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Re: Radiation Questions
Hello Clark,
You may want to share with your wife that usually and most often a lumpectomy is a ticket for radiation. When a patient has a mastectomy radiation is not usually done.
The radiation is a mop up of the surgery to ensure all cells are destroyed.
The worst part of the journey of breast cancer is the unknown. Once treatment begins she will feel much better and so will you. It is so normal to feel the anxiety
prior to the treatment. I can only share that the treatment is never as bad as we imagine it.
It helps for you wife to wear cotton Tshirts as often as possible during rad treatment to keep the chest area ventilated.
Sending both of you good wishes...
Kind Regards,
Jean
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Stage 1, Grade 1, 3/30/05
Lumpectomy 4/15/05 - 6MM IDC
Node Neg. (Sentinel node)
ER+ 90% / PR-, Her2+++ by FISH
Ki-67 40%
Arimidex 5/05
Radiation 32 trt, 5/30/05
Oncotype DX test 4/17/06, 31% high risk
TOPO 11 neg. 4/06
Stopped Arimidex 5/06
TCH 5/06, 6 treatments
Herceptin 5/06 - for 1 yr.
9/06 Completed chemo
Started Femara Sept. 2006
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