Radiotherapy

Hi Richard. I had 6 weeks of daily radiotherapy. Treatment is painless and I did not have any side effects during treatment. My bowels were a bit dodgy for a few weeks after treatment finished, but gradually got better. Fatigue is one of the most common effects. Again, for me this kicked in a few weeks following treatment, but got less and less as the days passed. My treatment was several years ago now and, touch wood, I have been ok since. Hope they sort your hip out. Best wishes.

Hello  Richard 

Like Rily I had 32 sessions of radiotherapy in 2018 when I was 68 years old. Radiotherapy is painless and once you get over the initial trepidation regarding the machinery it is a relatively easy process to undertake.The radiotherapy staff are wonderful and reassuring. The treatment usually takes about 20 minutes per session. Undress, put on gown and have treatment, get dressed again. I felt well throughout the sessions but having to drive to Hospital- 20 minutes, park the car ( free at that time) walk to the cancer centre, book in at reception, wait and have treatment and return to the car and drive home took just under 2 hours every day. This alone was slightly tiring and tedious. I also had three sessions of chemo radiotherapy which involved having a slow trickle of chemo drugs through a cannula over a 5 day period. Having the bottle and cannula attached was tiring. But hey ho it worked. During treatment when I was not attached to the cannula I was walking the chocolate Labrador and playing golf mostly 9 holes.

I kept thinking Richard the radiotherapy was killing the cancer which made the process bearable and funnily enough I got to looking forward to the sessions to kill the rotten cancer.

Good luck Garviv