Hi All,
Have just come home from getting my results after a masectomy and snb, and consultant has said that every thing is clear but because dcis was very close to chest muscle he would like me to have five weeks rad treatment, has anyone else had this and sorry to be green but what exactly is rads and do they hurt?
Sweetheart
Hi Sweetheart
Here is a link to a factsheet about radiotherapy written by Breast Cancer Care which may answer your query:
breastcancercare.org.uk/docs/radiotherapy_mar_06_0.pdf
Best wishes
Lucy
Moderator
Breast Cancer Care
Hiya sweetheart,
i’ve just finished rads (30 radiotherapy sessions). It does not hurt at all except you have to keep still for 2 mins. Some people can get a bit sore, like sunburn, but i didn’t. The only drag is going in for treatment every week day!
Hope this helps
Love Julie X
Hi Julie
Thanks for your comments, sounds more boring at the moment than anything else, just wondering if I will be able to go back to work whilst having these, thats if my arm ever gets yto going up above my head to have the rads anyway, at present I can only get to brush my hair and that hurts like hell, ho hum back to the exercises, and keep trying, the consultant also put me on carbamazepine which he said should help with pain as I have a bit of cording, great.
Cheers Heather