Welcome Su!!...you'll find alot of good support and advice on this site...I went thru cancer treatment last year...I had lumpectomy, 4 nodes removed also (one was positive), chemo, and radiation...I found the radiation the easiest part of the treatment because it did not involve needles or chemicals..yay!!...I also just got some skin burning in the last week which healed quickly, no worse than a sunburn from the beach...they also can give you some creams/lotions to put on it...my cancer had left the tumor and went into the surrounding breast tissue (called invasive/infiltrating BC)...radiation was an extra insurance policy to kill as many cancer cells as possible..I am doing good...make sure to ask questions so you can make the best decision for YOU!...keep us posted