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What Kind of Radiation Did You Get for Your Gynecological Cancer?
Gynecologic Cancers | Last Active: Feb 4, 2023 | Replies (77)Comment receiving replies
With my brachtherapy I was given a pain epidural before the device was inserted. 5 treatments were done in 3 days, so it was just inserted once. Just got home yesterday and am feeling a little sore from the removal of the device and lower back pain from being pretty much flat on my back for three days.
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@rainyp Were you an inpatient during those three days? This sounds like a different procedure than what I had. Mine was two treatments separated by one day as an outpatient. The applicator was inserted two times and only for the duration of the actual procedure. I am guessing this all depends on many things such as the kind of uterine cancer, the stage, and the radiation oncologist.