Well today I've been to see a temporary Oncologist in the Oncology department and had a CT scan and 4 little tattoos ready for Radiotherapy, which starts in 2 weeks. I will be having it every day for 3 weeks. Yes sure I can afford that! 66 mile round trip every day plus parking. The CT was ok, just hurt to hold my arms above my head for ten minutes.
Radiotherapy is a treatment for cancer that uses carefully measured and controlled high energy x-rays. I
it aims to destroy any cancer cells that may be left behind in the breast area after surgery.
The Oncologist said that radiotherapy would improve my chances of cancer not re-occurring in the breast from 20% to 5%, so makes sense really to have it. He is a different Oncologist from the one in my MDT (multidisciplinary team) meeting too, so that's two saying I should have it. I'm just so annoyed after my old Oncologist of 6 months said I didn't need it. But it's 2 against 1 now and now it's been mentioned I will have to have it at those odds. They say if your tumour was over 5cm radiotherapy is a must.
I started walking 1/2 a mile a day over the weekend and I'm now managing 3/4 of a mile, I'll soon be running round the park hehe! I also managed to get out to the pub on Saturday for a couple which was lovely. Hoping the little walks will help with sleep too. Thought yesterday's reflexology would help me sleep, managed to sleep from 23:00-3:45 but that might have been the bottle of beer too...maybe try more beer next time haha! Have a good week everyone. xx
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| Saturday's walk |
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| Puppy cuddles |
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| A few beers to help me sleep |
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| I'm out at the local |
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| Monday's walk |
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| Selfie with my babies |
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| Tuesday's walk |
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