How much time between surgery and RAD?

Teach76

Hello, friends

         Everyone here has been so helpful through my treatment so far, so I feel very comfortable turning to you once again for some advice.  In a quick summary, I was diagnosed June,2015, neoadjuvant TC until November, Shingles in February, finally surgery(partial) March 3rd.

      It is now 10 weeks since my surgery.  I have seen my PS about every 2 weeks, and she has felt that I still have swelling and internal healing going on.  I saw a RO who said she will wait until the PS gives the all clear.  That RO retired and I met with another doc who said that he feels the CT scan can be done the end of May and rad begin in June.  I am reading so many posts that just about everyone who needed RAD began about 4-6 weeks post surgery.  I am looking at POSSIBLY starting 13 weeks post surgery!!!!

      While it seemed that the chemo did it's job, there were 2 areas tested at surgery that showed cancer cells.  This is why I agreed to radiation to "clean up" what may be remaining.  I was blessed that there was no lymph node involvement, but I am getting concerned about the length of time that is passing.  Other than the PS, I have not seen my BS since the end of March, I have not seen my MO since I finished chemo in November.  When I mention symptoms such as continued fatigue, coldness, and neuropathy, I usually get responses such as, "that's interesting," or, " you did have chemo."  But these may also be signs of anemia, or a thyroid imbalance (family history).  Should I not have at least a blood test to check levels by now?????  I don't want to tell the specialists what I think they should do ( I have been pleased with my progress), but in some ways I don't think I am being followed as closely as I have read about the treatment of others.  My original tumor was stage 2, grade 3.  The concern about the aggressiveness of the disease at DX does not seem a concern to doctors now, post surgery.

 

     Any advice about how to approach the doctors without sounding pushy or ungrateful would certainly be welcome.  I was even thinking about setting an annual physical with my PCP and asking her to run a CBC check for me.  I am hoping that if anything started festering that it will be seen on the CT scan. Yes?

 

Thanks!

Kathy

desertgirl947

Can't say I can help you out

Can't say I can help you out with this, as after my surgery (double) I did chemo.  The pathology reports were such that chemo was added to my treatment.  After chemo, I did radiation therapy.  (This was going on four years ago for me.)

• Surgery - third week of February
• chemo - early April through mid-July
• radiation - about the 2nd week of August through September

Puffin2014

radiation

I too did chemo between surgery and radiation. lumpectomy Jun 16, chemo started July 17 & ended Sep 18, started radiation Oct 13