I know this seems a bit trivial after all we are going through or have been through.
I had to postpone a trip away in summer to celebrate feeling better post treatment because my thyroid gave up the ghost.
We are going this weekend now I'm feeling a lot better, and at my six month post treatment check this week the oncologist and specialist nurse said it was safe for me to have a sauna. I looked online and it says it's not really recommended.
i just wondered if anyone else had had a sauna (not too hot or too regularly) after lymph node removal and radiotherapy?
I should just take the specialists word but when I looked online it said different.
any personal experience most appreciated - of course it's not the end of the world if I can't.
thank you
I asked this too and the answer I got was provided my irradiated skin was good and I had no Lymphodema it was fine. I think your oncologist and CNS are better judges than Google.
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