Best time of the day for EBRT

I am looking to start my 38 visits for EBRT and was wondering what is the best time to get it done. As I work I was hoping to get it done early in the day before work. This assumes there is no side effects that prevent me working. I'm a desk jockey so no strenuous active usually. If you have had this done can you tell me how you went.

D

After the first 2 weeks, I was really fatigued. The best time of day for me to do anything was early. So I got up early and went to work. By lunchtime I was exhausted, so I planned out my treatments for early afternoon. I was not good for much at that time onward so I would just go home after the treatment. Best use of time for the duration.

Some don't get fatigued, so I hope you are one of the lucky ones.
Jeff

I went first thing in the morning. I had a 6:45 appointment and most days was out of there by 7:00 am. I will say I had some stomach issues going through radiation. It was harder in the morning than afternoon. I wonder if afternoon wouldn't have been better for me to get over the morning stomach issues. I any case, it is an endurance case and I was amazed how quickly it became just part of my everyday routine. Good luck.

When I started I asked for the start of the day so I could do it before work. However, that was taken so I asked for the last of the day and got it. Turned out that was the best. I would leave work by 4:45 so I got a full day in. I was on the table at 6:00. As I left traffic had subsided for my quick drive home and was able to have a light dinner, evening rest and a good night's sleep. I never suffered any fatigue and I think this schedule was a major factor.

I had IMRT back in November and I had to make sure that my bladder was full and shall we say, my #2 business was taken care of prior to treatment otherwise they would pull me off the table and send me off to the rest room - they would determine this by doing a CAT Scan prior to each treatment to make sure everything was lined up right. I found that having treatment in the afternoon worked best for me in order to oblige, I only had one incident where I was sent off to the rest room.

Ed

Due to fatigue which gets worse over time, I think late day is best. Get zapped then take a nap. Unless of course you have a long commute then I would reconsider the timing.
Bob

My time slot was at 12:45pm. This worked great, as another mentioned it gave me the morning to get my urinary and bowel situation controlled before the treatment. First in the morning would have been hard for me to manage.

I got my bowel system regulated, by delaying or "trying" early to get it going at a specific time, usually about 11 am. This effort started a month before treatments began, and it worked really well. I would clear out right at about 11am, and never had an issue during treatment.

Urinary control came from someone's suggestion on this forum. I stopped drinking fluids about 2-1/2 hours before treatment time so I had a known baseline, and then about 1 hour prior I drank a specific amount of water to end up with a full bladder at treatment time. It took about 16 oz to get it right, thought I played with the amount. The only time it became a real challenge was when the x-ray suite was backed up and we ran too late. Then it was rather "potty dance" time! If you blow the charge, you just drink more water and wait a bit. The techs are very used to this, even if it happens on the table (yikes).

My wife picked me up at work, drove me to Vanderbilt, I had the treatment, and then napped on the way back to the office. I could finish out the afternoon, so never really missed any work.

Evening appointments, if in a hospital setting, are usually reserved for the inpatients.