Radiotherapy finished. Another milestone

Hi Wicklow Lady,
Well done to you getting through everything you are an inspiration your posts are always so honest and caring.
Best of luck with the next chapters of your life I hope they are filled with nights out, meals and lovely holidays.
Wishing you all the best,
Bernie xx

That's great news Wicklow Lady, enjoy your meal tonight.

Hope that blood pressure starts behaving itself soon. (I start my radiotherapy on Tues), but it's great knowing that it will not be half as bad as the chemo, feel the worst of my journey is over now

Thank you too for all your continued support, tips and advice, you are always so prompt with your responses. xx

Thanks girls I waited until 3pm so they were happy to let me continue on that medication but to get my bp checked locally next week and if it was still up I was to ring them. So I called in to our local chemist on the way home to get my bp tablets and he took it twice and it was normal. So I think I'm here for another while lol.

Yes yaya my life will be filled with all those things. Cruise booked for 3rd June so really looking forward to that. Life is sweet.

Best of luck anriocht with the rads. What hospital are you having them in? If they had have said I needed to have it for another few weeks I'd have had no problem with that. That's how much I had got used to it. Isn't it strange? I'm delighted to be a help in some way as everyone was so good to me when I was in the depths of it. Xxx

Oh and anriocht stock up on the aloe Vera gel it's fantastic and you can put it in the fridge, so soothing as I got a bit itchy. Antihistamine sorted that too. I got a heat rash from the E45 would you believe? So I ay put the two bottles up on eBay lol

Well done Mary!! Fantastic to see you out the other side!!

Will be starting rads on may 20th so will be looking for tips...

Congrats and enjoy normality again

Xx

You will love the girls in rads Neadie they are angels. Just mention my name Mary Molloy and you will get 'special attention' lol. Ask me anything. I found aloe Vera gel fantastic. I'm so going to miss it next week how sad am I? I need to get a life lol

Congratulations Mary

Fantastic you are finished.enjoy getting back to normal and your cruise.time to celebrate that birthday you missed!!

Xx

Oh Wicklow Lady, cruise booked for 3rd June, that's fantastic.

And great to hear BP has returned to normal

Once again, thanks for tips on aloe vera and antihistamine. I have been using the E45 since my mastectomy in December. I have been massaging the scar with it and so far so good, no problems with it. But I will look into the aloe vera as well, particularly if one can use it straight from the fridge, that has to be soothing.

Having my radiotherapy at Hermitage Medical Centre in Lucan also. Had my chemo there as well.

It is literally 10 mins from me, so will be in and out every morning while my four year old is at playschool.

Met with the radiologists last week and they were really nice.

You'll be ok with the E45 just I had never used it and I got a lumpy rash away from where they were treating. Oh that's great it's so near to you as it only takes a few minutes. Yes the gel is lovely out of the fridge, so soothing. I have to invest in a one shoulder dress as I've a lovely brown tanned boob and a white one lol!!!

[color=#800080:rkea5x54]Congrats on finishing Looking forward to finishing myself on Wednesday.

Have to say I found it a lot easier than chemo. No sickness etc. I used e45 cream during the day (cream not lotion) and used the purer emulsfying ointment at night before I went to bed. I brought the e45 with me when having radiation and found putting it on straight away after rads helped keep skin supple. I also didn't know about 'exit burns' and had one on my back....just a red area but not as red as front/neck areas.

A little thing that helped me through was to change my makeup to one that matched my 'paler' skin perfectly so I could wear makeup on my face without having to rub into my neck area. (didn't put any creams/makeup etc. on neck as having radiation on that area too). Being able to wear makeup cheered me up.[/color:rkea5x54]

Well done Woman - was great to meet you xx

So happy for you Mary, hoping that life will treat you well after all this - enjoy the cruise and raise a glass to yourself in celebration!

Take care xxx