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Patty252555140415
Patty252555140415 Member Posts: 152
edited June 2014 in Radiation Therapy - Before, During, and After

Hello, I'm going for my last tx on 8/17/2011. Scheduled for Cat scan on the 29th, then starting 25 rad tx. Anyone else on board? Maybe we can do this together?

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  • ginger_mea
    ginger_mea Member Posts: 264
    edited August 2011

    I am going for my last TCH on 8/18/11 and will be starting RADs in Sept. some time, so I will appreciated anything you can post if you start before me.  Thx...

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  • LolaM
    LolaM Member Posts: 7
    edited August 2011

    Last TCH tomorrow!! Or I guess today since the steroids always keep me from sleeping...I will be starting rads in Sept too....seems manageable after getting through the chemo, but also will appreciate company and tips from others.

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  • FLwarrior
    FLwarrior Member Posts: 977
    edited August 2011

    I finished Chemo the end of June.  I have UMX w/ SNB next Tuesday. I will start rads some time in Sept...first appt with RO this afternoon. 

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  • Patty252555140415
    Patty252555140415 Member Posts: 152
    edited August 2011

    Ginger (what a nice name) LolaM,Flawarrior, what type of chemo did you have? Have you met with RO yet? I'm wondering what type of cream they are telling you to use. Ok lets keep in touch.-Patty

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  • Natters
    Natters Member Posts: 361
    edited August 2011

    I am probably starting rads in September as well. They said one month after my lump, which is next Thursday (Aug 18) but i havent met with an onc yet.



    -Nat

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  • jbub
    jbub Member Posts: 2
    edited August 2011

    Last Taxol on Aug 22.  Expect Rads to start first week of Sept.  I'm in - any and all support helps.

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  • Patty252555140415
    Patty252555140415 Member Posts: 152
    edited August 2011

    Natters- Did you surgeon suggest chemo? Did you have the oncotype-dx or mammaprint?-Patty

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  • Natters
    Natters Member Posts: 361
    edited August 2011

    Patty, neither BS I talked to mentioned chemotherapy, because I am lucky enough to just have DCIS. All I've had so far is a core biopsy and a breast MRI. From that it looks like just one small area <1cm of DCIS that should be taken care of with a lump if I get clean margins. I guess there is a small chance I have something invasive that would only be seen in the final path report after my surgery (?) but all the surgeons both seemed to think I'd just be looking at rads and then maybe Tamoxifen, no chemotherapy. I feel very lucky compared to most of you and thank my lucky stars that my PCP insisted that I continue getting mammos, despite those new guidelines for women in their 40s. I had a baseline mammo at age 35 and by the time I got my first real mammo at age 40, they saw something suspicious that they had me come back in for every 6 months that turned out to be the DCIS.</p>

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  • Natters
    Natters Member Posts: 361
    edited August 2011

    Patty, neither BS I talked to mentioned chemotherapy, because I am lucky enough to just have DCIS. All I've had so far is a core biopsy and a breast MRI. From that it looks like just one small area <1cm of DCIS that should be taken care of with a lump if I get clean margins. I guess there is a small chance I have something invasive that would only be seen in the final path report after my surgery (?) but all the surgeons both seemed to think I'd just be looking at rads and then maybe Tamoxifen, no chemotherapy. I feel very lucky compared to most of you and thank my lucky stars that my PCP insisted that I continue getting mammos, despite those new guidelines for women in their 40s. I had a baseline mammo at age 35 and by the time I got my first real mammo at age 40, they saw something suspicious that they had me come back in for every 6 months that turned out to be the DCIS.</p>

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  • Natters
    Natters Member Posts: 361
    edited August 2011

    Patty, neither BS I talked to mentioned chemotherapy, because I am lucky enough to just have DCIS. All I've had so far is a core biopsy and a breast MRI. From that it looks like just one small area <1cm of DCIS that should be taken care of with a lump if I get clean margins. I guess there is a small chance I have something invasive that would only be seen in the final path report after my surgery (?) but all the surgeons both seemed to think I'd just be looking at rads and then maybe Tamoxifen, no chemotherapy. I feel very lucky compared to most of you and thank my lucky stars that my PCP insisted that I continue getting mammos, despite those new guidelines for women in their 40s. I had a baseline mammo at age 35 and by the time I got my first real mammo at age 40, they saw something suspicious that they had me come back in for every 6 months that turned out to be the DCIS.</p>

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  • Natters
    Natters Member Posts: 361
    edited August 2011

    Patty, neither BS I talked to mentioned chemotherapy, because I am lucky enough to just have DCIS. All I've had so far is a core biopsy and a breast MRI. From that it looks like just one small area less than 1cm of DCIS that should be taken care of with a lump if I get clean margins. I guess there is a small chance I have something invasive that would only be seen in the final path report after my surgery (?) but all the surgeons both seemed to think I'd just be looking at rads and then maybe Tamoxifen, no chemotherapy. I feel very lucky compared to most of you and thank my lucky stars that my PCP insisted that I continue getting mammos, despite those new guidelines for women in their 40s. I had a baseline mammo at age 35 and by the time I got my first real mammo at age 40, they saw something suspicious that they had me come back in for every 6 months that turned out to be the DCIS.

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  • Patty252555140415
    Patty252555140415 Member Posts: 152
    edited August 2011

    Glad to hear that. We will all work through Rads together.

