Fatigue after procedure

[Jaksgirl]

I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced extreme fatigue following a simple procedure. I had a colonoscopy and endoscopy 2 weeks ago and am still so easily fatigued. Has anyone else experienced this?

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Yes. Did you have to have that horrible stuff before hand, it's disgusting 🥺 I'm always tired cos if that. Love and hugs Lynne xxxx

[AngelaBarron]

Oh yes! Had a simple tooth extraction on Monday. Been light headed and fatigued since. Just another one of those things! Endoscopy horrible, bet you’d rather have the fatigue! Glad it’s over for you and the results are good.

[Sona_akb]

I’m currently experiencing first time fatigue in my whole life. I did exercise yesterday and didn’t sleep well last night and went to 6 hours work this morning. Now I’m dying here in bed🤪🤪🤪

[Jaksgirl]

Are you newly diagnosed Sona? The fatigue can be overwhelming even on the good days. I remember in the beginning between the fatigue, itch and adjusting to the Urso, all I could do was rest. I am now back to between 40-50 hrs working a week, but I have days I just can't get dressed. I have FMLA to be able to miss 2 days a week if needed and i know when I need to give in. My Gastroenterologist is pretty cavalier about it, he barely sees me, BUT my GP is awesome and keeps very good track of me. He's done a lot of research on PBC and doesn't ask me to explain how fatigued I really am.

[Hidden]

jaksgirl - yes. It is exhausting, just the preparation. It always takes me 2 weeks to get over the procedure. Also, the more tired I am going into the procedure, the longer it takes to recover. It may be worse for us because there is no stored glycogen in our livers, and therefore none to release for energy. The bowel meds force your body to work very hard when there's nothing to fuel all the activity. As if that's not enough, the next day there'll usually be someone who tells you how they, or their best friend, had the procedure and was over it in 2 hours. :-), and they've never heard of anyone taking longer. More annoying is when the same person says the same thing again next time even though you have spent your precious energy telling them how it is different for people with autoimmune conditions.

[Jaksgirl]

Exactly

[Hidden in reply to Jaksgirl]

jaksgirl - up-side is that we skill-up at managing situations as they occur and have plans to hand for the might-happens with all the practice we are getting Are you in a position where it is tricky work-wise?