤️

Hey I am a fighter too... just got my first chemo session.... fatigue is the only thing that is bothering me. Rest all is well by God's grace... Your are an inspiration... Stay blessed.

I’ll have 24 (low dose) chemo infusions beginning in 4 days. Not the year I expected but it is what it is, and I appreciate you sharing your knowledge and experiences.

Thank you ❤ i hope your ok, im now a bit more ready for my chemotherapy journey 😊 x

My mom will be undergoing 14 rounds of chemo, you have no idea how much I love watching your videos and educating myself.

Thank you Marina for all the helpful tips it is much appreciated and your biopsy will turn out good saying prayers for you.

Great video. Wow.. This is my first time watching this video and she is right. I did the same things she is suggesting by the grace of God. I am going on my 11th treatment of chemo out of 12. I was diagnosed with colon cancer in February of this year. I Had tumor/ part of my colon removed and 26 lymph nodes removed because the tumor pushed through my stomach wall. 6 out of the 26 lymph nodes was cancerous. Unfortunately shortly after my diagnoses a friend of mines was going through a very similar thing. However she was experiencing more negative side effects. I started my chemo a month before her and had done some research. Long story short... to late 😊. I did everything this video said(with out knowing because I never saw it until now) and my symptoms from chemo was the same as my friends but more tolerable. So she started implementing some of the things I was doing and her side effects began to improve. I increased my fruit(especially fruit) vegetables, and protein. Cut way back on red meat and processed meat( to basically none at all but I'm getting there). Also cut back alcohol like she said. It's a toxicant and dehydrates you. I also drank certain teas, added lemon water to my diet, Gatorade and made sure I had healthy gut foods like Greek yogurt resistance starch etc. Our health begins in our stomach. Do things that strengthen your Immune system. I hope my comment and this video will help others. God Bless. Fighters keep fighting. ❤

Sending you good vibes and love. Thanks for sharing your advice. I do many of these, they help.

I lost my hair, eyebrows and lashes twice. The hardest for me was the lashes, as i can wear hats and brow pencil. Makeup wasn't cutting it. I felt that i looked so sick, but after treatments, all started coming back.

You are the best ! Thank you for all your encouraging words 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

This is really helpful, God bless you for sharing all your experience🙏❤️

You got this 🙏🏽, good test results coming your way!!

I started chemo and radiation this week for lung cancer and this video is very helpful thanks.

Thank you for everyone sharing their journey. Cancer can be so scary, my grandma just got diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. If anyone has any advise or stories about this type of cancer I’ll appreciate it. I feel like we don’t know anything about it and I want to be the best help I can for her. Thank you, praying for everyone who’s commented, may God helps everyone ❤️

I really want to thank you for posting these... My journey is starting and I feel better prepared.

I’m so glad you made these videos for us!

Great tips and you look fabulous! 💕😊My oncologist told me not to take my steroid after 6pm so it wouldn’t keep me up at night and it definitely worked. I’m a firm believer in listening to your body when you need to rest, but get up and stay on the move when you are feeling well. You’ll rest better that night also. 🥰

🙏🏼❤😊 Positive vibes! You are amazing!

Thanks for sharing Marina !😊

GOD is so pleased with you for being a inspiration to all. I took very good notes & researched your findings & you are on point with your facts. Also, peaches are phenomenal for killing cancer cells. Keeping you in my prayers, you got this & most of all GOD got this.

I started chemo yesterday. I'm good for the most part. Thank you for sharing your journey with us. Positive vibes to you.

Thank you for this whole channel it’s very helpful

Always learn from you and so I thank you. One round down, three to go. I like the tip about going for a walk post-infusion. I’ll try that next time. Prayers for your biopsy to come back all clear. 🙏 Blessings!

What an inspiration !!!

thank you for your awesome tips Marina! sending you positive vibes. I'm going through chemo myself for follicular lymphoma and learned from other people what also really helps with energy is eating mostly raw plant based. I find Korean ginseng tablets to help on my really low energy days and of course allowing myself to rest and sleep as much as I need and exercise when I'm feeling good, though I don't have children so that's easier to do! I've learned that dairy is linked to breast cancer, and processed meat is classified as a 2A carcinogen by the WHO. The doctors say follicular lymphoma is incurable (by conventional medicine but I've read some people have been cured, they just don't know how), and I am at risk for breast cancer as well so I decided to cut all animal products. There are many people who had stage 4 cancer who went completely whole food plant based and survived cancer now for many years when the conventional treatments were ineffective. I find plant based easier, cheaper, and more colourful and delicious! I also cut out alcohol before seeing your video. it's not so hard when I drink a variety of yummy teas. Also there are some good alcohol free beers and sparkling wines I have in moderation. I've cut out sugars including honey and maple syrup which feed cancer cells and give them energy. Not sure if you've heard of Anita Moorjani, but she had a spontaneous remission from lymphoma. She's a best selling author and also has a youtube channel. she is soooo inspiring, as are you :)

Hi Marina and everyone here, thank you Marina for your videos, all your tips and your positive energy. It helps me a lot❤❤❤

Thank you for the advice.

