DCIS girls starting radiation June and July?

Info I had a thought about all of this. My boob like many I'm sure is jello like when we lay down. When we stand up or lean over they stick out more. The radiation beam is tiny but is straight. Everyone of us is built different. Some of us have different density, some larger, smaller. After nursing my 4 boys I have hardly any breast tissue it's mostly fat. When I lay down my barely C's slide to the pits some & I'm almost flat. My tumor was closer to the chest wall as that was the side that had only 3.5 mm of clear margins. I have seen my weekly boob pics post RADS of where the RADS hit. Nothing in the esophagus throat area. Yes you can see where it does hit my lung. But as I said the beam is straight & it doesn't curve & go around corners! But that beam sure goes right over top of those areas though. I also work in a nursing rehab home. There is a lots of upper respiratory stuff going around & with my immune system compromised ( I know not like Chemo ). but it still can mess with your white count. Just rambling my mindful thoughts! I will get my weekly pics tomorrow & bend my nurses ear too. She is very helpful. I am feeling better, but darn throat still hurts annoyingly so. If I must I'll go see my GP tomorrow. As my new GI Dr. Said 2 weeks ago, that she suspects that all this will get better after RADS are over! Counting the days down!

Thanks ladies.  Yes, I'm having the dry cough, too.  Not too annoying but noticable.  Thanks for the advice on the gauze pads vs. abd.  I hope I don't have to delay treatments.  I SO want to get this over with. 

Mnkid I hope so too! Once you start you just want to get them done. I'm thankful they don't take long. I have a BC friend from church who was DX 4 years ago. She has never told me or anyone what her stage is. I know it wasn't good at all from what she has gone through. She had a BMX after Chemo & still went through at least 35 RADS treatments. She said her RADS were 45 min to an hour every day!!!! I try to remember that when I complain.

Mini I know I have read that too but just how my RO gets about the stomach issue I have NOT being caused by RADS!!! I bet he might say the same about this too! Boy I sure wish he had 1 10th of my MO's compassionate charisma!

Well they never emphasized that SE's. Mostly the skin issues & pain. The rest of it they say at a glance so to speak. I will go find my paper that has all the SE's they think could happen & see if that is listed. My RO nurse is more in tune with all this & told me on the sly that she has seen 2 others have nausea from the get go also. Very rare. Go google & read the SE's of Radiation sickness which Did AFTER all this stuff started happening. Now granted we are not getting that kind of exposure but come on you can have 1 million people take the same dose of a medicine & not everyone is gonna feel the same way!!! We all react differently. Yes many may get the same symptoms & many may not. Then there are always a few that just plain do the weird thing! That's ME! Lol!

Mini can't find it yet .... I will stumble across it one of these days. There is always a first! You just never know. Is your son ok today? Going through SH... with our babes is so tuff. I have 4 sons oldest & youngest have Crohns. 2 end 1 has severe IBS...someday I wonder if that will change to Crohns. My 3erd one has ADHD....but lately has had tummy issues. This is just the tip of our family's health problems! It never ends! I know we have hit close to1 million dollar for the family in Medical since DH & I got married 27 years ago mostly in the last 12 years! Boggles the mind!

Hi All.  I did not have time to post last week.  My last of 34 rads treatments is done! Yay!!!

My breast is sore and a bit red, but it should heal in a few weeks according to my docs.  So far, so good.  Wondering when the nipple sensitivity will end as that has been most difficult; any clothing on it is painful.  Tried with and w/o a bra (doc wanted me to go w/o all the time).  Tried a gauze pad over it and that works.  But hard to keep it in place without tape and I am not allowed to tape anywhere on that breast.  Finally got a netting from the nurses and that helps a lot while letting the breast 'breathe'-- LOL!  Doctor has me on Silvadene cream as the redness got more "angry".  Other than that, Ihave had fatigue for the last 2-3 weeks.  Nothing a lot of sleep does not help.  Sorry some of you are having more significant side effects from the radiation.  Just hang in there. The creams are a pain in the neck to keep up with but worth it. They do seem to make a difference for some.  I got through mine with calendula 10% cream and 99% pure aloe vera and recently, the Silvadene cream.  Now I just have about 1.5 years of tamoxifen/3 yrs of an AI to get through!

Someone on one of the natural girl pages suggested steeping tea bags and putting them under your breast. I didn't see the post until I was done so I don't know if it works, but she got relief from it.

Nanam that does sound soothing!  Yeah to only having 3 to go.

Mnkid my cough is definately not RADS related either.  I am heading to the GP tomorrow.  I feel so awful with the cough tonight.  Hurts!  Lemon ginger tea tonight to get me through as it's soothing & cough drops.  I have to watch what I take because of my BP.  Many over the counter meds now come with warnings for people who have hight blood pressure. 

Mini Grace did it from the July Rad group & said it helps sooth.  I think she boiled the tea bag & let it cool then layed them on the areas that needed it.  I think it was Black tea.

mnkid- Love it! Some girl time is definitely called for. :-)

julz4, what a GREAT and happy surprise!  Hope you are feeling better with some meds on board for your bronchitis very soon.

Well, today my rads doc told me to put my breast in a sling at night.  It kind of cracked me up but it makes sense to get some of the pressure off the undercarriage a bit.  So I cut up an old t-shirt.  We'll see how this is going to work.  I don't usually like things around my neck but I'll give it a go.  Only two more full-breast treatments and then five focused on the malignant area treatments.  That will be less taxing on the breast and get that undercarriage healing up sooner than later.  Almost done!  Yay!

Mnkid....I'm loving that over the shoulder boulder holder too!  I hope it's working out for you!  My meds are working the cough is much better.  No voice now though.  Oh well as long as the pain & cough are gone.

4 more to go!