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    09/21/2015 02:49
    JohnG 
    09/21/2015 02:49
    JohnG      		comfort walking immediately after RT for feet

    When walking a lot, is there much discomfort during the first week after a week-long course of RT?

    I had RT on a hand three years ago, and it was sort of like a mild sunburn, and it was not really uncomfortable. Now I'm likely to have my first experience with feet soon, and I'm wondering what it will be like if I travel and walk a lot, starting two days after the first week ends.

    Edited 09/21/15 05:52
    09/21/2015 05:58
    spanishbuddha 

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    09/21/2015 05:58
    spanishbuddha 

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    		 Re: comfort walking immediately after RT for feet

    I can't answer from personal experience, but a couple of people have posted on here their experience of walking a lot immediately after RT on the feet . As I recall one walked a lot visiting sites in Hamburg the the week of RT, and her feet got quite red and inflamed before settling down. The other went on a walking holiday, but in this case I don't recall the outcome.

    When I had RT for the hands, the advice was no manual labour or weights and such for a few weeks. Tennis and piano was OK though. My hands had the mild sunburn, but were also quite tender for a while after; if it been my feet I don't think I would have wanted to walk a lot.
    10/09/2015 14:01
    Moe 
    10/09/2015 14:01
    Moe      		Re: comfort walking immediately after RT for feet

    Hi John,

    I completed my first week of RT on one foot last Friday. Felt nothing more than regular minor LD-based discomfort (similar to what I feel on the other non-treated LD foot), although I didn't walk more than half a mile or so at a time. I am feeling nothing unusual this week as well.

    Good luck!
    10/13/2015 23:22
    cokiwi 
    10/13/2015 23:22
    cokiwi      		Re: comfort walking immediately after RT for feet

    I just had my second of seven radiation treatments on both feet and one hand (At the Colorado University Health Center in Denver) and my left foot is a bit tender at this point, but nothing I can't live with. That particular nodule was tender anyway, especially first thing in the morning. I will repost after the treatments are complete.
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