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What Causes Depression, Anxiety And Fatigue After A Mastectomy?

I am 2 years out of stage 3a breast ca.. b/l mastectomy, chemo , rad, aromatase inhibitors that are making me old, depressed, anxious, no temperature control, achy and extremely fatigued. a lot to handle. I recently started a little vaping w/ nicotine , feel terrible about it ( quit smoking at least 6 years ago ). I also have been a critical care nurse for many years and am not uneducated. Is there any evidence that vaping nicotine w/o adding smoke and its carcinogens to the lungs is hazardous to one s health as well as contributing to a recurrence of breast ca.
posted on Sun, 21 May 2017
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Hi,

The depression and anxiety are related to personality issue, body response to past trauma of surgery and cancer or others.

The fatigue may be low hemoglobin, deficiency of proteins, vitamins or else.

Vaping nicotine is hazardous for your respiratory health as well as via its immune compression, it can provoke the recurrence of cancer in the future indirectly though not directly.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Bhagyesh V. Patel,
General Surgeon
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What Causes Depression, Anxiety And Fatigue After A Mastectomy?

Hi, The depression and anxiety are related to personality issue, body response to past trauma of surgery and cancer or others. The fatigue may be low hemoglobin, deficiency of proteins, vitamins or else. Vaping nicotine is hazardous for your respiratory health as well as via its immune compression, it can provoke the recurrence of cancer in the future indirectly though not directly. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Bhagyesh V. Patel, General Surgeon