Colorectal (Colon) Cancer Experiences - Radiation

Colorectal (Colon) Cancer Radiation types:

    • Lindie
    • Experience with Colorectal (Colon) Cancer
    9 days ago
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    Yttrium-90 microsphere radioembolization

    Radiation

    Getting ready to start this treatment

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    Painless Experience: Not Specified
    Minimal Side Effects: Not Specified
    Minimal Impact to Daily Life: Not Specified
    1 Comment
    • peterlang
    • Experience with Adenocarcinoma, Colo...
    27 days ago
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    Internal radiation (Brachytherapy)

    Radiation

    Great staff, Had treatments 5 days a week for 6 weeks.

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    Painless Experience: Strongly Agree
    Minimal Side Effects: Strongly Agree
    Minimal Impact to Daily Life: Strongly Agree
    0 Comments
    • tenacity
    • Experience with Adenocarcinoma, Color...
    about 1 month ago
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    External radiation

    Radiation

    forced into because of blockage. horrible burning. quit before full time they wanted.

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    Painless Experience: Strongly Disagree
    Minimal Side Effects: Strongly Disagree
    Minimal Impact to Daily Life: Strongly Disagree
    0 Comments
    • LCrisp515
    • Experience with Adenocarcinoma, Colo...
    3 months ago
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    External radiation

    Radiation

    I am only one week into this treatment.

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    Painless Experience: Not Specified
    Minimal Side Effects: Not Specified
    Minimal Impact to Daily Life: Not Specified
    0 Comments
    • Clees
    • Experience with Colorectal (Colon) Cancer
    3 months ago
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    External radiation

    Radiation

    Having full bladder every treatment 5 days a week was the most difficult part.

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    Painless Experience: Neutral/NA
    Minimal Side Effects: Agree
    Minimal Impact to Daily Life: Disagree
    1 Comment
    • Dmcaly
    • Experience with Colorectal (Colon) Cancer
    4 months ago
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    External radiation

    Radiation

    I had 42 radiation treatments, done daily Mon-Fri. About an hour after treatment a massive wave of fatigue would hit me. The burns t...

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    Painless Experience: Disagree
    Minimal Side Effects: Agree
    Minimal Impact to Daily Life: Disagree
    0 Comments
    • BruceB
    • Experience with Colorectal (Colon) Cancer
    4 months ago
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    External radiation

    Radiation

    12/12/2018 --- radiation treatments start today. I've got my tattoos so they know where to aim the beams, and the "body mold" to li...

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    Painless Experience: Agree
    Minimal Side Effects: Strongly Disagree
    Minimal Impact to Daily Life: Strongly Disagree
    6 Comments
    • Carole7373
    • Experience with Adenocarcinoma, Col...
    6 months ago
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    External radiation

    Radiation

    Getting the radiation wasn't painful. The pain came after a couple of weeks. Extreme pain when urinating and having BM...

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    Painless Experience: Disagree
    Minimal Side Effects: Strongly Disagree
    Minimal Impact to Daily Life: Disagree
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  9. 7 months ago
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    External radiation

    Radiation

    NO issues was told it was an Agressive ammount of Radiation

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    Painless Experience: Strongly Agree
    Minimal Side Effects: Strongly Agree
    Minimal Impact to Daily Life: Strongly Agree
    0 Comments
    • Kic
    • Experience with Colorectal (Colon) Cancer
    7 months ago
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    Yttrium-90 microsphere radioembolization

    Radiation

    Nausea and vomiting developed radiation induced ulcer

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    Painless Experience: Agree
    Minimal Side Effects: Disagree
    Minimal Impact to Daily Life: Disagree
    0 Comments
    • toosoon
    • Experience with Colorectal (Colon) Cancer
    8 months ago
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    External radiation

    Radiation

    I only had pain after the last two treatments. 28 treatments total.

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    Painless Experience: Agree
    Minimal Side Effects: Strongly Agree
    Minimal Impact to Daily Life: Strongly Agree
    0 Comments
    • Vortex24
    • Experience with Adenocarcinoma, Color...
    9 months ago
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    Low level Proton for 3 nodules caused during Laparoscopic 1/27/2017 now causing pain when bending over.

    Radiation

    will have 10 low level doses.

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    Painless Experience: Agree
    Minimal Side Effects: Agree
    Minimal Impact to Daily Life: Agree
    0 Comments
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