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Posted 10 Feb 2019 at 15:25
Cheshire Chris let me assure you , everyone is different ref side effects , once in rt department speak to other patients it helps immensely , I found it ended up like a family and I used Macmillan centre for a chat now and again very very supportive . Also got a toilet card off them handy item to have .
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Posted 10 Feb 2019 at 19:10
Cheers, Malcolm. I feel embarrassed to make such a fuss about something that may not happen, but I can't help worrying about it. Fingers crossed that worry will prove unfounded.

Chris

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Posted 10 Feb 2019 at 19:52

 I totally agree with talking to other people it actually helped me such a lot every day I turned up for my fraction.  But I would say my oncologist and the radiologist warned me not to compare the treatment that others were getting with what I was getting. As an earlier post said quite rightly, we are all different and the amount of fractions delivered are very much dependent on your individual cancer and no two persons bodies are going to react to the radiotherapy in the same way.  My cancer started when I was 66 so I was extremely lucky in that I had just retired  and I didn’t have the pressure of worrying about getting back to work or being too tired and despite telling my wife she did not have to come every day, she attended every fraction with me giving me support and in that I count myself lucky 

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