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  • Patty252555140415
    Patty252555140415 Member Posts: 152
    edited August 2011

    As I was heading out to meet my BFF to enjoy a day out before chemo, low n behold... I was stopped at a stop sign and got rear ended , now tell me what are the chances the ssme type of acciddnt happened to me when I was a passenger in a car a few years ago in the same darn spot. I have whiplash and mess my knee up. But on the bright side my last chemo tx is on Wednesday.

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  • ginger_mea
    ginger_mea Member Posts: 264
    edited August 2011
    my last chemo this Thursday Smile
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  • Natters
    Natters Member Posts: 361
    edited August 2011

    Congrats on getting through your chemotherapy, ladies!

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  • Patty252555140415
    Patty252555140415 Member Posts: 152
    edited August 2011

    Ginger-my last tx is Wednesday.

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  • ginger_mea
    ginger_mea Member Posts: 264
    edited August 2011

    Congrats Patty252555

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  • LolaM
    LolaM Member Posts: 7
    edited August 2011

    Good luck this week ladies...Patty and Ginger and Jbub with final chemo and Natters and FLwarrior with your surgeries! I will meet with RO on Monday and talk about treatment plan. We are getting through this!!

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  • Patty252555140415
    Patty252555140415 Member Posts: 152
    edited August 2011

    Lola-We will do this together:)

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  • jmh090172
    jmh090172 Member Posts: 5
    edited August 2011

    Hi!  This is my first time writing on any of the boards.  I went today for my simulation and got my tattoo's.  I start my radiation on Sept 1st. It is also my birthday!!!  Happy Birthday to me!!!  Oh well, I guess a good birthday present to myself.  Hope to be able to talk to other people going through the same thing.

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  • rn4babies
    rn4babies Member Posts: 409
    edited August 2011

    Natters......may I ask who your BS is and which hospital does he/she work out of? I am from close to the Pittsburgh area and just curious.

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  • Patty252555140415
    Patty252555140415 Member Posts: 152
    edited August 2011

    Jmh090172- hi, can i ask is the ct scan the simulation? Did the tattos hurt i need to be prepared. Also what is the wait to start?-Patty

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  • Elizabeth1889
    Elizabeth1889 Member Posts: 1,036
    edited August 2011

    Yes, the ct scan is the simulation.  The RO will review the pictures and plan your rad treatments from them.  I guess it takes a while to plan because the RO has to consult with a rad physicist and/o ra docimetrist.  For me, the planning required about a week.  Also, while you are lying on the ct scan table, the techs will make a mold that will keep your body still and in the same position during rads.  They just inflate a pad that you are lying on.  I got three tiny tattos at the end of the simulation--one on either side of my breasts and one between the breasts.  The ones on the sides did not hurt at all.  The one in middle hurt a little, but the pain only lasted for a few seconds.

    For me, the simulation was worse emotionally than physically.  I would suggest that you bring a friend with you if possible and please pamper yourself that evening. 

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  • Natters
    Natters Member Posts: 361
    edited August 2011

    M4babies - I went with Josh Rubin at the Hillman.I'm getting rads done there (Shadyside) too, I guess. Although I don't have a RO yet.



    Had my lump yesterday and it went well. He let me do it under local with sedation, whereas the BS I saw at Magee for a second opinion wanted to use general anesthesia. So I think that is making my recovery a lot easier. I'm not groggy and no nausea. Not much pain, either, but I'm still taking a low dose of oxycodone.

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  • katehudson25
    katehudson25 Member Posts: 2,467
    edited August 2011

    I went for my simulation today, and my first treatment is Wednesday August 24. I will have 20 treatments. For me the hard part, so far, is having to remain still, because i am fidgety. I will do ok, because I am so blessed that I don't have to do chemo

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  • jmh090172
    jmh090172 Member Posts: 5
    edited August 2011

    The tattoos did hurt a little. Just a pinching feeling.  They have to did my treatment plan and they said it takes 7 to 10 days to do it.  I am not sure why I couldn't do it sooner in the week.  I will just be glad to start and get it over with.  I didn't need chemo!  Thank Goodness!!!  I am going to do my treatment after work.  I go at 4 o'clock.   I am not sure yet how many I will have.

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  • jackifp
    jackifp Member Posts: 185
    edited August 2011

    Hi, all! I'll join you for the September adventure, as I won't start in August as I originally thought. Finished TCH chemo 15 of August, did simulation and 5 tattoos last week, too. Start rads 6 September for 26 plus 7 boosts, oh, joy. For folks new to the board, be sure to read the August 2011 Rads forum for much useful and supportive info, from procedure to reactions to the emotional gamut we all fly.

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  • neecee
    neecee Member Posts: 663
    edited August 2011

    Hi all!  I finished TC July 26, and am scheduled to have my mold made this Thursday.  Looks like I will be starting actual treatments sometime next week - 25 plus 8 boosts.  I am so ready to be done!

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  • ginger_mea
    ginger_mea Member Posts: 264
    edited August 2011

    Good luck neecee, keep us posted, I will be having my set up appointment on the 29th (or whatever they title it?)

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited August 2011

    Hi ladies,

    Just popping in here to point you to the main Breastcancer.org site for some really good detailed information on Radiation Therapy including what to expect if you'll just be starting.

    Hope this helps!

    --The Mods

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