Newly Diagnosed - Radiation Side Effects?

So I met with my surgeon and my results were good. I see the Radiation Oncologist in 2 1/2 weeks. Is that when I will be told which creams they recommend or would it be better to buy Startexrt & MooGoo to begin moisturising before treatment begins? Any thoughts?

Thank you @cactusk! I have the same areas being radiated! 

Hi @GinGin
I used Stata too and found it really good.
About the size of a 10cent piece, applied it thinly all over the rads area (which for me included under arm, my collar bone and the centre of my chest), then let it dry for 6 - 8 minutes (luckily I live alone so I could wander around braless in the morning). It's pretty sticky and weird to wash off.
I tried to use it in the evening as well but after a few days stuck with morning only and moisturised before bed.
I had no skin reaction during rads - and now a week later have a very small patch of itchy skin that I'm applying aloe vera to and it's calming really quickly.
Hope your skin stays good during rads too!
K

Thank heaps for coming back so quickly! @Julez1958😘

Hi I applied the strata xrt an hour before radiation and then washed it off at night and moisturised
 had my radiation in the afternoon
it takes a bit to get used to don’t over apply it or it won’t dry
the nurses applied it for me the first time do I could see how to do it
good luck !
I used moo goo to moisturise 

@Julez1958, Hi!
can you kindly share when (+ how often) you apply StrateXRT and when ( and how often )do you moisturize?

I’ve purchased StrataXRT (as it was highly recommended by a volunteer nurse when I was having chemo. She used it when she had BC) but the nurses where I am having treatment isn’t familiar with exactly how to use StrataXRT. They said using MooGoo is good enough. But as I have already purchased StrataXRT, I would like to use it ( and moisturize as well). They have told me to follow the instructions included in the StrataXrT!

@WhiteLight
I finished 3 weeks of rads a few weeks ago. I didn't really get any skin changing effects until the last week and then fatigue and rash really kicked in once rads had finished. My skin didn't burn at all but I'm still moisturising twice a day (and did it religiously throughout rads) and having a short nap on the weekends if I need it. I do still have some swelling though. Take care xx

Thank you all for your helpful replies. I have made a note of each suggestion to take to my appointment on Thursday next week. I will get my results then and be told the next steps. I think at the moment I'm just so scared of the unknown  :/

Hi @WhiteLight
I had 28 rounds of radiotherapy and almost no skin changes
I had a mastectomy and an unusual skin flap ( fixed in the subsequent reconstruction) that meant I was not able to use Mepitel ( which is the gold  standard for protecting the skin).
My oncologist suggested strata xrt cream which I had to send away to the USA for and it was not cheap  but was effective.
Also important to moisturize.
I got a bit fatigued towards the end of my treatment but it wasn’t too bad at all .

I am wondering when this question was asked. It was moved this morning. Dear WhiteLight, I'm sorry for your recent diagnosis. Have you got results of your Histopathology? Treatment becomes clearer after those results. You will be told the Stage and Grade, and type of BC. I found Radiotherapy to be the easiest of all my treatments. The Public Hospital that I attended, provided and applied Mepitel. I did not burn at all. I had 25 sessions. I did have a Mastectomy, which means I had a flatter surface to have Mepitel applied.
With regards to Chemotherapy. I did not find it very difficult. I was very lucky to have minimal side effects, compared to many others.  I found it nothing like it is portrayed in the movies. You really don't know how it will be for yourself until you have it. Be guided by your Medical team. I think that my treatment was clear, based on the size of cancer, Stage 2 and Grade 3, Ki67 score of 50. I am happy to have thrown everything at my BC that I could. My BC was a fast growing one. I hope that my future is good. I am 4 years from original diagnosis. 
I hope your treatment plan is clear. And whatever it is, that you tolerate it well.