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Welcome to connect @dlpeters7 , I am so glad you found us. There is a nice collection of breast cancer patients , survivors, and caregivers here like @bpknitter53 . I also had radiation but radiation today barely resembles radiation from 20 years ago. I do know most people have some level of fatigue from radiation. Anything you can do to relieve that will probably be helpful.
There are also multiple pages about radiation where people talk about all different kinds of radiation.
What side effects are you most worried about?

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I had my second treatment today and it was short. I do notice my arms get a little sore from having them over my head but still not bad. I'm concern about the fatigue. I have been reading up and watching some of the Mayo videos on fatigue and those have been very helpful. I'm concerned about how my skin will react as I go along with the radiation treatments. I have very sensitive skin and very prone to sunburn. I was told before I even started radiation to start using some non scented moisturizing lotion on the area to be treated. I started that about week before my first treatment and put it on after my treatment yesterday and today. I was told to use Eucerin.