A day in the life of a radiotherapy patient
For those about to undergo radiation treatment or those just interested in what’s involved, here’s a typical day in one of the thirty days when I’m zapped for my own good.
I wake up late. Radiother...
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Thanks, Meg. You've given me lots more information to call on when I see the radiation doctor. I saw the oncologist for the first time today & brought it up with her, because what decision is made re heart and radiotherapy will affect the timing of what she does. To my surprise, she said my concern was a real one. She said in my case, a mastectomy and the lumpectomy (done) + radiation would have the same consequences. But the mastectomy would take away any concern about heart.... & with my artificial heart valve I'd be considered at some risk. I'm only small, so a mastectomy would not be a big deal re body image & wouldn't give me any lop-sided balance problems (where I'd understand someone else preferring to stick with the breast preservation duo of lumpectomy and radiation).