Hello annahops17

I'm really sorry to hear about your diganosis and well done for coming on to the chat and  i hope that it helps you.

i have just finished 3 weeks of radiotherpay for breast cancer and for me it was very straight forward. 

The first appointment is usually the longest . You will have a scan and they will measure the area that will be treated. All the staff i met over the weeks were very caring and supportive and talked through all the steps.  

For the rest of the appointments they were very quick. At the  beginging the staff , usually 2 , will set up the machines and will check all the measurements again.   the  treatment takes a a few minutes,  lying on a scan/x-ray table,  and it is over very quickly. The scanner and machineswill make some noise, the staff are not in the room with you but watch you through camera's and you can call them at any time if you need to. I felt nothing at all until the final 2 days when my skin was a bit tight, but nothing significant.

I did feel tired on some days and sometimes a little emotional and i believe this is not unusual, but it didn't last for long. I'm sorry i don't know if there are any specific cautions for ovarion treatments but they will tell you in your coming appointments

They do advise that a week of more after treatment you can start to feel fatigued which is now the case with me. I have been advised this will settle after about two weeks.  

My advice would be to tell school and work because it will help them support you if you need to have time off. I work and took the whole time off, other people work while going through treatment, once you have some more information you can think about what will work for you.

I found some good informative NHS videos on u tube that show the scanners and explain the process, that helped me, you may want to have a look.

The teams are very experienced and will take very good I wish you all the very best with your treatment

xxx mary