last chemo done, alone again??

Hi Julia

Congrats on finishing your chemo I know how that feels. Radiation is a lot kinder to you bar the fact you have to go every day! My Radiation Onco said I could swim in our salt water pool which I did a few times last summer while I was having treatment, couldn't go in the sea as we had all the flooding in Brisbane and the beaches were filthy. You have to be careful if you have any skin breaks from the radiation you could get an infection from dirty water. So you could just go in up to your waist if you were worried. Don't let it stop you having a watery holiday life is for living!!

As for the scans etc I had a mammogram and Ultrasound at one year post diagnosis on my unaffected breast and that's all I have been followed up by 3 doctors, surgeon, onco and radiation onco and they all have a good feel around so feel confident they would pick up something if it was there.I did have bone scan , CT and bone density tests before I started chemo.

When you start radiation follow the advice about cream and you will be fine I had no problems with my skin , just got a bit red but died down after creaming.

Good luck

Sarah x