I'm a new subscriber. I was diagnosed with Stage 3 BC and I'm so glad I found your channel. Thanks for being transparent.

Thoughts, prayers and positive vibes 🤩

I always learn so many things with you! Thank you so much! I am now having my 2nd chemo!! 16x more to go!!!!

Bonus tip: Try to take notes of your side effects every day starting from day 1 of first cycle. It's sort of journaling which in itself brings clarity and focus and it helps you avoid some mistakes and do more of things that worked, on your next cycles. Then after the first, scariest cycle it is more like "Okay I have this feeling now, as I should as it's day 3, this will be easier tomorrow." etc.

The thing is with chemotherapy; there are so many. My first regime on carbo taxil and radiotherapy I was constantly fatigued. The steroids they put me on made me feel like I was in a different time zone. Not sleeping at night. Now I am on folfox and also taking ondasatine which is helping with sleeping at night. There is a lot of research now which says if you do exercise it helps combat fatigue. Go for a brisk walk. Shadow box. Do step ups. Remembering that everyone is different and to combat fatigue you have to find what works for you.

Your amazing thank you for all your support and continued healing coming your way. thank for your compassion kindness and sharing your journey I start my treatment this week 4 big ones every two weeks a break . 1 once a week for 12 weeks, Then surgery Breast Cancer estrogen, positive. 🙏🏻🥰💕

Thank you for that ....prayers

Thankyou for sharing your journey marina your positive vibes are good lots of prayers for you god bless you

Shirley again, your right about alcohol, I only have a glass of wine when we go out to dinner and maybe on 2 at the most. I don't even have wine in my house.

Thank you for your videos. My 82yr old mother is going through chemo now. Your tips help.

Day 5 after first chemo - hydrate hydrate hydrate - ty for the reminder - I tend to forget. TY

I have completed round 3 of 6 RChop Chemotherapy. I have DBHB Cell Lymphoma. Your videos have helped me tremendously. Thanks so much💕

This is an outstanding. Thank you so much for all you do. May god bless you with health

So it looks like I am already doing some of the things mentioned so I'm proud of myself. Food has been tough because of all the taste changes so at this point, I just eat what I can slightly enjoy but not focused on bad eating either. I honestly need to do better with getting back into taking walks but this heat has been relentless! Next week will be my 5th round of 6. This 4th one was the worst of it as far as the fatigue is concerned so I'm trying to be positive and focus on the fact that it hasn't really been bad until this one. I really hope that biopsy shows nothing is wrong. Thank you for your videos!

You are an inspiration for me. Thanks❤

Avoid the sugars of fruit juices, eat lots I’d broccoli sprouts , strawberries , blueberries

Thank you for your articulation

Praying for you. 🙏🏼♥️🙏🏼You give me strength. I am having my second dose of chemo this Wednesday for stage 3c ovarian cancer. The first week kicked my a** and I wish I found your videos before. Now I watch them every chance I get. You are amazing. Prayers for your Mom too.♥️🙏🏼♥️

Great video, just started chemo , it suck. Everything you said is so true. Thank you for your service. Wow you really bend through a lot 2 portal n two treatments 😢..keep up the good work.

Thank you for your videos. I just started chemo today

Praying for you and thank you

Thank you for your video, I'm soon going to go through my second treatment for lymphoma and during my first treatment I did a few of the things you have suggested especially the alcohol, this time around I'm not sure how I'm going to feel because I'll be doing chemo in pill form instead of drip but I will take your advice and do more walking last time I just stayed home but did workouts with my free weights while my energy came back in between treatments, again thank you and I hope your videos reach out to more people 👍

Hi Marina I saw your video pop up just know. You look amazing and so healthy. Luv ya girl.

Ur very brave. Thank you.🥀

Big prayers for you🙏🏽🥊💓

Thanks for sharing. God bless you.

Best of luck to you. 🙏🏼

Sending good vibes!

