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Chemo here I go!
Hi everyone! Just came from my first oncology appointment - Chemo starts next Tuesday! My schedule will be the very standard four cycles of AC - over 12 weeks, 3 weeks apart then 12 x weekly taxo...
@Sister I had read some good things about Strataderm here and mentioned it to my breastcare nurse. She gave me some samples and I really liked it.
Yesterday when I saw the nurse at the plastic surgeon, she gave me instructions on caring for my incisions, and said Bio Oil or Vitamin E cream. I went to the chemist and my very good pharmacist said those were fine but they were quite old fashioned and that there were better scar products now. He didn't have any Strataderm in stock and recommended Giovene. Like Strataderm you don't massage it in but smear it on top. So I'm massaging, applying the Giovene and then the micropore tape. Fingers crossed!
Yesterday when I saw the nurse at the plastic surgeon, she gave me instructions on caring for my incisions, and said Bio Oil or Vitamin E cream. I went to the chemist and my very good pharmacist said those were fine but they were quite old fashioned and that there were better scar products now. He didn't have any Strataderm in stock and recommended Giovene. Like Strataderm you don't massage it in but smear it on top. So I'm massaging, applying the Giovene and then the micropore tape. Fingers crossed!