Cancer Radiation Therapy - Description and Side Effects - What Cancer Survivors said about their radiation treatment.

• 11/06-12/06 tolerated radiation and low dose of temodar quite well until the 4th week, then he became extremely fatigued.
• 12/06 to lower back, fatigue
• 15 days of 30 treatments. Extreme nausea-vomiting ribs and back hurt from A:cancer B:radiation C:surgery D: all above
• 2001 - Radiation
• 2002 45 mins a day, 5 days a week, for 6 weeks. Burns
• 25 rounds external, 3 internal, starting in October, 2007, finished in November.
• 25 treatments, 9 days in every 2 weeks - partial hair loss, starting 1st week in February this year, finishing March 18th
• 26 treatmenst
• 28 days after second surgery. Felt ok until the last week in which I was very tired.
• 30 radiotherapy treatments starting 7th July finishing 6 weeks later. Grade 3 ulcers in mouth and throat unable to swallow
• 33 radiations finished Oct. 6, 2008
• 33 rads very little burning only the last couple boost treatments is all.
• 33 sessions targeted computerized radiation with mask began September, 2006 Side effects: extreme fatigue, partial loss of hair, dry itchy scalp, burned scalp
• 34 treatments - Oct. thru Nov. 2005
• 35 radiations. Side effects: severe burnt skin.
• 35 treatments daily for 7 weeks 1998
• 36 days straight on the last few I had to be remarked because my skin was liquid. August 2004
• 36 treatments - September 08 until November 3, 2008. Skin redness, very mild peeling in some spots, tightness under arm.
• 37 radiation treatments from late Sept to the end of November of 2007. Side effects all my saliva gland were destroyed. I can't hardly eat anythin because I have no saliva. swallowing is hard. I also have a different voice now. People call me sir all the time. And I stay tired still. Nerves are shot and now taking anti- depressants
• 37 treatment of radiation 5 times a week which meant 71/2 weeks of treatmen No side effects
• 5 days a week for 7 weeks. Severe radiation burns, unable to wear undergarments for at least a month.
• 5 days a week, for six weeks in December 2006 and January 2007
• 5940cg craniospinal radiation. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. New York, NY. 33 treatments. Start date: 02/14/96. End date: 03/30/96.
• 6 1/2 weeks of radiation in August, 2008
• 6 months of radiation to the right chest wall extreme fatigue 1/05-4/05
• 6-08 IMRT, I guess I will find out
• 7 weeks (m-f) of radiation with one week off in the middle of treatment along with one day of chemo every week. Began treatment in Nov. 08
• After chemo - 3 weeks of radiation was a walk in the park for me! I took up raquetball (not generally recommended by any doctor, other patients etc!)
• alot of fatigue, upset stomach, darkening of skin, irratated skin in area involved, sores from radiation--started treatment in February 2006 (28 sessions of external pelvic radiation)
• April 22nd 2008 through June 4th 2008. It's hell. But you're in a blur of misery. A few months later your a better person, grateful for the blessings you have in life. Still working on regaining my saliva.
• Bart has undergone whole brain radiation. Brain tumor surgery via Gamma Knife.
• Began Momocyte 5 immediately after the surgery but my breast was not big enough to tolerate it. then had 25 radiation treatments.
• Brachy radiation treatment (multi-catheter).
• Completed 8 weeks of radiation therapy on 9-13-06. Minor fatigueness in the afternoons.
• DATES: Jan06 - Mar06 Side Effects: Hair loss, metalic taste when receiving radition, nausea, sensitivity to sun
• Dec 06 to Feb 07
• don't know yet; scared :(
• External radiation 5 days/week.
• Fall / Winter 2005
• Finished radiation Friday, September 21st, 2007! Skin is burned, sensitive, and very sore.
• first three weeks we're a breeze until we hit 4th week. she felt nauseous, blisters in her throat,mouth,and then when we hit the 5th week her skin broke open on the outside. from the bottom of her ears, to her chest. this is from june til july 9th 08
• five weeks radiation after chemo is done
• had no treatment
• Has to wait until after chemtherapy but will undergo 33 treatments.
