Persistent symptoms after lumpectomy
Hi All I had a lumpectomy on my left breast in July 2017 and radiotherapy after. I am now on hormone replacement treatment. All went well and all results were clear but I continue to have some persi...
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Hi @Loveactually . We went to Cairns shortly after radiotherapy and I learnt you must be careful with UV as it seems to activate the radiated breast.
The creaming productyou use is important too.Moo Goo is very popular on here .I used Dermaveen which worked fine .I creamed 3times a day for 3 months and more if I felt I needed it. Sorbolene is not such a great emollient - my radiotherapy clinic got rid of it and supplied Cetaphil mainly I guess as people rarely used it. They suppplied. Creams in the change room for straight after treatment
.Radiation can cause some rib pain but always get it checked with your oncologist to be sure.
I am a very fair Skinned redhead had 16 rounds of chemo and skin damage was minimal for me.
You will experience engulfing fatigue for a while usually after treatment ends and need to be prepared to slow down and nap when you need it - it didn’t last for long for me .
Treatment is 5 days per week so there is a lot of travel and finding a park can be time consuming .Actual treatment itself is quick 15 minutes or less. Most time is taken up at the start when they are planning your treatment and mapping where the zaps will be and for how long. I had LHS breast cancer so was taught to hold my breath to lift the radiation site from my heart .It was not difficult to do.
Hope some of this helps. Happy to provide anymore information if I can and you need. xo
PS Cost. Radiation treatment is exactly the same whether public or private - you can blend private surgery / chemo with public radiation. The latter has noexcesss whereas my private radiation cost $2000 excess as private cover did not pick up the tab. If I had my time over I would go public for radiation- my radiation treatment was quite short but the excess can be much greater depending on how many rounds your have.
The creaming productyou use is important too.Moo Goo is very popular on here .I used Dermaveen which worked fine .I creamed 3times a day for 3 months and more if I felt I needed it. Sorbolene is not such a great emollient - my radiotherapy clinic got rid of it and supplied Cetaphil mainly I guess as people rarely used it. They suppplied. Creams in the change room for straight after treatment
.Radiation can cause some rib pain but always get it checked with your oncologist to be sure.
I am a very fair Skinned redhead had 16 rounds of chemo and skin damage was minimal for me.
You will experience engulfing fatigue for a while usually after treatment ends and need to be prepared to slow down and nap when you need it - it didn’t last for long for me .
Treatment is 5 days per week so there is a lot of travel and finding a park can be time consuming .Actual treatment itself is quick 15 minutes or less. Most time is taken up at the start when they are planning your treatment and mapping where the zaps will be and for how long. I had LHS breast cancer so was taught to hold my breath to lift the radiation site from my heart .It was not difficult to do.
Hope some of this helps. Happy to provide anymore information if I can and you need. xo
PS Cost. Radiation treatment is exactly the same whether public or private - you can blend private surgery / chemo with public radiation. The latter has noexcesss whereas my private radiation cost $2000 excess as private cover did not pick up the tab. If I had my time over I would go public for radiation- my radiation treatment was quite short but the excess can be much greater depending on how many rounds your have.