Re: Re: Radiation measurement & treatments it's Cealy again...

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Hi ,

I asked the women at radiation today how much I was getting each time and

they said 180. My cancer was invasive ductal stage 1, and my breasts aren't

very big so that's probably why mine's at the lower end. I also asked them

how often the machine was checked to be sure it's putting out the right amount

and working properly and they said everyday. And I found out the booster

treatments are aimed directly at where the tumor was instead of spread out like

the first 25 or so are.

Here's where I found the info on breastcancer.org ...go to home, go to

treatment, go to radiation therapy, go to what to expect, then how much

radiation. The site seems to go on forever, which is really great to find for

a change!

Hope it went well for you today. Cealy

mitchellst@...> wrote:

" A usual daily dose should be 180-200 rads totaling 4500-5000 for the

first phase, and during the 2nd phase (booster) we receive another 1000-2000

rads. The total amt. depends on the size of the breast, size of tumor and if you

had chemo or not. "

Thanks! I have been to breastcancer.org but hadn't seen that info yet.

" I don't know what happened to me, when I first found out I had cancer I started

researching like a madwoman wanting to know everything, and be informed to make

the proper decisions, and was always a step ahead and asking lots of questions.

When I got to the radiation part of it all I just seemed to hand it over and

went into " hope they know what they're doing " mode. "

This is exactly what I did too - I think that I felt that I needed to be nuclear

physicist or something to understand it. Now I am wishing that I had researched

more when my mind was less exhausted.

Thanks!