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Hello all I've just joined the network. This is my status. Lumpectomy after DCIS insitu highly invasive, nuclear high grade, too small to be able to get hormone readings. Yes, I'm lucky....sort of...
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Hi @Judithm,
It is bloody awful how many decisions you have to make through this when your brain appears to be somewhere else. My situation was a little different but as I was adamant about having the lumpectomy vs mastectomy I had to have the radiation.
I really didn't find rads much of an issue at all. No fatigue, minimal skin problems.
It's almost two years since I finished radiation and the only side effects that are apparent at the moment are a little heat in the area at times and the occasional ache where they nuked my chest nodes. I just have to be a bit careful in the sun.
Good luck with your decision.
xoxoxo
It is bloody awful how many decisions you have to make through this when your brain appears to be somewhere else. My situation was a little different but as I was adamant about having the lumpectomy vs mastectomy I had to have the radiation.
I really didn't find rads much of an issue at all. No fatigue, minimal skin problems.
It's almost two years since I finished radiation and the only side effects that are apparent at the moment are a little heat in the area at times and the occasional ache where they nuked my chest nodes. I just have to be a bit careful in the sun.
Good luck with your decision.
xoxoxo