That question again

After a busy week, I wonder, again, whether the crippling tiredness I feel after an intensive burst of activity to complete a project is related to the ageing process or whether it's the after effects of radiotherapy. To be honest, I don't remember much about how I felt as my visits to the radiology department at the hospital progressed last year - the mind has a convenient mechanism for hiding things we don't need / want to think of, it seems. I do, however, have some recollection of not feeling as tired as I had expected; indeed, I'd been warned I'd feel incredibly tired at the end of radiotherapy. I didn't. I felt less tired than I had done for some years. But, over the last 12 months, I've noticed that if I "overdo" things, it takes much more time than I used to require to regain my equilibrium. Indeed, I written about that here on several occasions.

I suppose my current exhaustion isn't helped by the fact that, as we move towards spring, the sunrise arrives earlier, the dawn chorus starts tuning up before dawn and the dogs go off as soon as one tiny finger of daylight appears. Of course, once I'm awake, I don't/can't go back to sleep. After a series of late nights over a couple of weeks while I've been putting the finishing touches to my project, the combination with early mornings has probably been a bad idea.. I do hope I start to feel less tired very soon though.

On the other hand, it's probably good for me to get the occasional reminder of how terrible I felt before treatment - and at least this time I know it won't last forever or get worse!