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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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  • 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.
  • 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