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Radiation cough

Barneygirl
Barneygirl CSN Member Posts: 90
in Ovarian Cancer #1
I just finished radiation 2 days ago and I have had a dry cough since starting treatment last week. Just wondering if it might be related. The radiation was aimed above and below my clavicle. Of course, all I can think about are lung mets. This darn disease makes me feel like a hypochondriac and I hate having to focus on every little symptom.
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  • upsofloating
    upsofloating CSN Member Posts: 466 Member
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    I also had the cough. It got
    I also had the cough. It got worse after I had finished but cleared up in week or two. I thinkit was gone when I had my 2 wk followup appt with rad onc. Worst time was trying to sleep but honey lemon throat lozenge helped. I mentioned to rad onc on f/u that it would have been helpful to have a heads up of expected side effects including a body diagram with exact areas to be targeted marked. I had not realized I was getting directed beams both front and from back. I would have used some aloe vera on areas to hopefully minimize burn. My back was worst... and then the cough. Hope it clears up quickly.
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  • Barneygirl
    Barneygirl CSN Member Posts: 90
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    upsofloating said:

    I also had the cough. It got
    I also had the cough. It got worse after I had finished but cleared up in week or two. I thinkit was gone when I had my 2 wk followup appt with rad onc. Worst time was trying to sleep but honey lemon throat lozenge helped. I mentioned to rad onc on f/u that it would have been helpful to have a heads up of expected side effects including a body diagram with exact areas to be targeted marked. I had not realized I was getting directed beams both front and from back. I would have used some aloe vera on areas to hopefully minimize burn. My back was worst... and then the cough. Hope it clears up quickly.

    We certainly share the same
    We certainly share the same experience with the rads. I didn't get any burning though, but I only had 5 treatments. Like you said, I wish they would have discussed the side effects, so we wouldn't worry.
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  • azgrandma
    azgrandma CSN Member Posts: 609 Member
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    Barneygirl said:

    We certainly share the same
    We certainly share the same experience with the rads. I didn't get any burning though, but I only had 5 treatments. Like you said, I wish they would have discussed the side effects, so we wouldn't worry.

    i think you get it with chemo also
    I had a cough with chemo also
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