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Yes, I had radiotherapy to the throat at the same time as treatment to the breast. I was told its a good insurance policy against spread if the lymph nodes to the breast bone had cancer.
Some days my voice was croaky and felt raw. I drank plenty of water (a good idea anyway!) and ate mashed food if necessary. Even though I was very careful with moisturising creams and did not use soap for the duration of the radiotherapy, a burn mark appeared on my neck on the last week of treatment which was very sore and uncomfortable. This side effect however is very much dependent on your type of skin. The burn was treated with a gel and plastic wrap and healed within 2 weeks.
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5th routine mammogram in March 07.
Lumpectomy & auxilliary node clearance with clear margins left breast.
Mixed Grade 3 ductal & micropapillary carcinoma
Stage 3C. 15 of 16 lymph nodes metatastic with extracapsular spread
ER: 50% +/++ PR: - HER-2 CISH: Positive. Mean copy number per cell :18.5
CT Scan/Bone Scan/Ultrasound no secondaries April 07
DD chemo AC x4 & Taxol x2 with Neulasta followed by weekly low dosage Taxol x6 in June-August 07
35 rads to breast and neck December 07
1 year of Herceptin until July 08 & Arimidex
Mammogram NED Feb 08
1ST YEAR SURVIVOR
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