I know I'm jumping the gun here since my chemo protocol is still not established. However, how soon does radiation begin after one finishes chemo?
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tiff2008 Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 93 |
May 9, 2008 06:15 pm
tiff2008 wrote:
Hi-I was told I would start radiation 3-4 wks post chemo. The reason they wait that long is to let you recover from chemo a little longer...since chemo zaps our energy and radiation does a little too. Dx 2/8/2008, IDC, 1cm, Stage I, Grade 2, 0/7 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2- |
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nosurrender… Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 4692 |
May 9, 2008 06:46 pm
nosurrender wrote:
My doc had me wait about three weeks. Your blood counts can actually be lowered from rads, so they want you to heal and rebuild your resources. There are a lot of Pre-Rad stuff that has to be done during that time off. You have to get mapped, which is them figuring out exactly where the radiation beams will go. This takes a couple of visits to the rad center. You will also get tatoos. They are just tiny blue dots that look like ballpoint pen marks, they use them to line up the measurements the mapping figured out. Once you start, though, the actual rad appointment takes about 5 minutes! Good luck! g nosurrenderbreastcancerhelp.com
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collector Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 114 |
May 9, 2008 06:50 pm
collector wrote:
Thanks for your response. Just trying to get a fix on how soon I might be able to have a life again. Dx 4/10/2008, ILC, 2cm, Grade 2, 0/2 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2- |
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