Doubts about radiation
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I had stage 3 A breast
I had stage 3 A breast cancer. Lumpectomy, axillary dissection. 16 nodes removed, 8 positive. One with a little tumor started on it. EEEEK! I had 4 A/C, 4 Taxotere. 7 weeks of radiation. The radiation is just annoying because you have to go everyday! It takes longer for them to position you then it does for the treatment! I got a little fatigued, and one burn. But, I don't have a mark on me from radiation. And I am still good going into my 5 th year.
Better safe than sorry fighting this beast! You are more likely to have recurrence at the primary site, that is why the radiation. You can do this!
I had the "girls" evened up last October. Having radiation can cause healing issues. But they can manage those a LOT easier than Cancer!0 -
I read your post where youamber01 said:I had stage 3 A breast
I had stage 3 A breast cancer. Lumpectomy, axillary dissection. 16 nodes removed, 8 positive. One with a little tumor started on it. EEEEK! I had 4 A/C, 4 Taxotere. 7 weeks of radiation. The radiation is just annoying because you have to go everyday! It takes longer for them to position you then it does for the treatment! I got a little fatigued, and one burn. But, I don't have a mark on me from radiation. And I am still good going into my 5 th year.
Better safe than sorry fighting this beast! You are more likely to have recurrence at the primary site, that is why the radiation. You can do this!
I had the "girls" evened up last October. Having radiation can cause healing issues. But they can manage those a LOT easier than Cancer!
I read your post where you were uncertain about doing rads and I wasn't going to try and convince you as this is your choice. We all do what we have to do and what we want to do in this fight.
Then I read where you decided to go ahead and I smiled! I really think you've made the best decision for you.
There are lots of helpful tips on here in posts and always ask if you have any questions or concerns.
Good luck and here's a hug too,
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For me, radiation is a walk
For me, radiation is a walk in the park as compared to chemo. As far as still cooking after it's over, I think that is much truer of chemo than rads. Chemo is systemic, meaning it kills pretty much anything in it's path, which is your entire body, while rads are extremely targeted. As far as healing goes, the only healing I have to do from rads is similar to a very light sunburn that heals every weekend (I get rads M-F). My opinion is that rads are the easiest part of the whole enchilada (chemo, surgery, rads) so why take a risk by skipping it?0 -
Wishing you good luck withNancyJac said:For me, radiation is a walk
For me, radiation is a walk in the park as compared to chemo. As far as still cooking after it's over, I think that is much truer of chemo than rads. Chemo is systemic, meaning it kills pretty much anything in it's path, which is your entire body, while rads are extremely targeted. As far as healing goes, the only healing I have to do from rads is similar to a very light sunburn that heals every weekend (I get rads M-F). My opinion is that rads are the easiest part of the whole enchilada (chemo, surgery, rads) so why take a risk by skipping it?
Wishing you good luck with rads.0
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