Does anyone know what the average time is between lumpectomy surgery and the 5 day radiotherapy course? I'm trying to work out whether to cancel my summer holiday or not.
Hi. I had my lumpectomy on the 30th April and I have only just had my appt 10/06/24 with the oncologist regarding meds and radiatotherapy. They told me that radiotherapy would begin in approx 4 weeks time, giving the breast time to heal from the lumpectomy. I did get a call today to attend an appt for a CT scan, this is to pin point where to target the treatment I believe. Hope this helps x
Hi my surgery was 7.2.24 and my radiotherapy treatments started around 11.4.24. I had a telephone consultation with the oncologist mid March and radiotherapy planning CT appointment towards end of March before the treatment started.
I had a lumpectomy followed by 6 cycles of chemo. I need further surgery to ensure clear margins which is taking place 6 weeks post my last session of chemo. I will then have radiotherapy 6 weeks after - depending on my recovery. It seems 6 weeks is considered an adequate time frame between treatments
I had a mastectomy followed up with 5 days radiotherapy last summer. There was a gap of about 2 months to allow me to recover from surgery and to allow my scars to heal. I managed to get away with my family during this time.
At every every step of my treatment I've been encouraged by doctors to take planned holidays- they're important. Maybe share holiday dates with your treatment team?
I had my radiotherapy 8 weeks after surgery. 6-8 weeks post surgery is the normal protocol to allow everything to settle and heal, unless there is a delay,
My radiotherapy was very late due to waiting lists so if you can ring the radiotherapy department they will give you a rough idea of time scale. I had to wait 26 weeks!!
A holiday will do you the world of good both physically and mentally xx
