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  • Kobias
    Kobias Member Posts: 115
    #62
    Hoot Owl said:

    Rad Ready!

    Hi All!

    Getting ready to start my Rads next Thursday. I'm curious about the Boosts.  It seems like everyone has their boosts at the end, but Im staring out with 8 days of boosts first.  Is this unusual? Any experience with boosts first?

    Debbie

    How are you doing

    How are you doing Debbie?

    Kathy

  • DianeBC
    DianeBC Member Posts: 3,881 Member
    #63
    Kcramernh said:

    Rads

    I am in week four of rads and all of a sudden today I have a broken blood vessel in my eye, anyone know if it is rads or coincidence.  I just had a second ct scan today to get ready for boost.

    Oh dear, I don't know if rads

    Oh dear, I don't know if rads could do that, but, I doubt it.  Talk to your doctor and then post so we know.  Hoping your eye is better.  You will soon be done with rads.  How many more?

  • JJDS
    JJDS Member Posts: 258
    #64
    taylor manny said:

    Wishing you good luck Debbie!

    Wishing you good luck Debbie!

    Debbie, can you share what

    Debbie, can you share what your accuboosts are like?  I've never heard of them.

     

  • June Bugs
    June Bugs Member Posts: 167
    #65
    TexasCharlie said:

    I had my last rad treatment

    I had my last rad treatment yesterday. My side looks like fresh hamburger. They gave me a bunch of stuff to use. The main thing that really helps comes in packets that you mix with water and I can't remember what it's called. I also have aquaphor with 2% lidocaine which help a LOT!

     

    Congrats Charlie!   I hope

    Congrats Charlie!   I hope the stuff they gave you helps you a lot and fast!

  • Cheryl 1
    Cheryl 1 Member Posts: 41
    #66
    Faith_In_God said:

    Almost like you

    One more general Rads, then I will start the boosters next week. No peeling too, just red, hot and sore. The pain under my arm is worse, the Rads technician spends some time to find a position for my arm  that doesn't hurt much. My arm's range of mobility (especially raising it upwards) is decreasing because of the Rads induced edema. I am taking anti-inflammatory meds for that.

    My Rads Oncologist told me to use Biafine cream 2x daily (6 hours before Rads minimum), and it is quite effective.

    I can't wait to finish Rads and I hope Tamoxifin would be kinder to my body than Chemo and Rads.

    Take Care

    Faith

    Biafine is the best if you

    Biafine is the best if you don't have a severe burn.  It's a skin saver!

  • Ritzy
    Ritzy Member Posts: 4,381 Member
    #67
    Kobias said:

    Whine all you want!  Rads are

    Whine all you want!  Rads are hard and it is awful what they do to our skin.  I know the big picture is for our own good, but, right now, it's hard to focus on that.

    I've started taking naps even, I am so tired.

    Kathy

    Kathy, I took naps all of the

    Kathy, I took naps all of the time.  I still do.  hehe  Do what your body tells you to do and if it says rest, then do it.

    Sue :)

  • Kobias
    Kobias Member Posts: 115
    #68
    Faith_In_God said:

    Hi Candi

    This is my 3rd week of radiation (I am supposed to take a total of 30 sessions). My doctor told me to wear only cotton material from the first session (only cotton bras too). He also said that I should not use any creams until he checks to see if I really need them. I was also told not to use any soap (only baby shampoo), no sponges (no scrubing), no deodorant near the radiated area and I should only pat my skin really carefully.

    I am a little tender, but my main problem is pain under my arm (where my lymph nodes that were removed used to be), I was told that that it is the area where the beam exits the body, and that is normal.  

    I hope we all finish those sessions soon, I don't like them.

    Take care

    Faith

     

    I am getting more tender

    I am getting more tender under my arm too Faith.  I didn't know that is where the beam exits.  I learn so much on here.  I can't wait to be done. 

    Kathy

  • Cheryl 1
    Cheryl 1 Member Posts: 41
    #69
    JJDS said:

    I've never heard of AccuBoost

    I've never heard of AccuBoost Debbie.  Is this something new?  Good luck!

    JJ

    My boosts were also at the

    My boosts were also at the end.  Maybe certain rads oncologists just do the treatments differently?

  • taylor manny
    taylor manny Member Posts: 113
    #70
    Ritzy said:

    Kathy, I took naps all of the

    Kathy, I took naps all of the time.  I still do.  hehe  Do what your body tells you to do and if it says rest, then do it.

    Sue :)

    My husband "ordered" me to

    My husband "ordered" me to take naps.  haha  And, I do obey him.  Laughing

  • Candi Cane
    Candi Cane Member Posts: 159
    #71
    Kcramernh said:

    Rads

    I am in week four of rads and all of a sudden today I have a broken blood vessel in my eye, anyone know if it is rads or coincidence.  I just had a second ct scan today to get ready for boost.

    Kcramernh, what did you find

    Kcramernh, what did you find out about your eye? 

