Last 2 weeks of radiation I had 2nd degree burns. Very painful but pain meds helped. The burns healed quickly in the 2 weeks following radiation. Bad news was that on scans of the thorax “issues” showed up after radiation. Lung looked hazy, some areas of opacity. So for the past 5 years it hasn’t gone away. I have no respiratory symptoms otherwise but I eventually saw a pulmonologist who said I have post-radiation pulmonary fibrosis. He said the lung tissue was burned along with the outside skin. He was/ is puzzled that I have no symptoms. I am seeing another pulmonologist at the end of this month.

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