The second appointment that my mother has had this week was with a different kind of oncologist called a Radiation Oncologist. This doctor deals with the radiation services used as cancer treatments.

He told us, that mom will have to have radiation treatments starting in a couple of weeks.  We asked him about targeted radiation treatments (which directs the radiation only on the cavity where the tumor was removed) that someone else informed us of. He told us that targeted radiation is still a relatively new way of doing things and may in a few more years become the standard way, but for now he will be sticking with what is considered the standard way.  Which is to radiate the whole breast that the cancerous tumor has been removed from.  He said that it will be for six weeks - 5 days a week, with weekends off, and then one more week, which he will do the targeted radiation treatments.

We also found out that if she needs to have chemotherapy then the radiation treatments are put off until the chemo treatments are finished.

Other then that she is healing from the surgery itself, and is doing very well. Praise God!
Later…

K

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