Working - radiation and hormone treatment
Hi everyone - I feel a bit slack complaining that I am about to start radiation and I don't know how I will manage to continue to work when I hear of people working and having chemo. I feel overwhelme...
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Hi I was lucky that I am semi retired and was able to take off 6 weeks to undertake my radiotherapy .
I had 28 sessions and the facility was close to my home do that was good.
Towards the end I got quite fatigued and even had to have the odd “ nana nap” , and the fatigue lasted a few weeks after.
I had very little in the way of skin issues - if the facility offers Mepitel and you can use it take it - I was not a candidate due to large “dog ears” ( fixed in my subsequent reconstruction surgery ) so I sent away for strata xrt cream which did the trick .
I know that lots of ladies on here have worked through radiotherapy and you are right it’s a lot less impact than chemotherapy from what I have read.
Take care 🌺
I had 28 sessions and the facility was close to my home do that was good.
Towards the end I got quite fatigued and even had to have the odd “ nana nap” , and the fatigue lasted a few weeks after.
I had very little in the way of skin issues - if the facility offers Mepitel and you can use it take it - I was not a candidate due to large “dog ears” ( fixed in my subsequent reconstruction surgery ) so I sent away for strata xrt cream which did the trick .
I know that lots of ladies on here have worked through radiotherapy and you are right it’s a lot less impact than chemotherapy from what I have read.
Take care 🌺