Edema experience
hello...i had a wide local excision for DCIS and sentinel node biopsy on 4 Feb followed by a re-excision on 25 Feb to excise a positive margin on the DCIS. Surgery was at the 1'oclock position. I und...
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thanks @arpie
I did have a seroma in the first surgery (not that I knew) but which was identified and drained in the second surgery. I am having 15 sessions of hypofractionated RT (the new global standard for DCIS I believe). I am glad it's not 30. 15 feels less life impacting (although noting it is double the fraction each time, rather than half the dose). The doctor at the cancer centre where the radiation is being done told me it was a rash when I showed him and gave me Diprosone steroid cream but I know it's not a rash. It's under the skin, not on the skin - we know our own bodies.....even if they let us down unexpectedly.
I have been using strataderm on the scar pre rasdation but honestly it never dries so trying to put a bra on over it is pointless. Might try another brand at a later time. Right now I am trying to use sorbolene only (and putting a compressive sports bra over sorbalened skin makes for a greasy sweaty mess.)
Honestly after being in sports bras day and night since the biopsy and surgery, in a Perth summer of 42-46 degrees has just about made me want to rip my skin off with heat rash and sweat. Thank goodness for cooler weather now.
Anyway I have a check in with the Radiation Onc on Tuesday so will talk to him then as to whether antibiotics are warranted. I have a breast physiology appt at the end of May so can also seek support for managing it then.
I am sure you all know one thing leads to another....... it's quite mentally exhausting having the list of issues pile up.
I did have a seroma in the first surgery (not that I knew) but which was identified and drained in the second surgery. I am having 15 sessions of hypofractionated RT (the new global standard for DCIS I believe). I am glad it's not 30. 15 feels less life impacting (although noting it is double the fraction each time, rather than half the dose). The doctor at the cancer centre where the radiation is being done told me it was a rash when I showed him and gave me Diprosone steroid cream but I know it's not a rash. It's under the skin, not on the skin - we know our own bodies.....even if they let us down unexpectedly.
I have been using strataderm on the scar pre rasdation but honestly it never dries so trying to put a bra on over it is pointless. Might try another brand at a later time. Right now I am trying to use sorbolene only (and putting a compressive sports bra over sorbalened skin makes for a greasy sweaty mess.)
Honestly after being in sports bras day and night since the biopsy and surgery, in a Perth summer of 42-46 degrees has just about made me want to rip my skin off with heat rash and sweat. Thank goodness for cooler weather now.
Anyway I have a check in with the Radiation Onc on Tuesday so will talk to him then as to whether antibiotics are warranted. I have a breast physiology appt at the end of May so can also seek support for managing it then.
I am sure you all know one thing leads to another....... it's quite mentally exhausting having the list of issues pile up.