My Radiotherapy
After her first film “Flying Pink Ponies”, Gemma makes a return to Jimmyteens with a diary of her radiotherapy sessions, of which she will be receiving twelve in total. Gemma reports back after her first treatment, explaining some of the side effects of receiving radiotherapy and provides regular updates of how she is feeling as the sessions go on.
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Hi Fergus, soory I didnt reply to you sooner. How did the radiotherapy go? Um, my hair did fall out but it grew back, it took awhile but it got there. How are you feeling now?
Im glad my video is helping poeple.Gemma
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Thanks for the video Gemma, how are you now? I am set for radiotherapy in the new year. Still debating whether to go ahead with it. My tumor was benign but agressive. They say that radiotherapy may actually cause cancer further down the line. I haven’t seen anything online about this yet. Have you lost your hair permanently where the rays were focussed? I have 6 weeks of it, 5 days a week.
I hope you are well and the video was a great idea for people like me who are about to have the same.
Thanks
Fergus