The techs also told me to air out the area under the breast as much as possible. Lay in the house with your arm above your head, etc. They gave me a fabric that had silver in it, I would tuck that under the breast to keep the skin folds separated. My radiation was 6 weeks, Mon thru Fri. I had an early morning appointment. Had I known how tired I would be, I would have scheduled it for later in the day so I could sleep longer in the morning. The most painful was the burns/ cracking skin in the armpit. It was my dominant side, the left arm was getting used constantly. I was never instructed to do exercises, told to eat alot of protein. No guides on how much was considered adequate. I felt they intentionally glanced over side effects. Google helped me more than the medical team. Don’t hesitate to ask as many questions as needed to understand. Thankfully my Onco dx score was 7, and didn’t require chemo.

Thanks, I'm just laying on my stomach, and the radiation is focused on where they removed the cancer and surrounding tissues.

If by the chance you will have radiation with breath hold machine
I would suggest to use lidocaine cream on nose 30 min before session
It helped me big time with nose clip

I am starting to realize that each state etc has different ways of treating breast cancer etc. My radiation treatments where for 21 days . 15 regular and then the last five were called boosts and where Monday to Friday. Before they started the treatments they had to somewhat line me up for the mapping of everything. My treatment was on my left side of course where the heart is and mine was the whole breast and part of my arm pit area. Even though my lymphnodes they took out were negative for spreading. It takes longer to get into position than the actual treatment takes. When you start the whole thing takes less than 5 to 10 minutes to do. You can not move once your in position. Also the techs are constantly in contact with you. If your having a problem they have a two way communication system just let them know what is going on. They will explain everything to you at your first office visit. Believe it or not this is the easiest part of the breast cancer treatment plan. Some have discomfort but if you can go through the other stuff first this is easy peasy.

Hi Patricia:

You need to know how many weeks you will have of radiation therapy, if you will have a boost at the tumor site at the end and whether it is left or right breast and the different methods that are used such as the breath holding method.

Everyone is so different in how it effects them. Your breast cancer Oncology team will guide you through the steps and the use of lotions to protect the breast.

Also, most have some fatigue from this.

It is doable and you will be ok.

Touch base on here as questions come up as you go through this.

Sue10
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