Just under 2 years ago i had surgery for breast cancer. This was followed 3 months later by 20 sessions of radiotherapy . Recently I had a chest X ray, this showed i have scarring on lungs and enlargement. The Doctor said there is nothing they can do. I am coughing a lot, am more breathless and tire easily.
Just wondered if other people have gone through this ? Thank you for reading this . Millnan
Hello Millnan,
I'm sorry you are having problems following rdiotherapy.
I'm afraid I can't help you with these based on my own experience of radiotherapy but you might find some answers on our Radiotherapy and/or Cancer treatment forums. I've placed links to these below and suggest you post your question there, hopefully this will produce replies.
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Hi Millnan
My colleague excavator has mentioned some forums where you might get some answers. I would suggest the Breast cancer forum is the better place to post, as your problem is specific to issues from breast cancer radiotherapy. Almost all breast cancer patients will have had or will be having radiotherapy and it’s a much busier forum than the two he mentions. My own hospital runs a clinic for late radiotherapy effects, so it might be worth getting in touch with the radiotherapy team at your hospital. If that’s not easy to do your BCN may be able to help. You should still be able to access follow up help even though it’s a couple of years since you had the treatment.
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