Hey @rachel60 , super lovely to hear from you! Hope you are recovering from surgery well. I think BC makes us all question things and where we want to go in life and it sounds like you’ve made a good decision for future you. Have you got any ideas what you’d like to do next? I’m nearly 2 weeks since finishing radio (I had 15 sessions), overall I found it very manageable compared to chemo. I didn’t find the breath hold well explained either but I managed to do it each time, the machine stops if you are out of position and starts again when you manage to hold your breath again. They gave me flamigel and I applied that twice a day, morning and evening. I also was given radiaderm which I found really good and applied that in the afternoons. I was very worried about my skin as I’m naturally really pale and have sensitive skin, but it wasn’t too bad, it became abit red and sore but not as bad as I imagined and is slightly tanned now, not red anymore. I also did feel fatigued for about a week afterwards… but if I’m honest it could have just been mental fatigue from finishing active treatment?! I walked out of my last radio and didn’t know what to do, I wanted to be happy but sometimes it feels like there’s a bit of a cloud hovering over me, I really hope this improves in time. I have my follow up with the oncologist on Tuesday. Think he will check my skin and also find out how I’ve been getting on with the aromatase inhibitor. Let us know how radio goes Rachel, rooting for you xx
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