Radiation. Tell me all about it.

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  • PhillieG
    PhillieG Member Posts: 4,866 Member
    #22
    Chelsea71 said:

    Wow Phil, that's impressive.
    Wow Phil, that's impressive. First of all, I'm impressed with that Dr. Yamada. May have something to do with him being Canadian. Lol. We often to lose the really good ones. Can you imagine what one of those machines must cost! Please let us know how it's going. When do you start? Hopefully this procedure will deliver a nice, long chemo break. You seem to be getting excellent treatment at Sloan.

    His Accent Threw Me

    All along I thought he was Japanese! Smile I did notice that Canada was where he got his education. It's not usually a deal breaker but I like to know where they got their education. If it's at Bob's School of Radiology I might shy away from them.

    We don't have a start date yet but I should know sometime next week.
    Yes, I have gotten excellent treatment at Sloan. I've been fortunate and I know that...
    -phil

  • AnnLouise
    AnnLouise Member Posts: 276 Member
    #23
    PhillieG said:

    Rad Radiation

    What does your treatment plan look like? During my very long journey I've yet to have radiation. However, the opportunity is here and I'm going for it. I've been able to control (and also get rid of) numerous small spots of cancer that I've had in my lungs over the past years by having Erbitux and Irinotecan, both newer targeted therapies, along with RFA's. Now it appears that the remaining area is a lymph node around where my bronchial tube splits above my lungs.

    I'm going to have it radiated by Dr. Yamada using this method. It will be 3 treatments, every other day, lasting roughly 20 minutes each. Of course it's not without risks (as well is my commute into NYC) but the benefits outweigh the risks for me and if things go well I could be looking at an extended break from chemo to say the least.

    Is your treatment going to run over many weeks? I understand that is how they often treat tumors with radiation but this new-ish method (yes, it's new-ish) delivers a higher dose but it's targeted so it does less harm to the healthy surrounding tissue. Do you know if this option is available for you?

    Similar situation......

    I am finishing a radiation treatment today of the higher targeted doses. The lung tumors have had 5 doses and the abdominal wall 3 doses, every other day.. The first week they did the mapping, then it took a week to figure out a treatment plan and then the treatments,,,,will get a scan in 2 months to see the progress, hopefully it works! Good luck with your procedure and hoping for great results. ~ Ann

  • wolfen
    wolfen Member Posts: 1,324 Member
    #24
    AnnLouise said:

    Similar situation......

    I am finishing a radiation treatment today of the higher targeted doses. The lung tumors have had 5 doses and the abdominal wall 3 doses, every other day.. The first week they did the mapping, then it took a week to figure out a treatment plan and then the treatments,,,,will get a scan in 2 months to see the progress, hopefully it works! Good luck with your procedure and hoping for great results. ~ Ann

    Trubrit & Phil

    Hope that each of you have "smooth sailing" though your rads. JBG had a rough time with hers due to location preceding surgery. I'll leave it at that and she can elaborate, if she wishes.

    Hubby had 10 rads of Stereotactic Radiation, which equates to Cyberknife I believe, on his lungs. No ill effects except dull lung pain and extreme fatigue. Not looking forward to the eventual H&N rads. That is a whole new ball game.

    Best of luck to you both.

    Luv,

    Wolfen

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