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How are you managing long-term effects of pelvic radiation?
Gynecologic Cancers | Last Active: Feb 16 9:45am | Replies (21)Comment receiving replies
You are so right! I am thankful when my results come back good! Wish I felt as good . This controls your life. Good & bad days but I guess this is my new life. Do you do anything to help you get thru any bad days?
I find I need to keep busy otherwise too much time to this about this! I am retired & didn’t expect my retirement years to be spent like this😞
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I would agree. Keeping busy is your best bet. I'm 56 and I still work two jobs, one full-time sit-down job and one part-time cleaning job. Do u have a partner? I am single so there's that. It is very hard knowing if I am lucky enough to meet someone how that conversation would go. The bad days you should rest if it is the the symptoms of post radiation. If it is mental then talk to someone, do something that brings u joy. I am in Michigan and they have a support group for people with gynecology cancers that is once a month which I attend virtually. I hope this helps. Bobbi
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I have both lidocaine & silvadene but was only using them during radiation treatments. The silvadene I thought was for burns? The clobetasol they gave me for the lichen sclerosis. Wasn’t using any of them after radiation was finished. Do you think it’s ok to use any of them? I think it helps talking to other women instead of doctors!!