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Living with lung cancer - Introduce yourself & come say hi
Lung Cancer | Last Active: Sep 25 12:58pm | Replies (1044)Comment receiving replies
i was diagnosed with SCLC 6/21/2022 and completed 4 courses of chemotherapy and 33 radiation treatments plus prophylactic whole brain irradiation x10 and completed treatments 12/2022. When can expect all the side effects of treatment subside or resolve. I feel worse now than before the treatment. What can I do to improve the side effect symptoms?
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I also had 4 rounds of chemo and 33 radiation treatments after my upper right lobectomy in 2018. I also had brain radiation, but that was after they removed the 3.2cm (about 3/4 of an inch) diameter metastatic cyst from my brain in 2020.
What side effects are you asking about? My doctors have told me that some of the symptoms I've dealt with could have been caused by chest radiation years ago. Chemo can lead to soft tissue hardening that also lasts for years. I'm still doing PT regularly to reduce muscle and fascia stiffness and chronic pain. Manageable pain in my case, but I look forward to eliminating that.
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Wow! That was a lot to go through! God Bless You! I think the best and only person that should answer that question is your Oncologist. After going through all of that you should only follow what they say. Don’t want to do the wrong thing and make anything worse. I pray you will feel better soon!🙏
Cindy