Breast Cancer Experiences - Radiation

Breast Cancer Radiation types:

    • Crisvt75
    • Experience with Breast Cancer
    about 1 month ago
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    External radiation

    Radiation

    My first course of treatment was radiation.

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    Painless Experience: Agree
    Minimal Side Effects: Agree
    Minimal Impact to Daily Life: Agree
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  2. 2 months ago
    smartlaunch's Avatar

    Radiation

    I don't know yet

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    Painless Experience: Strongly Disagree
    Minimal Side Effects: Strongly Agree
    Minimal Impact to Daily Life: Strongly Agree
    0 Comments
    • CarolHash
    • Experience with Adenoid Cystic (Aden...
    4 months ago
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    External radiation

    Radiation

    It was easy and painless.

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    Painless Experience: Agree
    Minimal Side Effects: Agree
    Minimal Impact to Daily Life: Agree
    0 Comments
  4. 5 months ago
    Believe8053's Avatar

    External radiation

    Radiation

    it was okay; ended up with burns on my skin.

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    Painless Experience: Neutral/NA
    Minimal Side Effects: Neutral/NA
    Minimal Impact to Daily Life: Disagree
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  5. 11 months ago
    MeginOhio's Avatar

    External radiation

    Radiation

    Wasn’t bad

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    Painless Experience: Agree
    Minimal Side Effects: Agree
    Minimal Impact to Daily Life: Agree
    0 Comments
    • isnoop
    • Experience with Breast Cancer
    about 1 year ago
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    External radiation

    Radiation

    Extreme fatigue

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    Painless Experience: Strongly Agree
    Minimal Side Effects: Strongly Agree
    Minimal Impact to Daily Life: Neutral/NA
    0 Comments
    • hscancer
    • Experience with Invasive (Infiltratin...
    about 1 year ago
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    External radiation

    Radiation

    I had 25 sessions of radiation end of August through September. Compared to chemotherapy, I tolerated it much better. I was tired a ...

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    Painless Experience: Agree
    Minimal Side Effects: Disagree
    Minimal Impact to Daily Life: Agree
    0 Comments
  8. over 1 year ago
    Cgracie007's Avatar

    External radiation

    Radiation

    The initial treatment isn't bad if you really adhere to applying aloe and burn cream hourly. But the long term effects are bad. The ...

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    Painless Experience: Neutral/NA
    Minimal Side Effects: Disagree
    Minimal Impact to Daily Life: Agree
    1 Comment
  9. over 1 year ago
    Cindylounfl's Avatar

    External radiation

    Radiation

    Had a great group that when my skin was getting burned they changed and did the whole breast instead and then went back so i did not...

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    Painless Experience: Agree
    Minimal Side Effects: Agree
    Minimal Impact to Daily Life: Agree
    0 Comments
  10. almost 2 years ago
    sunshine28536's Avatar

    External radiation

    Radiation

    i had both breast removed it was stage one then found it in a lip node and it went to stage 2. had reconstruction a years ago. now ...

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    Painless Experience: Neutral/NA
    Minimal Side Effects: Disagree
    Minimal Impact to Daily Life: Neutral/NA
    0 Comments
  11. almost 2 years ago
    CancerQueenIV's Avatar

    External radiation

    Radiation

    After initial diagnosis I spent my first two weeks undergoing radiation treatment to my breast bone, to my hip, to my ribs, and to m...

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    Painless Experience: Agree
    Minimal Side Effects: Strongly Agree
    Minimal Impact to Daily Life: Agree
    0 Comments
  12. almost 2 years ago
    Pattycakes' Avatar

    External radiation

    Radiation

    Blistering and burning for about 2 weeks out of 6

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    Painless Experience: Strongly Disagree
    Minimal Side Effects: Disagree
    Minimal Impact to Daily Life: Agree
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