Concerns about radiation.

Ala-Ki

Hello everyone! I have been reading on this site since I was diagnosed in February, and I finally decided to create an account. I will have my 8th Taxol treatment this coming Friday, and that leaves only 4 left! Yay! I cannot wait to be finished! Chemo has been kind of rough for me.. in general, but I am doing okay and look forward to being done with it and feeling healthy again. My onc. wants me to get radiation after chemo, but I am totally not sure if I want to do that. I have concerns about it, and will be talking to the RO this friday. I have lymphedema in my left arm, and i am afraid that radiation will make it worse. I had a mastectomy in March, and the surgical site is still not healed completely, and i have had a few infections there. I have smoked for about 30 years, and i have stopped smoking several times throughout treatment, but then i go back to it- back and forth.. i am going to try to quit again this week. I hate smoking so much, I hate that I am addicted to it, i hate that i ever started (I was 11 at the time). Anyway, because I have been a smoker for so long, I am concerned about getting a secondary lung cancer from radiation. 

I want to thank you all for listening. With warmest hugs to you all. 

Moderators

Ala-Ki, Welcome to the BCO community. We are sorry that your breast cancer diagnosis and concerns about treatment brought you here but we are glad that you found us. While you are waiting for others to respond you might want to check our some information onRadiation on our site. We are looking forward to hearing more from you. The Mods