Radiation - recovery time?
It is two and a half weeks since my last radiation treatment and I would like to know how long it has taken others to heal from the burns.
I have skin missing from my shoulder, side of neck, breast wall and under arm. The wounds weep a pale yellow fluid and some parts of it are very itchy. For about a week I have been having it dressed. A few days ago the wound care team at the hospital put on a dressing that starts with zinc-impregnated bandages layered over it, then covered by conformist bandages. It stays on for a few days before they need to change it. It's very painful to have it all dressed again.
I was hoping someone could tell me how long this goes on for. I asked at the hospital if it would heal in the next week but they said they hoped for some lessening in the redness and perhaps some reduction in the area of the burns.