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Shakalker
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7 years ago

Warning photos attached may be confronting - Is this what your radiation looked like?

I am 10 days post radiation, I had 25 treatments.
I have been using MooGoo and Mepilex Lite as supplied by the oncology radiation nurses.
MooGoo burns when it goes on and Mepilex sucks all the moisture out of my wounds and takes the new skin with it along with the slough.
Am I being a sook? I am in a lot of discomfort and I’m having trouble sleeping,


























 

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  • Thanks @arpie, I am seeing her tomorrow but only for my updated doctors statement for my income insurance.
    I will be very quick to flash my chest at her, in the past she has not been very helpful, I can only hope. Thanks once again xx
  • OMG - I really feel for you @Shakalker - that would not be most people's experience as 'normal' following radiation.  :(  

    The last thing you need is an infection - so I hope this doesn't happen.  Have you actually seen your Rad Onc since completing treatment?   I think they need to see this, as it may help them with setting the controls on other people as well.

    I seriously believe this warrants specialist treatment.   I hope it starts to heal soon

    Take care & gentle hugs coming your way xxx
  • I get conflicting advice, one is to use those gauzes impregnated with antibiotics, cover with Mepilex and leave the dressings for 2 days without disturbing it. (This was from a doctor)
    then the radiology nurse says “No” and that I must pull back the Mepilex dressing and add MooGoo as often as I can each day, recommending 5x a day.
    i feel that when I lift the dressing the only moisture there is the slough and it gets pulled away with the dressing, then because it looks so disgusting the last thing I want to do is slap cream on and put the yellow/green slimy dressing back on it.
    What is the best way to look after this going forward, I don’t want any infections.
  • Thanks @kezmusc for your reply 🙂
    I was given Flamazene, but it made me feel like I had insects eating my armpit and I was getting these jabbing pains there, so I was told told to stop using it. I have started to use Dermeze just today and this is feeling less like salt being rubbed into an open wound. I saw your post earlier about your experience with radiation, how long did it take to start to heal?
  • OMG lovely.  That certainly is a doozy you poor thing. You are definitely no sook. Have you been back to see them? What are the nurses saying?  Can you ask for some Flamazene or something?  That should knock out the sting and burning sensation and start it healing pretty quickly.  
    Hugs.....very very gentle hugs.
    xoxoxoxoxo