• have not had yet until thru with chemo, then 35 treatments will follow
• Haven't started radiation yet.
• haven't started yet
• I did six weeks of radiation starting on October 26, 2005. What a whirlwind those months were!
• I don't start radiation until after I'm done with chemo.
• I got celulistis of the breast towards the ends of radiation
• I had 30 tomotherapy radiations 5 days a week from June until August. The side effects were fatigue and nausea.
• I had 36 treatments of radiation. From July 8-06-August 16-06. I did get burnt and was applying aloe every day. I did get tennis elbow as a result of the radiation. I then had to have therapy for that.
• I had my radiation for 38 days and I feel so tired most of the time.
• I had radiation for seven weeks five days a week, for about 45 minutes, some of my hair came out a little after starting to grow back after chemo, first of June, right after getting married in 1994, until end of July,bottom of hands and feet were black.
• I had the iodine radiation. No real side effects. worst thing was having to be away from my little one.
• I officially start radiation tomorrow. I do like my Radiation Oncologist. He is pretty cool.
• I opted for no radiation.
• I wanted another baby hopefully if chemo didnt kill my ability
• I will start radiation after the chemo ends!
• image guided IMRT starting 10/16/06
• IMRT started 7/7/08
• Intensity modulated radiation X 30 treatments, 7/28/08 through 9/9/08. Side effects included burning of the pelvic & rectal area with blistering, extreme pain with urination and bowel movements, nausea & fatigue.
• Jan. 4, 2007 Radiation Tatooing & positioning - 33 treatments (5 a week) Feb.23, 2007 - final treatment!
• July, 2004 to September, 2004 Sometimes when I swallow I start to cough. The esophagus was damaged. It will recover, but still hasn't.
• Loss of taste, acute mucositis, loss of hair at back or neck, blistering of throat.
• luckily for me , i don't have to undergo radiation
• Mammosite 5 day 2 times a day, a little sun burn.
• Mammosite Radiation scheduled for 9/10/2008
• Mammosite therapy, 6/23 - 7/3 Thickening, discoloration, burning, peeling.
• March - May 2004. 2nd degree burns and intense fatigue and sleepiness (no, those are NOT the same thing).
• March and April 2008 - part of my skin peeled just like a regular sunburn; tenderness months afterwards
• May 2-June 10th, 2007 Really scary, very tired,headaches & teary
• May of 2004; six weeks; breast raw for 1 week; I have alot of stiffness under my arm; I exercise it by swimming
• Months of April and May. I had swelling of the feet. Not sure if it even worked.
• My husband had radiation at the site of his neck surgery.
• N/A
• No radiation
• no treatment yet?
• Non
• non so far she hasn't healed from surgery
• none
• none
• None either time.
• None.
• Not many young women there. Duration 7 wks (after chemo started) Daily. Didn't burn at all. Doctor at conclusion surprised by that!
• Nov/07 PBR(partial Breast Radiation) 1 week = two times a day.
• November 1, 2006, 30 treatments M-F caused sever fatigue, cystisis and cramping
• october 2008,, no side effects yet
• Pelvic radiation; July - September 2006 Side effects became so severe required hospitalization during final week of treatment.
• Pending biopsy results. I may not need radiation.
• Plaque brachytherapy - July 2003. Plaque inserted on Friday morning and removed Monday night. Long, long weekend in isolation and having to carry a geiger counter around. Eye was puffy, bloodshot for a long time, painful and vision deteriorated quite rapidly. Now have retinal detachment, pretty lousy vision in that eye and grey areas on the sclera (white of the eye) that may be burns from the cauterisation tool or where the sclera has thinned due to the radiation. Last November (2007), it was noticed that the edge of the tumour is still growing in some areas and I have therefore had to have these treated with Transpupillary Thermotherapy (laser).
• Pre OP external beam radiotherapy to a dose of 50.4Gy for 28days to Pelvis from 04/03/2008 to 10/04/2008on 6MV Linear Accelerator. No any side effect of radiation
• R-Chop R-Ice
• Rad 131
• Radiactive Iodine - February 2007.
