Not completing all weeks of radiotherapy

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  1. Hi, only just been diagnosed but expecting to have to have weeks of radiotherapy. From what I've been reading it's very challenging - has anyone ducked out after 3-4 weeks and if so what was the outcome for you?
  • It's maybe a tired old cliche but honestly just take each day as it comes, and you will get through it.

    For sure it's tough - only a liar or somebody who hasn't been through it would say it's not. However, as people have pointed out on here everybody reacts differently to the treatment and there's nothing to say you won't be one of the luckier ones.

    Couple of times from Week 4 onwards I started to contemplate not going, but then remembered I wasn't just fighting for me it was for friends and family too and I managed to get through it.

    Remember the cure rate for our cancer is very high. Looking back on it all now, as bad as some of it was, it was really a very small price to pay to be free of it (which I'll hopefully find out soon that I am !)

    Keep in touch with these forums as you go through. I wish I'd known about them earlier in my treatment as they have been a great source of comfort. Full of very positive, and brave people.

    We're all in this together Slight smile

    • Thank you - until I know what I'm looking at and if it's treatable I'm finding it so difficult to stay positive. Trying to take each day at a time though and carry on as if it's not happening!
  • It wasn’t an option.  I ran the course and glad I did . I only felt fatigued and sore weeks 5 and 6.  It’s worth persevering 

  • Thanks for this, I hope I get the option -  still waiting for tests.  Everyone has said we're all different....

  • Hey! It is a bit surreal... I just don the mask and know it's another stop towards Fri-Yay!