Be patient with yourself. Do let the fatigue dictate to you and tell you when to step back and relinquish responsibility. You, like me, may have been super woman raising a family, taking over care of the surprise granddaughter and running your own business.
The IV chemo is an enormous poison circulating through your system for months and it will take months to clear it out! Hopefully it will have done the job and killed the cancer, but, it damages other parts of your body along the way. You may need new heart valves in the future, or cortisone injections for arthritis…. Or… the list goes on.
You cannot predict what the side effects will be, but after reconstruction, I concentrated on that. The new ones were good and I was left looking “normal”. They did not feel like a part of me for a few years. My husband didn’t cuddle them for 14 years… I stopped wearing a bra here in Florida 4 years ago. Too hot and not necessary.
Be patient, be kind to yourself and you just might last another 15 years! Your strength, wisdom and kindness affects those around you and they will love you more for it.

Everyone is different. I know that is not the answer you’re looking for but it is the accurate answer. For myself, I bounced back from my first surgery quickly (less than six weeks and age 50) which set me up for the unrealistic expectation that I was going to be good throughout the process. In actuality, I got progressively more fatigued with each chemo treatment (six total every three weeks) and then during radiation (36 sessions five days a week), I began a new full-time position at work. I would work all week and was useless during the weekends. Once I was feeling normal again (about a full year later and age 52), I had my reconstructive surgery and that took me longer to recover that the first surgery…this time two full months and still not really ready to go back to work, but I did. I’d say I didn’t feel all the way normal (what is that anyway) until a full year after the reconstructive surgery (now age 53). I’ve been on letrozole/exemestane since 2018. I had the Zometa injections for three years after 2018 (every six months) and only felt crappy after the first injection. Anyway, it takes a while and the best advice is to be patient with yourself. I finally began taking back chores from my support system in 2019 (after the reconstruction) but late 2019 (about six months after surgery). And I didn’t do everything again until 2022 when I took the advice of my husband and retired early (I was only 55). He was concerned the stress from my job (very stressful position) would cause me to get sick again. Now it’s his turn to get my support as his job has become more stressful and he is dealing with an 90+ year old parent with late stage dementia. I’m doing great and feel blessed that I did as well as I did. If I didn’t have my “sugar daddy”, I could’ve (and would’ve) continued working, but I do wonder how I would have felt and done with my continued health. Everyone’s journey is their own.

You will be. They will more grateful to have you back. My son gives me the most incredible hugs and told his wife that he would sit with me if I had to go on IV chemotherapy again. He runs his own company!
With my husband, the intimacy is gone (chemo threw me into a second menopause), our bond is closer and once a week we drive to the clinic. He is always there now, taking care of me is top priority. With me, it’s the cat…😂

Rule of thumb is about a year- I know, sounds like a long time, but the protocols have been ongoing for about that time- but recovery will be easier, bit by bit, we get our energy and stamina back. The hard part for me was learning not to overdo on those days where I was feeling normal- lol! Then it was like one step forward, two (or more) steps back. Had to learn the hard way (and repeat the lesson a few times) that I needed to break projects into chunks, so I had reasonable stopping points instead of powering through when the fatigue started creeping in. Hang in there, you will get there! Hugs!