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Radiation induced necrosis
The first time I heard the word 'necrosis' was in the ER when I went in for an extremely painful spot on my left thigh and the ER doc said it could be 'fat necrosis'. Of course I knew what the word probably meant so looked it up when I got home, hmmm. Wondered if you can have necrosis all through your body anywhere that…
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A rude awakening (neuropathy, chemobrain and who knows what else, sigh.
Before I go into this experience I want to remind readers who don't know my history that I am a 25 year survivor of non hodgkins lymphoma so my treatment was that long ago. I had an autologus bone marrow transplant and total body rads on recurrance. I am telling you this because what follows are my symptoms and cancer…
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Radiation and Stress Fractures
I completed 15 radiation treatments on my spine last Thursday and now have a stress fracture. My doctor is scheduling me to see neuro neurolist now. How common is this to happen? I am an active person and had been doing my regular activities like playing in the garden during treatments. I felt great and then last week the…
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Plueral effusion
My cancer was diagnosed after I suffered double plueral effusion. I underwent 3 chest drains within 2/3 weeks of each other before I started on my chemo regime. 4 weeks into my treatment I was back in hospital having my 4th chest drain. The irony of this was like a kick in the teeth as I was a road runner and used to run…
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Avastin for radiation-induced necrosis
When brain tumors are treated with radiation therapy, there is always a risk of radiation-induced necrosis of healthy brain tissue. Insidious and potentially fatal, radiation necrosis of the brain may develop months or even years after irradiation. This poorly understood side effect can occur even when the most stringent…