Hi,
I Was diagnosed with DCIS on my left breast and have just started what they're estimating will be 6-7 weeks of daily (M-F) radiation. They said the daily dose I'm receiving is 180. Can you put that in context for me? Is it a lot, a little, somewhere in between? If the mass that they're radiating is important, prior to starting the radiation I had a needle localization excision and two additional re-excisions to get clear margins. I'd estimate about a quarter of my breast between the center of my chest and my left nipple was removed.
Thanks again for this wonderful forum. I read it daily.
Kathy