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sandramj
9 years agoMember
Radiation after lumpectomy
wondering what's the normal time after lumpectomy does radiation start? I had the small cancer and one node with cancer removed on 1st April. ( one node had changing cells - pre cancer). Oncologist ...
sandramj
8 years agoMember
Yes radiation is five days a week (except public holidays maybe) and it was 3 months after surgery - I wondered why initially but when I saw the end result of the radiation type of burn i understood why they don’t radiate wounds. Good luck, look after yourself. Whatever it takes. I was fine during radiation but got tired weeks later. Maybe a reaction to the hormone therapy. Or maybe just the letting go of stress and wound up emotions from diagnosis!