[rinaina]

Laurie, you will find radiation to be a breeze compared to your chemo. You will probably still feel fatigued but that is about it. Use whatever you have to in order to keep your skin from responding poorly to radiation. My radiologist oncologist advised me to use aloe gel everynight whether I needed it or not and I really didn't have much of a problem at all with discomfort. I am still discolored from the booster dose and that area seemed to get more color than anywhere else. As for the hair...through all of this, the hair thing has been the hardest for me next to getting sick from chemo. My hair is back and is close to 1 1/2 to 2 inches all over depending where and it is so curly,(never had curly hair before). Not crazy about it but it is hair at least. I finished chemo July 27 so it took this long to get to this point. Hope all goes well with rads.