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MaresW
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11 years ago

Radiotherapy Starts

Hi girls, I started my radiotherapy yesterday at RAH...so far so good, lovely people helping me. Only 16 treatments yay! The treatments are slightly stronger than usual I'm told. I was given sorbolene cream from the nurse and I've been told to use it twice a day and to watch underneath the skin folds and under my arm. I don't have a skin fold underneath so that should be fine but my SNB scar is still tender and has been aching a bit. These bras without underwires push me together and I get sweaty ...yuk. I think I'll loose the bra as much as possible. Any suggestions & advice greatfully received.... How often to use the cream, any nicer smelling creams than sorbolene? Thanks, Mary xxxx Ps Anyone else having radio at the RAH at the moment?
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  • MaresW's avatar
    MaresW
    Member
    11 years ago
    Thanks for the information Ronnie, so far so good. My treated breast is hotter than the other but that's all that's happening at the minute. I have been using sorbolene, it doesn't smell very nice does it? I went to a shop and bought some moo goo, the lady who served me said to get the cream for eczema. I've used that, I hope that's the right one. How has your skin and breast ended up after treatment? Ok I hope. It's rather intimidating and frightening being under those machines delivering radiation. That's what's got to be done but I don't like it at all. Better than letting stray BC cells live on and it will be over soon.
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    ronnie61
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    11 years ago

    I finished my radiotherapy 3 weeks ago and was doing really well throughout it. But radiation does intensify up to 2 or so weeks after treatment finishes and that's where I had some problems with breaking skin. I creamed the radiated area a couple of times a day and had lots of cool showers throughout radiotherapy but I should have been started on Solugel the minute I saw the reddish skin under my left breast getting worse. Unfortunately I saw the nurses 5 days later and ofcourse by then it was a whole lot worse. But all is getting better now thankfully, and the nurses have been great. I have been in to the hospital twice a week for over 3 weeks so they can change the dressing and to generally check up on me. So finally, this week is the first week I haven't had to use the Solugel. I am still using the Sorbolene and will continue todo so as it helps moisterize the skin really well. My physio / lymphedema nurse has said that it's a good idea to use it indefinitely.   

    Good luck with it all, and remember to have those nice cool showers, and "cream" as often as you can.

    Take care 

    Ronnie xx