Thank you ❤.

Hello , thanks for your videos very helpful. I am estrogen and progesterone + . I was diagnosed last year October with invasive ductal carcinoma and lobular . My initial treatment was to have chemo before surgery. I was skeptical about chemo and the oncotype test done only gave me 19% benefit so oncologist said not recommended. However, I did all the bone organ test , biopsies before surgery in May. During surgery I had 29 positive lymph nodes removed and chemo ACT treatment and radiation was recommended. I am now on my 3 rd infusion of 4 recommended AC and T I have to do every week x12. My experience hadn’t been too bad just low counts last 2weeks which was supposed to be my 3rd infusion. You have been a great help sharing your experience. My arm needs a lot of work to get it back to normal. I feel tightness , numbness In my Chest area and a bit swelling I guess seroma under lower arm surgery site also which is said to be normal. I’m hoping to return to work when starting taxol I’m hoping that it could be done. Thank you for your positive outlook on life despite our short comings. My hope , faith , family -husband and children along with positivity gives me strength to fight my battles. You are an inspiration. Blessings to you and your beautiful family.

Been trying recently to get back on the road and do my morning run. I’m able to run about one twentieth of what I used to do a few years ago. Only have three more infusions to complete and hope to recover some of my former ability. Aside from that I’m sleeping most of the day and my daily chores are being put off. Exasperating. Since my diagnosis, I too have given up alcohol, BTW.

Oh so true about the "cleaning up the kitchen" I just did that literally twice today.. Day 3 chemo.

FAST day before, day of, day after. Frozen mitts and booties during infusion. I’ve done two rounds so far with zero GI distress, and I mean ZERO. Some fatigue on day 13/14/15. That’s it. Carboplatin and Paclitaxol. Plenty of food after the fast. Plenty of exercise throughout.

I'm proud of myself..yr videos helped me a lot dear Marina

I started having some serious fatigue yesterday--2 days after beginning the 2nd course of a 2nd year of maintenance for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer. Nausea and vomiting aren't as common with intravesical chemotherapy, but other gastrointestinal issues such as IBS with abdominal pain and headache are my challenge. Despite being so tired, and even though my legs ached and felt like lead, I got out of the house to run errands. I appreciate your helpful suggestions for dealing with this inevitable side effect of chemo. Best wishes for your continued healing!

Thank you so much . Gbu.❤

I’m a fighter too, having my #9 week next week, I begin on April, my goal is 14 weeks of chemo, all u say about fatigue is true, and all those hacks works amazing on me!!! Thanks for sharing ❤

God bless you dear.🙏

Thank you so much for the video on six things to do to help with the chemo fatigue. I go for my second chemotherapy for lung cancer on June 29 this coming week. I will keep in mind all the things you suggested. Thank you so much prayers to you and me.❤

Hello i started my chemo last week and i was doing good the first 3 days,and strangle with fatigue,no appetite, smell everything for 3 days after that started getting my energy back .i am diagnosed with gastric cancer .you video is very helpful and thank you so much.

sending you good vibes and god bless you from lebanon

Thanks for these videos. My husband was just diagnosed with AML and seeing someone surviving twice and looking and sounding so healthy was a huge boost to my faith in his winning this war.. I couldn’t find any mention of the anti-nausea bracelets you mention in your description. Can you please provide info?

God bless. Stay on top of skin rash..keep your foot on gas in terns of prevention. Better to be on the proactive side. Finished chemo round 6 this week for stage 2 lymphoma. Warrior I salute you in combat. Stay healthy

I was just diagnosed with breast cancer on 10/10/23 and I’m so pissed off! I haven’t had chemo yet, waiting for insurance to approve chemo. Did I mention that I’m PISSED that this is happening?!😭😡😡🔥 I’m an emotional wreck and angry as hell! I’m glad your channel showed up because I need to know how to handle chemo when I start. Thank you!❤️

I am on treatment 2 and I have never felt so tired in my life! I was so active my entire life and now I struggle to eat. Everything takes so much energy!

This is so helpful ! Have got breast cancer just had first infusion, mine is Her2 positive have spend literally hours reading on what to eat and Avoid, if you have Her2 you have to Avoid some foods that are Recommended for breast can ,as you mention Nut ,cant have Almonds or peanut or peanut butters ,The best is walnuts just Advise people to Research first

Just had my second chemo yesterday and i have so much fatigue that i can't even get out of my bed....will try and follow your advice and hoping that it's going to help me

(Alcohol and breast cancer are linked. ) Thank you so much for the videos. You are an amazing person.

