Bone rads

wallycat

Sorry if this is in the wrong area. My DH is going to have some radiation to his bone mets and I wanted to hear what experiences you had; how long does a treatment take, etc....

Appreciate any info.

exbrnxgrl

Hi,

I had rads to a met on my upper femur. I had 15 sessions. I took good care of my skin and had no problems save for a bit of diarrhea and fatigue. Best of luck to your husband

wallycat

Appreciate the feedback. Guess I was thinking it was a one and done but sounds like it may be upwards of 15. Thank you again for taking time for the feedback.

Were the treatments weekly or ??

Hope things are going well for you; looks like you are 8 years out!

Spookiesmom

I’ve done rads twice, 32 first time, 28 second time. It’s Every.Single.Day. After whatever mapping they need, the actual treatment is about 10-15 minutes. He will be able to drive, but towards the end he will be tired.

GG27

I have had several bone radiated & mine have always been one & done. It's completely painless, I had a bit of nausea on the last one because it was my lower back. RO gave me a script for zofran which I took for 2 days. Otherwise I had no problems with other ones, like rib, upper arm & hip.

wallycat

Thank you so much, ladies. My DH is less fearful now. Appreciate your time!

exbrnxgrl

It sounds as if the number of sessions may depend on variable factors ; size of lesion, location etc, I’m sure info from the bone biopsy helps the ro create a plan. My lesion was 2 cm and completely identical to my breast tumor. Sessions were M-F for three weeks. The actual tx time was very short, not much longer than my 15-20 minute drive.

wallycat

DH's treatment is palliative---help with the area that causes the pain. He is riddled with the bone mets so there's no attempt to eradicate it from his whole skeleton. No biopsy since they pretty much know it is eveywhere. Sigh.

Good to know the actual treatment is not time consuming. The drive will be 50 minutes one way but we can shop at a costco afterwards, so not a total time dump.

Spookiesmom

Sounds like my DH. Only he’s not going to do anything about an of them. He told our DD he didn’t know the bone Mets was from the prostate ca and may not believe it either. I’m stage IV and I think he’s going to have a bumpier ride than me.

Anonymous

I had EBRT to my spine (one site) this past June. 10 sessions, every day Mon thru Fri. In and out in a few minutes for the 10 treatments. As others said, the planning appts (I had two including meeting with the RO) were a bit longer.

wallycat

Well, we survived the "meet/greet" ...2-1/2 hours. OY...and nothing really *done* to him.

We see them again on Monday for the mold/tattoo, etc...

Should have "only" 5 treatments and new scans will determine how many places so that bone can be strengthened by killing the cancer in weight bearing sites.

Anyone have any recommendations to prevent skin burn? Creams? before/after?

Thank you all again for sharing your experiences.

Spookiesmom

With 5 treatments shouldn’t burn. Can use unscented no alcohol aloe in areas. Aquaphor there. Ask RO for suggestions, most have their own preferences.

wallycat

Thanks. He suggested Cerave or Cetaphil. Didn't mention before or after...I'll ask more questions tomorrow.