Half way done!

grannabeth
grannabeth Member Posts: 95
in Breast Cancer #1

Hey everyone, I just reached the half way mark for my radiation treatments! Doing pretty well, only had three days of fatigue so far, and some redness, but not bad. Aquaphor is my friend at this point. Three more weeks and I will be finished with this phase of my treatment. Tamoxifen is my next course. Am a little uneasy, but my oncologist says my body has given me three warning shots in the past three years and tamoxifen is very effective and since my tumor was 96% estrogen receptor positive--it should give me extra protection considering my family history. (Mom diagnozed at age 38, maternal grandmother, and cousin diagnozed at 47).  

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  • Angie2U
    Angie2U Member Posts: 2,991
    #2
    Congrats on the halfway

    Congrats on the halfway point!  I think Aquaphor was everyone's best friend during rads. 

    Hugs, Angie

  • Josie21
    Josie21 Member Posts: 382 Member
    #3
    Half way

    Hi!  Congrats on bring half way done.  Before you know it, it will be over. Yeah!

    Ginny

  • disneyfan2008
    disneyfan2008 Member Posts: 6,583 Member
    #4
    so exciting HALF way...
    I

    so exciting HALF way...

    I made up a reverse calender instead of counting days completed...i had one I marks off with remains days left!.

    That is the only date I remember is MY LAST radiation -it will be 5 yrs on the 28th of this month...soon you'll be looking back at long time since completed..

    Happy you are handling it well, min side effects...

    Keep us posted

    Denise

     

  • DianeBC
    DianeBC Member Posts: 3,881 Member
    #5
    Josie21 said:

    Half way

    Hi!  Congrats on bring half way done.  Before you know it, it will be over. Yeah!

    Ginny

    Congratulations!

    Congratulations!

  • jlharris
    jlharris Member Posts: 47
    #6
    disneyfan2008 said:

    so exciting HALF way...
    I

    so exciting HALF way...

    I made up a reverse calender instead of counting days completed...i had one I marks off with remains days left!.

    That is the only date I remember is MY LAST radiation -it will be 5 yrs on the 28th of this month...soon you'll be looking back at long time since completed..

    Happy you are handling it well, min side effects...

    Keep us posted

    Denise

     

    Congrats on being half way

    Congrats on being half way done. I have completed 10 treatments and have 23 more to go. Yes I to use Aquaphor every time after treatment. So far so good, just a little fatigue. I too will start on Tamoxifen when I am done with the rads. I hope that we both do not have the many side effects.

    Good Luck!

     

  • taylor manny
    taylor manny Member Posts: 113
    #7
    disneyfan2008 said:

    so exciting HALF way...
    I

    so exciting HALF way...

    I made up a reverse calender instead of counting days completed...i had one I marks off with remains days left!.

    That is the only date I remember is MY LAST radiation -it will be 5 yrs on the 28th of this month...soon you'll be looking back at long time since completed..

    Happy you are handling it well, min side effects...

    Keep us posted

    Denise

     

    Congratulations!  I did what

    Congratulations!  I did what Denise did.  It helped to see the finish line was getting nearer. 

     

  • Kylez
    Kylez Member Posts: 3,761 Member
    #8
    taylor manny said:

    Congratulations!  I did what

    Congratulations!  I did what Denise did.  It helped to see the finish line was getting nearer. 

     

    Sending the biggest of

    Sending the biggest of congrats on the 1//2 point!  Good luck with the rest!

  • JJDS
    JJDS Member Posts: 258
    #9
    Kylez said:

    Sending the biggest of

    Sending the biggest of congrats on the 1//2 point!  Good luck with the rest!

    This is great!  Congrats!

    This is great!  Congrats!

  • Lynne P
    Lynne P Member Posts: 165
    #10
    JJDS said:

    This is great!  Congrats!

    This is great!  Congrats!

    Congrats

    Congrats

  • desertgirl947
    desertgirl947 Member Posts: 653 Member
    #11
    Excellent!  Sounds like you

    Excellent!  Sounds like you are faring well as you anticipate the end of whatever all you have had to do to battle this disease.  Not everyone does, as you may have seen as you peruse the boards here.

    I started tamoxifen last August, just ahead of my starting radiation therapy.  My oncologist was just telling me at my three-month check last Monday that he thinks he will extend my hormonal therapy, based on what he is reading -- that there appears to be benefit.  He is thinking I'd do this 7-10 years rather than 5.  He has talked about midway (five-year) changing the drug I take.  I forget what that drug is.  (Although, it may be that that changes, if he is going to extend my hormonal therapy.) 

  • Ritzy
    Ritzy Member Posts: 4,381 Member
    #12
    desertgirl947 said:

    Excellent!  Sounds like you

    Excellent!  Sounds like you are faring well as you anticipate the end of whatever all you have had to do to battle this disease.  Not everyone does, as you may have seen as you peruse the boards here.

