Radiation

Mum went for her 2nd cycle of Taxotere yesterday....

Mum asked dr whether she will need radiation after the chemo sessions not...

Dr says to me that considering the aggressive tumours my mum had...she will benefit from radiation to reduce the chances of local recurrence.... but becos its on the left side where the heart is and becos of my mum age and the number of chemo she had and she has hypertension.... it will affect the arteries... so the dr suggest not to...

But I told dr that my mum cant really confirm whether she has hypertension not....cos the first time when her blood pressure shot up over 150...she went to polyclinic where the dr prescribe her with the med... but dr says this is not right....the patient has to be monitor for three readings before confirming the patient has hypertension so dr suspect my mum does not have hypertension....

Dr told my mum to off the med to monitor her blood pressure.... if she really doesnt have hypertension...we will discuss abt the radiation again... hopefully my mum can go for radiation and benefit from it...

Mum told her after the meeting with the dr....if she really needs to go for radiation...she rather have it at NCC where its much cheaper and can get full claim from the insurance.... hmm... i will ask dr to refer my mum to NCC if she really can go for radiation treatment...