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Radiotherapy side effects
ive completed 5 of 30 radiotherapy treatments to date.
I have been told the two common side effects are skin reactions and tiredness.
for those that have completed radiotherapy treatment
1. Af...
Hi. I've had 26 rads - 4 more to go. I was expecting to have a really bad experience because I am a red head with very sensitive skin. However while my skin was "flushed" after each treatment, it was back to normal every night and I didn't start to get pink until session 22 and it is only slightly pink. Now I have small patch of redness under my breast where my bra sits which stings like very bad sunburn - but it's mostly because of the friction between my bra and skin. If I am not wearing a bra it doesn't hurt. I am now leaving a large dollop of cream on under there and use a silicon dressing which the hospital gave me to reduce the friction with my clothes. The skin is still intact. I only began to get tired yesterday (session 25) but I am working, having targeted therapy every 3 weeks, looking after my parents and doing a heap of other things. I slept a lot today and feel a lot better.
Good luck with it, Nadine