Radiotherapy etc
 

Hello,

Got a close family member going to be having this soon.
Will there be any risk to my little boy, hes around 15months old.

Cheers

Regards

S

Are you asking if the radiation "lingers" and will be a risk to others ?....the answer to that question is "no"

Sometimes an injected radiation source is used but that is a bit different.

HTH

Shaun

What do you mean risk?

I think what you are asking, is will there be any residual 'radiation' in your close family member that may affect your child. If that is what you are asking, then absolutely not, nothing to fear.

other than glow in the dark, then no .... you've seen the Ready Brek adverts?


But seriously no,

Could cause infertility in later life depending where the radiation given.

Tiredness and hair loss.

Maybe to the family member but not to his child!

Notice to self....read thread properly.

You dont lose hair with radiotherapy, thats chemotherapy ..... and you do get other side effects too.

Wrong

Radiotherapy 'can' thin hair

Brain radiotherapy and hair loss

I didnt get any hair thinning after treatment every day for 8 weeks. But then it wasnt my head that was getting zapped........ but it didnt cause any hair loss or hair thinning elsewhere either.........
Were you speaking from a been there or just out of a book?

What a truly sad thing to post :(

I had the top of my spine done, and lost hair on the back of my head and my chin!

Also armpit hair, chest hair......so yeah, you do lose your hair.

its my mother, its a grade 4 brain tumour so its not a great outlook.

I was just curious if her grandson would be at any form of risk from any of the treatments.

regards

S

Super Si

Firstly, I am sorry to hear about your mother - a worrying and difficult time for your mother, you & your family. My thoughts are with you.

If your mother has the radiotherapy in the form of external beams, then her grandson will not be at any risk. Should she be given capsule form radiotherapy, this normally means a few days in hospital as it makes you quite radioactive apparently and children & pregnant women are not allowed to visit, and you will not be allowed contact with children for about a fortnight. I know this from experience with my father (who had the external beams) and a work colleague who had the capsule treatment, but to be on the safe side, i advise you check with your mothers oncologist.


I don't know if you have seen the threads on here re other members experiences with cancer, but you may find them a useful read as they contain lots of advice, and honest accounts etc - be warned though it's very moving stuff.

https://www.scoobynet.com/non-scooby...pecialist.html

https://www.scoobynet.com/non-scooby...ound-lump.html

as everyone else has said no risk at all from radiotherapy.
My wife was a senior 1 radiographer(ie running the machines that are used to give treatment)-if youve any questions you dont want to put up on here pm me and i'll get her in touch with you.
take care
richie

Thats really sad, I'm sorry for my comment. I didnt realise it was a close family member. I hope it all turns out well for you. I had surgery quite a few years ago but my cancer came back and spread, but the radiotherapy (so far) seems to have been very successful. So I hope it works for your mum.
You dont need to worry about your son, but if the treatment affects your mum like it did me it will make her very very tired.
Your mum will need a lot of support, its easy to suffer depression too, so the family becomes important. The worry of having cancer and not only the treatment but the constant daily trek to the hospital is really wearing.
Your mum will be in my thoughts, let us know how she is getting on. Please accept my apologies.
STEVE........

All the very best to you r32, I don't know how people manage to stay positive in the face of this illness but the strength that people find continues to amaze me, as you say, the support of family and friends helps and counts alot more than they all seem to appreciate

Thanks for all your advice.

i think this is a stab in the Dark, as reading up this form of cancer is pretty indistructable, and at 2-3 people in every 100,000 its a definite long shot.

Regards

S