Overseas visitors staying during radiation
I am new here so hello everyone. I have had a mastectomy and a week later had my lymph nodes removed. I start chemo on the 10th of sept for 16 weeks then soon after that I begin radiation for 5 week...
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@Paddlefoot97 I would think very very seriously about having people to stay. It they're coming from America it's not going to be a weekend visit. No matter how helpful your guests are, they will not understand how you feel. It's not that you'll be terribly unwell, hopefully medication will limit the chemo side effects. You will have a degree of fatigue, and fatigue is very different to tiredness. It overwhelms you and swirls around your head.
If there is one thing I took on board from this forum and from my breast care nurse is to look after myself and put myself first. It's hard to do, but this once you must do it.
With radiation I burnt quite badly but that was considered quite extreme. You will have to smother yourself in creams to either prevent burns or treat burns three times a day. Youll be driving to the radiation clinic every day. Not much gets done around the house during radiation.
Think twice!
Wishing you all the very best and take care. Xx
If there is one thing I took on board from this forum and from my breast care nurse is to look after myself and put myself first. It's hard to do, but this once you must do it.
With radiation I burnt quite badly but that was considered quite extreme. You will have to smother yourself in creams to either prevent burns or treat burns three times a day. Youll be driving to the radiation clinic every day. Not much gets done around the house during radiation.
Think twice!
Wishing you all the very best and take care. Xx