Mepitel Film for Radiotherapy

Hi Mags.  It was recommended to me by a work colleague who had mentioned that in her cancer support group, the mepitel user was the only one to not suffer radiation burns.  With this recommendation, I was also pretty keen to give it a go.  It delayed my treatment by a week as the hospital had to order it in.  There also needed to be a slight adjustment of my radiation settings to accommodate it.  However, the nurses were very supportive and keen to see the results as they had had little experience of it. It was applied and left on over a large region of my left chest, breast and lower neck region.  It stayed pretty well in place, though did get regular checking by the nurses and a bit of patching here and there over the six week period.  I wasn't sure what to expect or what might be considered 'normal' but into about the fourth week, the nurses frequently commented how well my skin was 'holding up' as it continued to do to the end of the treatment.  By the end of six weeks, I certainly had some swelling and tenderness of the breast (almost reassuring as it let me know that something had happened) but my skin was absolutely fine, perhaps just the faintest bit pink.  It certainly gets a big tick from me.