What to expect from treatment and ways to cope with side effects.
I have terrible blisters on my chest wall. Stopped using aquaphor using recommended calendula. Going to see about using silver sulfadiazine. Calling nurses tomorrow. Don’t want it all to get infected ugh. Go back to work Monday. I feel like they are open sores now - very uncomfortable. They said it would be the worst at…
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UPDATE 5/31/2024: Had double mastectomy 4/25. Great news. Path report showed clear margins! Thank God. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers. Haven't been able to visit my husband in Memory Care but will go this Sunday with my daughter. He is going downhill more rapidly. So sad to watch my once strong Marine going…
I am having a mastectomy next month on my right breast, the lump is 3 to 5mm and I am a b cup. They are planning to do the reconstruction at the same time so I need to decide which I want, implant or flap from my tummy if i have enough fat. I don't know yet if I'm having radiotherapy after, they are taking out a lymp node…
I was diagnosed with DCIS stage 0 in July / 24. I had a lumpectomy in 8/24 and I just started radiation on10/9/24. Luckily I only have to have 5 sessions . I am HR / PR Negative so I won’t have to take any medication. When I did my radiation yesterday Later in the day I noticed I was sore and had a swollen lymph node . Was…
Does anyone have damage from radiation? I have had two rounds of 30 doses of radiotherapy to my left chest: 2013 post lumpectomy for DCIS and 2018 post mastectomy for TNBC. As it was 5 years between my RO said it was ok. I now regret taking this course of action. Since my last round of radiation, I have had two recurrences…
How important is a radiation center’s accreditation? And if they aren’t accredited what other ways can you find out their quality assurances and quality control?
Not sure on the appropriate subject line, so I just listed where I am in my treatment currently for my Invasive Ductal Carcinoma HER2+ Pr+ ER+ (IDC HER2+ PR+ ER+ Post Chemo, Radiation 20/30 Pain, redness, peeling lumpectomy scar) I should be sleeping as it is already 5:42am and my 21st radiation session is at 8:45am and I…
Hi can I please ask if anyone had radiation after a mastectomy and immediate implant reconstruction? I was initially told (before surgery) due to how small the area of DCIS was that I would avoid radiation but the pathology report says otherwise. I feel sick with worry regarding the effect radiation will have on my gel…
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