{"id":260,"date":"2021-05-06T13:46:53","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T13:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/gynae-cancer-narratives\/?p=260"},"modified":"2021-05-06T13:46:53","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T13:46:53","slug":"late-onset-radiation-issues-living-with-radiotherapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/gynae-cancer-narratives\/2021\/05\/06\/late-onset-radiation-issues-living-with-radiotherapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Late Onset Radiation Issues – Living with Radiotherapy"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the previous blog post<\/a>, we discussed the importance of developing our understandings of health through examining women\u2019s social roles and lived experiences, and how this approach is founded on a strong history of activism and research in the Western world, particularly feminist activism with its history of sharing experiences and knowledges.<\/p>\n

The blog post below, written by an anonymous guest blogger, provides a strong, personal account of how it is like to live with radiotherapy, long after the treatment has finished.<\/p>\n

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Late On<\/strong>set Radiation Issues
\n<\/strong>By anonymous guest blogger<\/p>\n

I finished the treatment for my cervical cancer almost exactly 4 years ago.<\/span>\u00a0I am a single woman, living alone and was aged mid 50s at the time of my treatment. <\/span>I had a <\/span>\u201cradical\u00a0<\/span>hysterectomy with bilateral <\/span>salpingo<\/span>–<\/span>oo<\/span>phor<\/span>ectomy<\/span>\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0including<\/span>\u00a0the removal of nearby lymph nodes. This was followed by 5 weeks of pelvic radiation daily\u00a0<\/span>(<\/span>except Sundays<\/span>)<\/span>\u00a0and lastly<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0a very long day<\/span>\u00a0and night<\/span>\u00a0of brachytherapy.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I was made aware of the possible side effects:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n