Radiation Therapy for early stage

Hi Kel237: a quick response this morning:  I'm pretty sure none of the supps you take lower Chloresterol.The only one I know has something to do with BC is Vitamin D.  I asked specifically about Vit D (since I had a low reading in prior years.) and the doc said no. She told me to take only a multivitamin for bone and breat health and since I still have periods to make sure it had iron. She said the healthy cells will be fine, but we don't want to help the cancer cells any by giving them any antioxidents etc. But please don't go by what some faceless person on the interent says:  Please google Vit D and breast cancer, formulate some questions and verify with your doc. re: BioOil.  Really don't know but my gut feeling is that an oil is not going to allow air to get to the skin and will trap persperation under it making the skin too damp.  But again I don't know.  Did the doc tell you to use BioOil?  Biafene does 3 things;  accelerates the natural sloughing off of dead cells, creates the moist environment needed for healing (I think this is the plumped up thing that happened noticeably with my face wrinkle.) and aids the body's natural healing process.  The skin underneath is the damaged skin and as it comes to the top, it is going to be pinkish/sensitive no matter what we do, Mine itches a bit but I haven't put anything special on that.  re:  Parabens and other phytoestrogene things such as lavender, soy and tea tree oil:  My doc told me the amounts we get are too small to cause a problem.  That said, I too try to avoid these things, though yes, Biafine has parabens as a preservatives in it.  I plan to ask the MO about this when we meet since I think this is more her area of expertise.  

I am also with Kaiser, I won't have a choice for a while, as I am 63, with BC, I don't think I can get coverage elsewhere. I am also a year out from diagnosis, starting to not think about it too much, but control my weight and eat healthy, no soy, take vitamins, and use good products without parabens, like natural stuff, coconut oil and shea butter on my skin. I had my mamo, 1 yr out, was fine. I am just going to get on with life, and hope for no recurrance:)

CancerStinks, thank you for posting details of your experience with radiation treatments. I appreciate the information - and also your great attitude!

shronava

Have you found out anything more about heart/lung left side radiation?

With Ki-67, it depends on the pathology lab - whatever their protocol is. Some do it, some don't.  The main reason for oncotyping a tumor is to help determine if someone should get chemotherapy or not especially when it could go either way.  With small, grade 1 tumors like yours, there's really no question that chemotherapy isn't necessary so it makes sense that you wouldn't have had that testing ordered.