Nice to see your video I'm currently going through chemo now for pancreatic cancer coming back again from 2018 it's a hurting feeling right now but I have to go through this again but I'm just trying to stay strong I took a couple of tips from your video when I go do my chemo I do it twice a week and I bring home the pump for 3 days and take it back and start my chemo over again after 2 weeks so I thank you for this video I got the nausea bands the ginger tea question how do you maintain your weight and sometime I have a like something in my throat like it's like mucus or something what is that is it the chemo doing that.? And I'm noticing that my taste buds are going away is that cuz of the chemo

I’ve chosen not to drink alcohol through my chemo treatments I’m nearly on the last cycle and I do think it’s helped for me definitely 💕

Day 2 of cycle 2 and I feel wrecked... thank you for the video.

Thank YOU for the tips….. I ended chemo at the end of June and still have fatigue.

Thanks for sharing. Would you have a during chemo, pre surgical, yoga or exercise program that you would recommend or that you did that kept you fit? Thanks in advance

Working with a holistic doctor for my breast cancer treatment, most of the foods she named I wasn't allowed to eat (except the berry family; I was allowed low glycemic fruits and vegetables). Most of what she named actually feed cancer! Doctor's don't take nutrition while in medical school and don't know the healing properties of food. Been cancer free almost five years with no side effects of conventional treatment or long-term side effects from conventional treatment.

God Bless you Marina and everything you have done to help others battling cancer! Your a Mother, a wife and was faced with difficulty 2x's and still you Persevere ❤️🙏🏾 You show why women are the most Beautiful and Powerful entity on the planet!!! Pray you never have to endure this ever again!! In the Name of Jesus

Regarding getting a good night's sleep...I'm in Illinois where cannabis is legal. I buy gummies with THC and take one about 10 mins before bedtime. I also listen to pod casts and I'm usually out in a half and hour or so. I don't take the gummies during the daytime. I don't want to get spacey and do nothing. I prefer it to any pharmaceutical sleeping pills.

Greetings. Prayers for you and your journey. Thank you so much for sharing and your transparency. I too have always been a very healthy person and could always eat what i wanted without gaining more than a few ounces. The surprise of my breast cancer diagnosis was overwhelming. Although my diet overall was always great, i had in my recent past, been indulging a bit more in eating red meat as well as some pastas. I have stopped the red, white and pink meat since not long before my diagnosis. I hope you dont mind if i ask you a few questions? I will be starting chemo in 3 days and will be doing cold capping in hopes of not losing all of my hair. Have you done this? Do you have any advice on this? Also, and my main question is, after each chemo session how long did you wait before you spent time with others (friends, family, strangers) in public? Did you wear a mask whenever you’d go out to a bar, party or work? What was your first few days of eating like? Ie: what did you eat/did it make you feel ill/what foods did you stay away from,etc? Thank you in advance and congratulations on your second win!

I’m on chemo because of lupus. It takes me 4 days to recover from it. I just stay in bed and don’t do anything. I hate it. Thanks for your tips because I do not eat anything and drink very little liquids after it and I love water. I can not be like this again after treatment I need to work and carry on with my life. Chemo messes me up for a good week.

I too have not been drinking alcohol, it made sense to me and honestly it didn’t taste good. I also went in for hydration drips three times the days following chemo and it helped. I drink 70-80 plus ounces a day but it isn’t enough. Ask your oncologist to put an order in for it.

Thank you your vedio just pop up my brother is diagnosed with stage 4 cancer that metastasize to his spine Cemo is starting soon and am so nevious not knowing what to expect .

New sub…I start chemo soon…I was wondering if I could still lift during chemo I see that I can…hope you stay healthy

I had my hair shaved down to 1/4 inch Wednesday, today the little falls are going too. Wigs are hot and itchy. Fall hat season needs to come soon.

My sister will start chemo next week and. So worried about her she will have her hair back. She will lose all her hair for sure. She is in stage four she have a lymphatic lymphoma the Hodgkin something like this please pray for her. I’m feeling so depressed about her. She is in stage four and she have a very nice hair and she’s crying. She don’t wanna lose her hair, thank you for doing this for us. May God bless you and I hope all of you will be survivors from cancer. May God bless all

I did my first chome I was not easy but thank God I benn thought it ❤

Hi may i know whether can take curcumin supplement of the day of chemotherapy? For colon cancer, i read research that can enhance the treatment but afraid it might conflict, thanks

❤Thank You.

Thank you