Breast cancer

Welcome. Its a very active site so some subjects roll off the front page but there is a dedicated radiotherapy site here:

https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer_types/chat-breast-cancer/f/questions-about-diagnosis-and-treatment/224448/september-october-november-2021-breast-cancer-radiotherapy

I'm halfway through mine. Click my name to read my tale. Feel free to post any questions. I'm not sure your wound should be burning. Not sure when your oncology appointment is but may be worth phoning your breast nurse to check all is OK.  Rads is OK. I find it tiring due to driving to hospital and the fact that they don't run to time so take a book and a drink to keep going. Good luck x

Hi Nitu12

Sorry that you are joining our club here. I finished 19 doses of radiotherapy at the end of June. There were 15 standard doses and 4 boosters. It is much easier to go through than the chemo. and each session only takes about 10-15 minutes, or so. I didn't have any reaction while going through the sessions. However, about 10 days afterwards the exposed area was a bit pink like sunburn and I did get what they called skin-skin burns under my droopy large boob where the skin broke a wee bit. It only lasted a few days and then healed up. The BC nurses suggested that I had not been putting the Zerobase cream on often enough. I just put it on morning and night. So keep slastering it on even after you have finished RT.

Best of luck going through your treatment.

Wallydug

Thank you so much for reply .I feel little less anxious now x

Thank you so much.I had my operation last months and appt next week with oncologist for radiotherapy discussion so I was a jot worried .

They should explain next stage for you and plan. Its a lot to take it. Surgery is a big hurdle which you've done. Take time to rest, heal and try not to worry too much. I know this may be hard. X

Hello! I have had radiotherapy and found it very manageable, many women have very few issues with it but we are all different, I hope you start to feel better soon but I can reassure you that other than tiredness and a few scabbing issues I was absolutely fine xx

Thank you 

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