Radiation and how you felt

Hi Bel, I didn't have to have chemo, I found the 6 weeks of radiation a breeze :) I really missed my children and partner and could not work for the six weeks due to the fact that I lived 400 km away from Adelaide where the radiotherapy treatment hospitals was. I stayed in a cancer council motel which was 3 km away from the hospital so I walked to my treatments every day which helped with fatigue. I think the excersise helped to fight the fatigue When I finished my 6 weeks of radiation on June 21 which was a Thursday I started back at work Monday 25th June, I had a very red breast which I put heaps of Kenkay pure sorbolene cream (which hospital gave me) In March this year I had my year from diagnosis checkup and all is great ( don't need to go back til march 2014 or earlier if I'm worried about anything) I find that a bit daunting as I have been seeing the breast doctor ever 3 mths since last March so it's like I'm out there on my own now, as you know the days and weeks after diagnosis age filled with X-rays, scans, operations, waiting for test results, healing time, radiotherapy sessions And in your case chemo ( but they are just a phone call away ) I have be on tamoxifen since July last year which I find ok except for the bit of weight gain and occasional hot flushes/ flashes, but I've started to walk 10 km 3 times a week plus a bit of hula hooping which is fun so hopefully the weight gain wont be to excessive Tracey