Hi there, like niknak I will be starting jan feb and wanted an idea of timescales.
I’m pretty sure I was told I couldnt swim during the treatment but anyone know if you can start straight after#?
Also, did any of you start back to work straight after rads? or were you recommended to wait?
thanks for advice
anne xxx
Hi AMD, the work question is one of those that is very individual. I worked all thorugh my rads, and quite a few folk do, but it depends on so many things… what the job is, how much travelling is involved and so on. Maybe you can look at a ‘phased return’ or part time working, with the option to step back if you get too fatigued.
The swiimmng one will depend a bit on how your skin reacts to rads… once the redness has settled down and any breaks have healed up you will be fine to swim. Someone who had her rads the same time as me started swimming almost as soon as she finished her rads (she had 15 to my 25) so it should not be too long.
I am new to all of this and received my diagnosis and treatment plan last week. All a bit of a confusing time at the moment.
I intend to work all through my rads if I can. My job involves quite a lot of driving - even the hospital is a 70 mile round trip every day!
How does anyone feel i will be able to really do this - driving to rads and then working?
Grateful for any advice.
Hi, I was told yesterday that that the surgery WLE was sucsseful and I have my first appoint with the oncologist on New Years Eve. I am hoping to be able to work through this but I have already talked through part-time with my boss, or at least working when I feel up to it or feel the need. They appear ok with this but we havent started yet. I have dropped into many converaons aboutradiothrapy and wish I had asked more questions at the hospital as it appears not to be the easiest of journeys or at least not as easy as I was hoping lol. Godd luck to everyone and hope you all have a great Christmas
I worked and swam all through rads. I remember taking a day off halfway through because I got very tired. So don’t underestimate the tiring effect of having to travel to the hospital every day. When I started rads I asked the nurses about swimming - they said it was fine to swim until my skin started getting sore from the rads, as long as I rinsed well afterwards - ie no sitting around in a ‘chloriney’ costume afterwards. I used Holland & Barrett 99.9% aloe vera gel during rads, never got sore skin, and so swam all the way through.