Radiotherapy and mepitel
Hi There. I am awaiting the date that my Radiation Therapy will start and was wondering if anyone had any experience with Mepitel that they would like to share - Good or Bad...Does it really work? It ...
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Hi. Just thought I should share my radiation experience with the Mepitel.
I had to have 25 sessions (with bolus because I had a mastectomy) After about 22 sessions everything seemed OK. My skin was a bit pinkish. Some places more severe than others but no visible blistering or pain. The Mepitel seemed to be doing its job with a little bit of patching up here and there throughout the treatment
Then the nurse thought it was a good idea to remove all the Mepitel and put a fresh layer on so that no patching would need to be done for the 2 weeks after radiation . When the Mepitel was removed some skin under my arm actually came off with it.!. Then on recommendation of one of the other nurses they put Mepitel back on over the damaged skin.
2 weeks later I was admitted to hospital for 10 days with a Strep C infection
Although we will never know if the bacteria got into my blood through the damaged skin I thought I should share this so that anyone else using Mepitel is very cautious about letting the nurses pull it off during treatment or putting Mepitel back on damaged skin.
I would still recommend using Mepitel . I just think some incorrect procedures were used on me.
I have lots of Mepitel left as I didn't need anywhere near the recommended quantity. So if anyone is thinking of buying it send me a message and we can work something out.
I had to have 25 sessions (with bolus because I had a mastectomy) After about 22 sessions everything seemed OK. My skin was a bit pinkish. Some places more severe than others but no visible blistering or pain. The Mepitel seemed to be doing its job with a little bit of patching up here and there throughout the treatment
Then the nurse thought it was a good idea to remove all the Mepitel and put a fresh layer on so that no patching would need to be done for the 2 weeks after radiation . When the Mepitel was removed some skin under my arm actually came off with it.!. Then on recommendation of one of the other nurses they put Mepitel back on over the damaged skin.
2 weeks later I was admitted to hospital for 10 days with a Strep C infection
Although we will never know if the bacteria got into my blood through the damaged skin I thought I should share this so that anyone else using Mepitel is very cautious about letting the nurses pull it off during treatment or putting Mepitel back on damaged skin.
I would still recommend using Mepitel . I just think some incorrect procedures were used on me.
I have lots of Mepitel left as I didn't need anywhere near the recommended quantity. So if anyone is thinking of buying it send me a message and we can work something out.