What to ask at the first Radiology meeting with doctor?

@StarGirl I didn’t feel any nausea but would have liked to have to lost a bit of weight!

That's good to hear.  I think I will ask to have it.

Hi @TerryTee, yes the mepitel was brilliant. Just went a bit pink and if it got itchy I just put my creams over the top. The mepitel is breathable so I could rub my cortisone cream into it and it penetrated really well. I had to have it replaced fairly often as I had radiation in the height of Summer. I still got the gross brown spots, but they all came off again and the skin was then totally normal. I have a tiny bit of lung damage on that side, but I think that happens to everyone. 

thank you for that tip.  Did the Mepitel work well for you?

@TerryTee, I had left sided bc radiation with Mepitel and the breathhold thing. It was quite easy, so don’t worry. Something I wished I had been aware of earlier was the nausea and loss of appetite. I lost about 5kg because I felt so sick. I thought it was just me, but apparently the radiation can irritate your stomach as it’s quite close to where the radiation goes. I wish I had known they were common side effects and asked for anti-nausea medication. Best of luck with it all xx

I'll start practising that.

@TerryTee you’ll probably  be told to do deep breath holding for about 20 -25 seconds. I practised before hand ( when I couldn’t sleep 😴) and it wasn’t to hard to hold. I just count while I’m doing it.

Thankyou jwrenn 

I do have a left BC. Thank you. 

If you had a left sided BC, ask how they protect your heart, or any potential impact on it.
Also ask about skin care, and if mepitel or strataxrt is an option