    I started tamoxifen last August, just ahead of my starting radiation therapy.  My oncologist was just telling me at my three-month check last Monday that he thinks he will extend my hormonal therapy, based on what he is reading -- that there appears to be benefit.  He is thinking I'd do this 7-10 years rather than 5.  He has talked about midway (five-year) changing the drug I take.  I forget what that drug is.  (Although, it may be that that changes, if he is going to extend my hormonal therapy.) 

    Wonderful!  Celebrating the

    Wonderful!  Celebrating the halfway point with you!  We will get the party hats out when you finally are done! 

    Sue :)

  • Candi Cane
    Candi Cane Member Posts: 159
    #13
    jlharris said:

    Congrats on being half way

    Congrats on being half way done. I have completed 10 treatments and have 23 more to go. Yes I to use Aquaphor every time after treatment. So far so good, just a little fatigue. I too will start on Tamoxifen when I am done with the rads. I hope that we both do not have the many side effects.

    Good Luck!

     

    Congratulations!

    Granna Beth, that is terrific news!

  • Kobias
    Kobias Member Posts: 115
    #14
    Ritzy said:

    Wonderful!  Celebrating the

    Wonderful!  Celebrating the halfway point with you!  We will get the party hats out when you finally are done! 

    Sue :)

    I can't wait to be halfway

    I can't wait to be halfway done!  It must feel really good to be so close to the end.  Congrats!

  • Noel
    Noel Member Posts: 3,095 Member
    #15
    desertgirl947 said:

    Excellent!  Sounds like you

    Excellent!  Sounds like you are faring well as you anticipate the end of whatever all you have had to do to battle this disease.  Not everyone does, as you may have seen as you peruse the boards here.

    I started tamoxifen last August, just ahead of my starting radiation therapy.  My oncologist was just telling me at my three-month check last Monday that he thinks he will extend my hormonal therapy, based on what he is reading -- that there appears to be benefit.  He is thinking I'd do this 7-10 years rather than 5.  He has talked about midway (five-year) changing the drug I take.  I forget what that drug is.  (Although, it may be that that changes, if he is going to extend my hormonal therapy.) 

    Thrilled for your news of

    Thrilled for your news of being halfway done!

  • DianeBC
    DianeBC Member Posts: 3,881 Member
    #16
    desertgirl947 said:

    Excellent!  Sounds like you

    Excellent!  Sounds like you are faring well as you anticipate the end of whatever all you have had to do to battle this disease.  Not everyone does, as you may have seen as you peruse the boards here.

    I started tamoxifen last August, just ahead of my starting radiation therapy.  My oncologist was just telling me at my three-month check last Monday that he thinks he will extend my hormonal therapy, based on what he is reading -- that there appears to be benefit.  He is thinking I'd do this 7-10 years rather than 5.  He has talked about midway (five-year) changing the drug I take.  I forget what that drug is.  (Although, it may be that that changes, if he is going to extend my hormonal therapy.) 

    Desertgirl, it seems that

    Desertgirl, it seems that some onco's are considering keeping their patients on hormone therapy longer than the 5 years.  I don't think there is enough research done on it yet to prove that by staying on it longer helps, but, I could be wrong about that. 

    Good luck to you!

  • TexasCharlie
    TexasCharlie Member Posts: 76
    #17
    Congratulations on being

    Congratulations on being halfway done. I too reached the halfway point on the June,11th. I have had some redness but not bad. I too have been using creams, I have some stuff that the nurse gave me and some stuff that has steroids in it. I also bathe the area in green tea once a day.  I am done with chemo, though I do get an infusion of Herceptin every three weeks. As of yesterday I only have either 12 or 15 treatments to go, it's up to my radiology oncoligist to determine when the time comes.

    God Bless

    Charlie

  • JJDS
    JJDS Member Posts: 258
    #18
    TexasCharlie said:

    Congratulations on being

    Congratulations on being halfway done. I too reached the halfway point on the June,11th. I have had some redness but not bad. I too have been using creams, I have some stuff that the nurse gave me and some stuff that has steroids in it. I also bathe the area in green tea once a day.  I am done with chemo, though I do get an infusion of Herceptin every three weeks. As of yesterday I only have either 12 or 15 treatments to go, it's up to my radiology oncoligist to determine when the time comes.

    God Bless

    Charlie

    Congrats to you and to

    Congrats to you and to Charlie for both being halfway finished! 

  • June Bugs
    June Bugs Member Posts: 167
    #19
    JJDS said:

    Congrats to you and to

    Congrats to you and to Charlie for both being halfway finished! 

    Just saw this.  You should be

    Just saw this.  You should be almost done by now.  Congrats!

  • VickiSam
    VickiSam Member Posts: 9,079 Member
    #20
    June Bugs said:

    Just saw this.  You should be

    Just saw this.  You should be almost done by now.  Congrats!

    .... gentle hugs, and positive thoughts

    coming your way.  Continued Strength and Courage.

     

    Vicki Sam

  • Kristin N
    Kristin N Member Posts: 1,968 Member
    #21
    VickiSam said:

    .... gentle hugs, and positive thoughts

    coming your way.  Continued Strength and Courage.

     

    Vicki Sam

    Adding my biggest of

    Adding my biggest of congrats!  Texas Charlie, you well?

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