Radiothreapy
Hi all, I can't believe I have reached this point. Seems to be going on forever. I started last Sep with a lumpectomy, followed by three months (once every three weeks), three months (once a week) an...
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Hi Anne-Marie - congratulations, almost done with chemo! YAY
I've just finished 4 AC and 12 taxols too, last Thursday was my last Paclitaxel dose, and I had my markup for radiontherapy the following day, so just done! 4 new tattoos to sport (seriously, sounds so dramatic, they're the size of needle pin pricks). So honestly I didn't find the prep bad at all. Basically - went in, stripped off the top half of clothes, laid on the CT machine bed, 2 of the team faff around for 10 minutes positioning you, getting you comfy and getting your arms above your head so that they get good points for the laser, and clear shots for your scar lines... they taped on a piece of wire along the scar so they could see it clearly on the scan. The radio oncologist popped in with a marker pen to have a quick game of connect the dots with a washable marker pen, said hi, then popped out again. The team then slide you in and out a few times, its not an MRI so it's an open CT ring you don't feel to hemmed in....by this stage my neck was getting a bit stiff, but I could have nodded off from the boredom ... then they mark you up, little swab, drop of ink, tiny pin prick .. and repeat 4 times for 4 marks - compared to chemo / port needles this was nothing. They you get up, get dressed and I had a session with the nurse to talk about the fact I can still have a glass of wine (yay), and a chat about costs and payment plans (not so yay ... this was the most painful bit), and then escape, for 4 weeks for me until I can start the first of my 30 sessions. Compared to the early diagnosis, and chemo, it was nothing, hope it runs smooth for you,
Best of luck - and congrats again on getting through that long chemo run, take care!
Leonie