🌟 June 2026 Radiation Roll Call — You’re Among Friends Here 🌟
If radiation therapy is part of your treatment plan this June, we'd love for you to join us here. ☀️
Whether you're preparing for your first session, settling into the daily routine, or counting down your final treatments, this thread is a place to connect with others who understand the experience.
Radiation can bring questions, challenges, milestones, and plenty of emotions along the way. However you're feeling today—hopeful, nervous, tired, determined, or somewhere in between—you are welcome here.
✨ Introduce Yourself
Say hello, share your start date, tell us where you are in treatment, or simply post, "I'm here."
Every comment helps build the kind of community that reminds us we're not doing this alone.
💬 This Is a Place For:
• Questions about what to expect
• The day-to-day rhythm of appointments
• Managing skin changes, fatigue, and side effects
• Sharing tips, routines, and helpful discoveries
• Celebrating milestones and progress
• Talking through the difficult moments, too
Whatever your experience looks like, there's space for it here.
💛 Already Started—or Finished Radiation?
We'd love to hear from you as well.
The things you've learned along the way—whether practical advice, words of encouragement, or simply what helped you get through the routine—can make a real difference for someone just beginning treatment.
✨ Easy Ways to Join In
• Share your radiation start date or treatment schedule
• Ask a question, no matter how small it seems
• Offer support or encouragement to someone else
• Check back in with updates as treatment continues
Every voice helps strengthen this community.
🌟 One Session at a Time
We'll take this together—one appointment, one week, one milestone at a time.
And we'll be here to celebrate every step forward along the way.
📌 Helpful Resources
• Our List of What to Do / Get / Pack to Prepare for Radiation Therapy
• The Radiation Therapy section of our site for information about treatment, side effects, preparation, and recovery
🤝 Looking for More Support?
Our Virtual Support Groups are here before, during, and after treatment.
💛 One Last Thing
You don't need the perfect words to participate.
If you're reading this and wondering whether to post, consider this your invitation.
We're here for the questions, the updates, the good days, the hard days, and everything in between.
And we're really glad you're here.
🌟
— The Mods
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I am here and waiting for the start date. Had the simulation last Wednesday and hoping to start on the 8th or 9th.
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Hi @jane.e.taylor75, welcome to our group! We're sorry for the reasons that have led you to our site, but we're glad you've found us. Wishing you a smooth experience with your upcoming radiation regimen; you're not alone here!
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Thank you for offering this community.
I had my simulation appointment May 21 and am WAITING for the June 24 start date. Apparently scheduling is way backed up. I will be having 20 daily treatments Mon-Fri. Since there is a holiday in there, I should be done July 22. This is whole breast radiation (previous lumpectomy removed the cancer) for 15-16 days and boost radiation to just tumor bed the other 4-5 days.
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I had a lumpectomy and bilateral breast reduction on 5/5. My simulation appt is on 6/16. Hoping to start radiation the first week of July. I was given the choice of 1 vs 3 weeks of radiation. Same dosage just consolidated. Haven’t yet decided which treatment length to go with.
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I started radiotherapy yesterday and am already extremely fatigued, is this normal?
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Hi @dungo70, anad welcome to the community! We're sorry you find yourself here, but we're glad you've joined us.
Fatigue is one of the most common side effects of radiation therapy. While it often builds gradually over the course of treatment, some people do notice feeling very tired from the very beginning. Let's see what others in the thread have to say about their experiences. In the meantime, you may find our article on managing fatigue helpful:
Breast Cancer and Fatigue:How many radiation treatments are you scheduled to have, and are you receiving radiation to the whole breast or another area? We hope you'll keep checking in and let us know how you're doing as treatment continues.
The Mods
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I started RT on June 25 and todays is done also, but I am feeling a tad tired. I attributed it to earlier in the week when I had some super busy days and the anxiety of starting.
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Hi it's JoyInside,
I began radiation treatment on Monday, June 22, 2026 for IDC stage 1a (no lymph node involvement). My OncoType recurrence score was 10 so I was fortunate to not have chemo as part of my treatment plan and my radiation plan is 15 sessions with treatment targeted to the cancer location.
In just these few days, I've experienced fatigue (requiring napping every day), headaches, and nausea/queasiness affecting my appetite which subsides in about an hour post-treatment. No skin affects/ irritation this far as radiation nurse provided me with calendula cream and aquafor to use on the treatment area.
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I am 75 years old. Had a lumpectomy for 1.7 tumor, clear margins no lymph nodes involved, genetic testing all negative. The blindside was the tumor was HER2+. I elected not to do chemo, but I am doing Herceptin which is once every three weeks. Meeting with radiologist next week to discuss time frame. I have to drive 35 minutes each way so I was hoping I would be offered one week instead of three weeks of radiation. I am a nervous wreck
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Welcome to our group, @shirleym1950! We understand your nervousness — you're not alone; we're here to support you and get you through this. Hopefully as you hear more from other members who're also going through radiation treatment, you'll get a better sense of what to expect. The following article about accelerated one-week radiation therapy may be helpful as you prepare for your upcoming consultation appointment. Best of luck with your appointment; please keep us posted!
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@jane.e.taylor75 @acorn19 @dungo70 @shirleym1950 @joyinside - Checking in on all of you as you navigate your treatment. Come back and let us know where you stand and how things are going!
@kimber55 come join us on the July 2026 Radiation thread so we can support you - do you have your start date?
We're here for all of you - keep us posted!
—The Mods
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@shirleym1950 - Thinking of you also — have you had your consultation with your radiation oncologist? What's the plan and when do you start?
Sending hugs as you navigate your care - please keep us posted with how you're doing!
—The Mods
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I started Herceptin 1 week ago and it went well. I was waiting for the other shoe to drop, but I felt fine. I met with my oncologist just yesterday. The treatment plan is the 3 week radiation. I am very nervous about how I am going to feel but my oncologist felt I would do fine. Next week I am going for my tattoos and start the following week. I am trying to get control of my anxiety.
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Hi @shirleym1950!
We're so glad your first Herceptin treatment went well. We hope your radiation treatments are off to a smooth start and that your anxiety has eased a bit now that you've begun. Please keep us posted on how you're doing. We'll be thinking of you.
The Mods
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Checking back in
I've been blessed and favored in that my radiation treatments (12 this far) have gone pretty well this far. Besides the daily fatigue, some nausea, and minor skin discomforts, I've been fortunate and have only had limited side effects.
I was committed to following the offices guidelines and recommendations for skin care and treatment and it has worked out well for me. I did add aloe vera gel harvested from my own home grown plant once i noticed some tightness and irritation.
Wishing all of the July 2026 Radiation warriors the easiest possible treatment protocol & sending healing and positivity vibes for no or very limited side effects.Stay strong and Be Blessed
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Hi joyinside,
I’m encouraged by your experience with radiation therapy. My cancer is very similar to your’s as I’m also invasive ductal carcinoma, stage 1A, ER/PR positive, HER negative and Oncotype DX score 10. I am starting my 3 week whole breast (no lymph node involvement) treatment on July 28, and am feeling nervous. Up until my mapping appointment last week, I have been feeling really good and recovered well from my lumpectomy in mid May. However, having a set date for radiation made it feel real now and I’m starting to worry about skin and fatigue side effects. I had a moderate contact dermatitis reaction to the ChloraPrep from surgery which caused pretty intense itching and redness, so I was worrying about the skin from radiation. Hopefully it’ll go smoothly and surprise myself by being much more mild than expected!
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