• Radiation after surgery
• Radiation for me became a time of meditation and a time to just lay back and picture my cancer cells being burned to a crisp (along with my bladder, vagina, uterus, ovaries, and anything else in there)...sometimes I cried during treatment and sometimes I just pretended it wasn't really me...I had the best team and although I hope to never have to deal with this treatment again I know where I will go without a doubt - Wellspring Oncology in St.Petersburg Florida. I had six weeks of daily (mon-fri) treatments starting Sept 8, 2008 and ending Oct.20, 2008. I had pretty bad "burns" all over my vaginal and rectal areas, pain in my butt (haha), and my bladder was affected (frequency, burning)...I still have no confirmation of the extent of damage to my womanly organs but will in a few weeks...
• Radiation has been ongoing since 2/12/07. The first layer of skin around the anal site and vulva is gone and there is a great deal of irritation and pain,
• Radiation in 1991 to my right breast and in 1992 to my left breast. No significant side effects.
• Radiation on site of mastecomy (2002) Radiation on T12 and right hip (2007)
• Radiation scheduled for June 30 in Dallas. Body Scan scheduled 2 weeks after radiation. Goal is the radiation will kill any cells remaining in my body.
• Radiation side effects were just becoming exausted. I was pretty healthy until I got cancer, never had any health issues and never had to take any medication before.
• Radiation started 10/10/07 and I go M-F once a day for 6 weeks
• Radiation therapy (RT), 2000 rads for 22 days, were given to areas of initial bulky disease. (middle of chest cavity)
• Radiation was started immediately after the chemo (at my insistence, I wanted it all to be over with). My blood count dropped so low, even my doctors didn't want to be around me! I went for 37 times. And now I can say that I have 9 (prison) tattoos.
• Radioactive Iodine-dry mouth everything tasted like cardboard for over two months. Salivary gland infection.
• Rather not discuss
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• Sept-Oct. 07. 26 treatments went well. Yes tired but not too much. Glad it is over. Hardly any burning. Used Lubriderm cream all the time; that helped. UPDATE AUG/08. Enjoyed the summer sun but made sure to use SPF 50 so as not to burn.
• Start date 10/28/08
• Started radiation Oct. 25, 2006 and finished up Dec. 14, 2006. Side Effect: breast pain, very tender. And Still very tender.
• Started radiation on 9/8/08. 5x/week for 6 weeks.
• Starting April I had 25 radiation treatments 5 days a week for 5 weeks. It burned the outer part of me to the point that my skin blackened. I could not walk or sit without hurting,even standing made me weak. Then I had a two week break before I went into the hospital for internal radiation treatments.I was to have 5 high dose treatments done all in one week where i would go in the morning for treatment and at night for another treatment. Monday I went in to have it surgically put in,had a treatment...had another treatment that next day. Then the doctor decided it could be better so he took it out and made some changes.He had me come back 2 weeks later and finished up the last 3 treatments by putting me back in the hospital and surgically implanting the radiation device again.My doctor was very particular about how he did everything and he took such good care of me.
• To be determined
• to come
• Vomiting Sleepy
• Weakness, fatigue
• Weill have gamma Knife radiation to brain lesions
• Well, radiation, wasn't to bad & yes if made me sick to my stomach sometimes. But I think the worst for me was the burn it left on my breast, that hurt the most. I was given cream to help the burn & it pretty much took care of it. I was lucky in that area, I only had to take 7 wks. of radiation & my mom & I had to drive 75 miles every day for it. I think that was the worst, casue with a sick stomach, the ride was not so good.
• When first I went for radiation it was as I was just bloating with fluid from chemo side effects so had to wait and when I went to re-do markers they said markers were now in place so I was able to continue so that was oct/02 or thereabouts... Actually I improved while taking rad as I was so sick to start and on oxygen 24/7 I had some burns at the site and was tired as I had been in advance.
• Yes 6.5 weeks worth. I had a bad burn.The fatigue was difficult.
• yes, 32 times, the 1st time and 32 time the second.
• Yes. 25 treatments.