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Radiotherapy is pretty painful
Hi everyone I’ve had 6 treatments so far… my breast is quite red and painful (like a sharp pain)… I’ve moved to a burns cream 6 times a day… Today it took 3 takes for them to get it right Just s...
Hi @Kathryn2412
Agree with Arpie that Mepitel is the gold standard for radiotherapy when it comes to protecting the skin from burns.
I couldn’t have it ( because of a peculiar skin fold I had from the skin sparing mastectomy and going from an E cup to a C cup) but my radiation oncologist told me about a creme called strata xrt that I had to send away for and pay for myself and was quite expensive but it did the job/ I had 28 sessions and only had a tiny bit of pinkness at the end.
I only mention this here as others may read this thread and I hope they can follow this up with their team at the first consult.
All the best and hope you can get the Mepitel.
Agree with Arpie that Mepitel is the gold standard for radiotherapy when it comes to protecting the skin from burns.
I couldn’t have it ( because of a peculiar skin fold I had from the skin sparing mastectomy and going from an E cup to a C cup) but my radiation oncologist told me about a creme called strata xrt that I had to send away for and pay for myself and was quite expensive but it did the job/ I had 28 sessions and only had a tiny bit of pinkness at the end.
I only mention this here as others may read this thread and I hope they can follow this up with their team at the first consult.
All the best and hope you can get the Mepitel.