At my appointment with the radiologist this week, she commented on how good my skin looked given the number of treatments I've had. So far the skin is a bit pink, kind of like a sunburn, but not too sore. I have learned that the last 5 radiation treatments are radiation boosts to the scar where the tumor was, and not radiation to the entire breast and lymph node area. These radiation boosts have proven to be beneficial for younger women to prevent the cancer from reoccurring in the same spot. Next week I'll have a 'mark up' appointment where they will create a template for the radiation machine so it can zap the scar with electrons ...or was it protons...anyway, it was something that sounded vaguely familiar from high school science.
Have a good weekend.
me
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