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Radiation and anemia

Posted by sue417 @sue417, Oct 12 5:57pm

Hi
Finish treatment april second. E r p r positive breast cancer stage zero. Twenty radiation treatments in ten days. Have been feeling Extreme fatigue and unwell since may. Finally got bld work . It shows anemia. Has anyone else had this after radiation?

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kerynbooker | @kerynbookeraustralianoosaooooooo | Oct 13 10:33pm

yes i have extreme fatigue , had 3 weeks radiation , after 6 months chemo. finished radiation 4 months ago . but still very tired . but i'm older woman so that may contribute more . feeling more tired now than 3 months ago .

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lansing | @lansing | Oct 15 4:52pm

Did you have surgical removal of cancer before your radiation or was the radiation used to kill the cancer cells.

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sue417 | @sue417 | Oct 15 5:09pm

I had 2 surgeries 1 in Dec breast and 1 in Feb sentinal nodes then radiation after that.

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