Radiation - with or without tattoo
Hi all. I have my first rads appointment with my Radiation Oncologist on 1st of July for my treatment plan. Thereafter ill be starting Tamoxifen. From doing research I found that there's different...
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Hi @ARichies I had left side radiation 2 years ago and no tattoo, just texta marks and clear round stickers to keep them there as long as possible. I’m not sure why but my thought at the time was Covid had just started and it was one less thing for them to worry about. As you remove bra and top clothing too, they weren’t using any changing rooms and I had to do that in the radiation room which seemed odd at the time, but I presume Covid related as well.
I only had 16 doses and did the deep breath in and hold for 20 or so seconds. I was practicing that before I started the radiation so didn’t find that hard at all and only needed to do it once each session. I was worried about heart and lung issues (my brother had a heart attack at 50 and has ongoing issues & my dad at 64 died from a heart attack) but the oncologist reassured me it would be ok.
Hope it all goes well x
I only had 16 doses and did the deep breath in and hold for 20 or so seconds. I was practicing that before I started the radiation so didn’t find that hard at all and only needed to do it once each session. I was worried about heart and lung issues (my brother had a heart attack at 50 and has ongoing issues & my dad at 64 died from a heart attack) but the oncologist reassured me it would be ok.
Hope it all goes well x