Radiation and long term sideeffects
I have had breast conserving surgery and am due to start chemo early May. I have met with the radiation dude and he was talking about possible side effects of radiation and that there is a chance that...
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A friend of mine when she was 20 had a tumour wrapped around her optic nerve and whilst the tumour turned out to be benign they couldn't get it all and hence radiation treatment. Radiation did the trick in killing the rest but over the years she has ended up with 5 radiation induced sarcomas resulting in another operation at one point. Nicki is in her mid 50s and is pretty upbeat it all and just deals with it as it occurs. Now i know the way they do radiation these days has improved heaps since the mid 80s but I'd be asking a lot of questions so you can make a well informed decision.
Best of luck with what you decide @CassW88 it's never easy particularly if you are under stress. I decided to to be part of a radiation clinical trial, designed to find whether early stage, hormone +, her 2-, cancers really need radiation. I had to be happy with the thought that i might be put in the group that just received the hormone therapy, which is what happened. I'm still happy because i also know that i have radiation up my sleeve should i ever need it down the track.
Cathxx
Best of luck with what you decide @CassW88 it's never easy particularly if you are under stress. I decided to to be part of a radiation clinical trial, designed to find whether early stage, hormone +, her 2-, cancers really need radiation. I had to be happy with the thought that i might be put in the group that just received the hormone therapy, which is what happened. I'm still happy because i also know that i have radiation up my sleeve should i ever need it down the track.
Cathxx