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Kuer1
Kuer1 Member Posts: 3
edited June 2014 in Radiation Therapy - Before, During, and After

When we have radiation treatment for breast cancer, do the technician need to cover the rest of our body, only leave the breast exposed under the rays, like we have X-ray for teeth? Thank you!

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  • Cindyl
    Cindyl Member Posts: 1,194
    edited April 2012

    My techs uncover the breast to be treated and peak at my sides to check my tatoos.  Then they put a light cotton towel over my breast for the two minutes that treatment takes.  (They offered me my choice between the light cloth and a bath towel, but I'm always warm so I went with the lightweight one.

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  • Kuer1
    Kuer1 Member Posts: 3
    edited April 2012

    The reason I am asking is that my liver got exposed and injured in radiation. Thanks for reply.

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  • Baileybump
    Baileybump Member Posts: 172
    edited April 2012
    Mine don't cover me unless it's cool in the room. . .then they offer a towel for the breast NOT  being treated.  Sorry to hear about your liver being damaged, Kuer1.
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  • Kicks
    Kicks Member Posts: 4,131
    edited April 2012

    Always had my jeans on. Breast side was covered with a towel (or on days I was really cold with a warmed blanket, radiation side was uncovered but with a bolus for the first place. The area that was radiated had quite distinct margins - a rectangle from mid chest around to back and up side of neck. I know this because the entire area burned very bad after rads so it was quite evident where all the radiation had hit.

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  • Kuer1
    Kuer1 Member Posts: 3
    edited April 2012

    sorry, I just doubt since my liver has been hurt close to the end of radiation that I never had before. Plus when they did treatment, even thy marked, they use eyes to locate. I hope it is not because of radiation. It is just a temperary feeling. Thank you all.

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  • mary625
    mary625 Member Posts: 1,056
    edited April 2012

    I think you're asking whether there is a protective shield cover like the dentist uses to protect other organs, and there is not. I've not seen one around in the room either. I'd like to think that the radiation is so precise that it is not needed, but I really don't know. They don't cover my area of radiation in any way. I also get the bolus for most of my treatment. They are really targeting my skin so I think that's the reason.

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