lisboy
10 years agoMember
Breast Prosthesis
Hi there,
This is a call out to those women who have had a mastectomy and no reconstruction.
I have had a unilateral mastectomy. I initially had an immediate reconstruction with an expander but t...
Hi Lisa, my skin was not too bad during rads, I had 24 zaps. It was the weeks after I finished rads that the skin broke down. I contacted the rads unit and they advised to use solagel with a non stick dressing. That worked really well, but there were patches that were slow to heal. At the very least it teaches you patience, it helps to have a sense of humour as well. All healed now, then onto the next bit. ????????