  • Kobias
    Kobias Member Posts: 115
    #72
    Candi Cane said:

    Kcramernh, what did you find

    Kcramernh, what did you find out about your eye? 

    My nipple is so burnt and

    My nipple is so burnt and sore and it is peeling.  Anyone else have this happen?  I can't stand to have anything touch it.  Rads are so hard..I hate this. 

  • Hoot Owl
    Hoot Owl Member Posts: 35
    #73
    JJDS said:

    Debbie, can you share what

    Debbie, can you share what your accuboosts are like?  I've never heard of them.

     

    Accuboosts

    Accuboosts are radiation given while in a mammogram machine.  There are 8 treatments followed by 25 entire breast radiation treatments.  The Accuboost targets only the surgery site.  It takes a set up in a mammogram machine and you're locked in the machine from top to bottom and them from side to side for 30-40 minutes each time.  I just finished my 8th treatment last week and am so glad.  It was very painful, but I'm told that it is very beneficial.  So far all is going well. 

  • Candi Cane
    Candi Cane Member Posts: 159
    #74
    Hoot Owl said:

    Accuboosts

    Accuboosts are radiation given while in a mammogram machine.  There are 8 treatments followed by 25 entire breast radiation treatments.  The Accuboost targets only the surgery site.  It takes a set up in a mammogram machine and you're locked in the machine from top to bottom and them from side to side for 30-40 minutes each time.  I just finished my 8th treatment last week and am so glad.  It was very painful, but I'm told that it is very beneficial.  So far all is going well. 

    Debbie, those Accuboosts

    Debbie, those Accuboosts sound awful!  I didn't know anything about them.  I hope the rest of your treatments are easier on you.  It's strange how for me, my boosters at the end were easier and yours were at the first and harder.  All that matters though is that they kill any left over cancer cells. 

    Keep posting how you're doing and I wish you all the good luck that there is!

    Candi

  • Kobias
    Kobias Member Posts: 115
    #75
    Kobias said:

    My nipple is so burnt and

    My nipple is so burnt and sore and it is peeling.  Anyone else have this happen?  I can't stand to have anything touch it.  Rads are so hard..I hate this. 

    I finished!  I am done!  I am

    I finished!  I am done!  I am sore all over but the most important thing is I am done! 

    Kathy

  • Pink Rose
    Pink Rose Member Posts: 493
    #76
    Kobias said:

    I finished!  I am done!  I am

    I finished!  I am done!  I am sore all over but the most important thing is I am done! 

    Kathy

    Congrats Kathy!  I'm happy

    Congrats Kathy!  I'm happy for you!  You got through rads and now can celebrate your freedom!

    Hugs, Rose

  • Kobias
    Kobias Member Posts: 115
    #77
    Pink Rose said:

    Congrats Kathy!  I'm happy

    Congrats Kathy!  I'm happy for you!  You got through rads and now can celebrate your freedom!

    Hugs, Rose

    I am peeling and having

    I am peeling and having strange tingly sensations where the tumor was and where I had the boosters.  Anyone else experience this?  Is it nerve endings maybe healing? 

    Kathy

  • Candi Cane
    Candi Cane Member Posts: 159
    #78
    Kobias said:

    I am peeling and having

    I am peeling and having strange tingly sensations where the tumor was and where I had the boosters.  Anyone else experience this?  Is it nerve endings maybe healing? 

    Kathy

    I have that too Kathy and my

    I have that too Kathy and my radiation oncologist said exactly what you wrote.  It is just our nerve endings coming alive again and healing.  Sorry you are still peeling.  Keep the creams on!

     

  • taylor manny
    taylor manny Member Posts: 113
    #79
    TexasCharlie said:

    I had my last rad treatment

    I had my last rad treatment yesterday. My side looks like fresh hamburger. They gave me a bunch of stuff to use. The main thing that really helps comes in packets that you mix with water and I can't remember what it's called. I also have aquaphor with 2% lidocaine which help a LOT!

     

    Congrats Texas Charlie!  What

    Congrats Texas Charlie!  What is lidocaine?  Is it a cream for burns?  A prescription?  Do you remember what else you used, the mixture in packets?

  • Kobias
    Kobias Member Posts: 115
    #80
    Kobias said:

    Whine all you want!  Rads are

    Whine all you want!  Rads are hard and it is awful what they do to our skin.  I know the big picture is for our own good, but, right now, it's hard to focus on that.

    I've started taking naps even, I am so tired.

    Kathy

    Pushing this up for

    Pushing this up for candican.  Maybe this will help her some.

  • Lynne P
    Lynne P Member Posts: 165
    #81
    Kobias said:

    I am peeling and having

    I am peeling and having strange tingly sensations where the tumor was and where I had the boosters.  Anyone else experience this?  Is it nerve endings maybe healing? 

    Kathy

    Did you see your rads onco

    Did you see your rads onco Kathy?  You should call him at least to see what is going on.

     

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