Radiotherapy patient or sheep?
I thought I would post about my experience in radiotherapy and see if others feel the same way. On the whole I have found it a highly dehumanising experience. In the clinic I go to they se...
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Hey@Vangirl,
Aww that's no good, but yay, nearly done.
I guess it depends where you go and who's running the show. Yes, I had to wait sometimes in the gown but by that time I was so used to waiting for doctors and treatment I really didn't expect anything else. The gown didn't bother me too much as by then I figured every man and his dog had seen my boobs, so whatever, at least I was covered.
There were family members in there as well for other people getting nuked. Those of us who were there around the same time each day became chatty. There was one guy there for prostate cancer that spent the whole time winging about Tamoxifen....omen maybe?? :)
It is a bit rough that they changed staff during treatment I agree. Your not in there that long so surely they could have waited. I didn't have that issue. I mostly had the same nurses throughout. Same two in the morning and the same two on the afternoon shift if I went later.
I guess the whole thing is a bit like a conveyor belt, but it makes it all streamlined I suppose. Personal? Depends on who you are dealing with through treatment. Some are great, some are just at work.
Hope you feel better soon.
xoxoxo
Aww that's no good, but yay, nearly done.
I guess it depends where you go and who's running the show. Yes, I had to wait sometimes in the gown but by that time I was so used to waiting for doctors and treatment I really didn't expect anything else. The gown didn't bother me too much as by then I figured every man and his dog had seen my boobs, so whatever, at least I was covered.
There were family members in there as well for other people getting nuked. Those of us who were there around the same time each day became chatty. There was one guy there for prostate cancer that spent the whole time winging about Tamoxifen....omen maybe?? :)
It is a bit rough that they changed staff during treatment I agree. Your not in there that long so surely they could have waited. I didn't have that issue. I mostly had the same nurses throughout. Same two in the morning and the same two on the afternoon shift if I went later.
I guess the whole thing is a bit like a conveyor belt, but it makes it all streamlined I suppose. Personal? Depends on who you are dealing with through treatment. Some are great, some are just at work.
Hope you feel better soon.
xoxoxo