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We’ve come a long way baby! How grateful are you?

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Apr 14, 2023 | Replies (34)
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@auntieoakley

I have attended radiation with family members, my husband had it as did I. I have not witnessed a year of fatigue. It took a couple months to get back up to speed. My aunt who was the oldest at 81, and she took a little while longer to bounce back. I will say there was some significant fatigue for me, but it went away fairly quickly. I think I had six weeks of mon through Friday, whole breast, then five focused treatments. It has come a long way since the bad old days of 2004. Lol

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heydon2023 | @heydon2023 | Apr 13, 2023

Thanks for that update, very reassuring to know that fatigue is not necessarily something to fear, with radiation. I'm 79 and I did read that some doctor refused to allow his patient who was 76 to do the radiation as she was 'too old'? That made me think that perhaps at my age I should just not bother with it. Still going back and forth about whether to do it or not, as my tumor was only 4mm and 2mm at surgery, (after biopsy I assume) with no lymph node involvement, plus a clear margin.

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