Kerrie
I was wondering if anyone had the blus on for all of their treatments and got relly fried like me. Because my cancer involved my skin my trestment was pretty brutal. All my skin came off down to bare...
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Hi Klad,
I have read a number of accounts of radiotherapy burn on this network - you may want to connect with the women who have posted here - http://www.bcna.org.au/user/4911/blog/12030 and here - http://www.bcna.org.au/user/5009/blog/11445
Sorry to hear you had such a dreadful reaction to radiotherapy. As a Policy Officer at BCNA, I can tell you that BCNA has been investigating this issue after hearing from a number of women that experienced severe burns.
We recently completed a survey where we asked women about their personal experiences with burns. The results will be summarised in an article which will be published in the winter edition of The Beacon - you may like to keep an eye out for this.
As for the possibility of reconstruction, have you discussed this with your oncologist? They may refer you to a surgeon who can chat to you about whether reconstruction is possible.
Cheers, Annie