I wasn’t going to ring the bell not My styles  at all .. but like many others have said it complete s the circle .i had 35 sessions of r/t and inrung the hell out of the bell in the end for my sake as much as the other patients some who were just starting . Ok look at my blog I can see in my last day I had 3 rd degree burn s in my neck what u can’t see is a radiation burn on my tongue full,length but I rung it and felt it closed that chapter .

my blog is www.radioactiveraz,wordpress.com

niw 15 weeks post radiotherapy cancer ifvright tonsil amd lymph nodes m final scan done awaiting results 

good luck

Hazel

Thanks for the replies and I understand why people do it but it’s not for me. I’ve not had a chance to discuss it with the team yet.

If you don't feel like doing it, simply don't and just leave when your RT is finished. I don't really think it's a big thing unless one chooses to make it so and that'll be different for everybody. Not right or wrong, just different.

It's not even as if anybody else will know you're finishing, except the staff and they're their for you.

My Best

Taff

It’s all over - last rads today and I did not ring the bell. Now back to normality ;)

Glad that's done......onwards and upwards from now on...x

Hi, I just finished my treatment today for breast cancer

, i would have liked to ring the bell as been told by friends how it felt like final phase, helped them move on. However when came out from finishing my final treatment, there was noone around no staff to ask as wasnt sure what to do as no-one had mentioned it,  so just put my gown on the desk and left 

I feel really cheated as my friends said that the staff all clapped and wished them the best and during my traement i had witnessed a number of people doing it and had clapped. Really upset me as wasnt given the same opportunity x

Hi, I just finished my treatment today for breast cancer

, i would have liked to ring the bell as been told by friends how it felt like final phase, helped them move on. However when came out from finishing my final treatment, there was noone around no staff to ask as wasnt sure what to do as no-one had mentioned it,  so just put my gown on the desk and left 

I feel really cheated as my friends said that the staff all clapped and wished them the best and during my traement i had witnessed a number of people doing it and had clapped. Really upset me as wasnt given the same opportunity x