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Shakalker
6 years agoMember
Hello everyone, so sorry not to be back after my last post, I have been away and not near the internet.
My skin closed over and stopped leaking about 3 weeks after radiation had finished.
I used Solosite gel, with gauze over the this and then thick padded dressings, to cover the area. While I was away, I could not get the dressings I wanted so I bought disposable nappies and trimmed them up so they were flat by removing the elastic on the leg area, these gave me the wadding I felt comfortable with and the protection I needed, I wore a singlet over that and then a stretchy netting I’ve to hold it all in place.
It is still very tender and feels bruised underneath the skin in a lot of places.
During the time when I was having the nurses dress it, I was told by both the nurses and the radiology oncologist that this was normal, yet most I had spoken to said they had not had it to this extent.
I found it weird that the same doctor said to me after I had healed that she was trying to figure why I had such a reaction and asked if I was any medications she didn’t know about, I told her just blood pressure, she asked if I was diabetic and on meds for that, I told her “no”, then she asked if I was a smoker, again I said “no”. I found it strange that after the fact she was interest d but when I was going through hell, she made out like this was normal.
Thanks for all of your comments and concerns.
I have healed now.
My skin closed over and stopped leaking about 3 weeks after radiation had finished.
I used Solosite gel, with gauze over the this and then thick padded dressings, to cover the area. While I was away, I could not get the dressings I wanted so I bought disposable nappies and trimmed them up so they were flat by removing the elastic on the leg area, these gave me the wadding I felt comfortable with and the protection I needed, I wore a singlet over that and then a stretchy netting I’ve to hold it all in place.
It is still very tender and feels bruised underneath the skin in a lot of places.
During the time when I was having the nurses dress it, I was told by both the nurses and the radiology oncologist that this was normal, yet most I had spoken to said they had not had it to this extent.
I found it weird that the same doctor said to me after I had healed that she was trying to figure why I had such a reaction and asked if I was any medications she didn’t know about, I told her just blood pressure, she asked if I was diabetic and on meds for that, I told her “no”, then she asked if I was a smoker, again I said “no”. I found it strange that after the fact she was interest d but when I was going through hell, she made out like this was normal.
Thanks for all of your comments and concerns.
I have healed now.