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8. Fatigue
Fatigue is a principal symptom in pretty much every type of cancer, so pronounced exhaustion should never be ignored. First, be sure you understand the difference between normal tiredness and fatigue: everyone feels sleepy from time to time, but when fatigue weighs heavily on your body and mind, you can barely keep up with simple daily tasks. It comes on suddenly, and no amount of sleep seems to help. If you’ve been eating less (a common consequence of appetite loss and bloating that comes with ovarian cancer), you may not be taking in enough calories to power your body. In other cases, the tumor itself takes up all the energy before it can reach your healthy cells.
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