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Rads is usually done after chemo. Many girls find Radiation to be much easier than chemo - at least I did (not that I 'did' chemo - but I nursed my husband thru his chemo 10 years ago.) In my mind's eye, I'd built it up to be a demon - but it wasn't half bad, to be honest, so long as you keep up the lotions & potions to the skin during treatment! Tho, because it is daily treatment (Mon-Fri for about 4 weeks) you DO become strangely reliant on these lovely people! They really do become a part of your 'inner circle' - so much so, that by the time I was approaching my last treatment, I was strangely upset & sobbed thru my last treatment.
Where abouts are you? Town/City (you can add it to your 'profile') It will make it easier for members to let you know of specific treatments/services in your area. There were no rads treatment areas in my town, so I went to the closest big centre that did - and I was able to stay 'on site' in 'motel type' accommodation that made it SO easy to just walk 2 minutes to the cancer clinic.. each day. My husband stayed with me - almost a holiday - and we would go home on weekends as we lived 1 & 1/2hrs away.
Take care - others with chemo experience will jump on soon xxx Do you know what regime of chemo you'll be having? Not everyone has nasty side effects - tho most have some. xx
Where abouts are you? Town/City (you can add it to your 'profile') It will make it easier for members to let you know of specific treatments/services in your area. There were no rads treatment areas in my town, so I went to the closest big centre that did - and I was able to stay 'on site' in 'motel type' accommodation that made it SO easy to just walk 2 minutes to the cancer clinic.. each day. My husband stayed with me - almost a holiday - and we would go home on weekends as we lived 1 & 1/2hrs away.
Take care - others with chemo experience will jump on soon xxx Do you know what regime of chemo you'll be having? Not everyone has nasty side effects - tho most have some. xx