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prv Member Posts: 22
edited June 2014 in Radiation Therapy - Before, During, and After

just finished six months of chemo now onto radiation for six weeks on my left side. I'm afraid they may hit my heart or lung. Any general advice on how to get through the next six weeks.

by the way - Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you all! God bless you and help you on your journeys. I appreciate your support and your braveness!

Try to find the joy in every day!

prv

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  • one-L
    one-L Member Posts: 1,110
    edited December 2009

    Join one of the groups for the month you are doing your radiation.  I am starting mine in January and have joined that group.  I know there are women here who have lots of advice for your.

    Good luck on your journey.

    Juannelle

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  • Chevyboy
    Chevyboy Member Posts: 10,786
    edited December 2009
    Dec 11, 2009 06:10 am Jeannettes9565 wrote:

     Just wanted to post on this thread.... This is the MammoSite Device that I have!  It was implanted during surgery on the 4th, & I started the "treatments" on the 9th.  It is working very well, so far!  It is inserted into the cavity that was left from the Lumpectomy, & about 1/2 of it sticks out, & is held in place under my arm, with that mesh wrap!  Little "seeds" of Radiation are inserted into the "balloon" and stay for 8 minutes, then are taken out.  A "machine" of some sort, slides them through the "chambers" into the tube. The balloon is filled with saline, & the seeds radiate all around the balloon, to hopefully kill any left-over cancer cells.  

     I have a new "prototype" that is pretty new, & it should make it possible for more women to be candidates for this type of Radiation.  Your cancer has to be small enough, & not near the skin or bone structure, & not the aggressive type, & from what I understand, your breast has to be fuller...

    But I am amazed at how far we have come with treatments!  There are web-sites that explain this further, but thought some of you would be interested!   So basically this type of treatment takes 5 days, twice a day, & that's it! 

    So  far, all treatments & tests have come back very positive, with the same results as the longer Rads treatments...If you have any questions, just post them....

    Update!  It is now Christmas day, & I came upon your thread...I have this same post on different radiation topics!  I finished treatments in just the 5 days...and everything went great!  I am 72, & I had the "option" of getting the internal radiation, instead of the longer type....Have a MERRY CHRISTMAS!  Jeanentte

    Don't walk ahead of me, I might not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not want to lead. Just walk beside me & be my friend.
    Diagnosis: 10/26/2009, ILC, 1cm, Stage I, Grade 1, 0/2 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2- [Edit] [Delete]Jeannettes9...
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    Posts: 53 Dec 11, 2009 06:14 am Jeannettes9565 wrote:

    http://www.mammosite.com/breast-lumpectomy/view-a-demonstration.cfm

    This is the web-site that shows the MammoSite procedure~  Hope this can help so

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