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Post Radiation Recovery
Just after some feedback: how long after ceasing radiation would you take off work if you have the option? In other words, how bad/how long does the most uncomfortable symptoms last? FYI I'm 6 treat...
Hi @Perth_girl77
I had a mastectomy and then radiotherapy ( due to the size of my tumour).
I had 28 sessions and even though the clinic where I wen had Mepitel ( the gold standard to prevent skin reactions) I couldn’t use it as following stage one of my reconstruction had a weird skin fold. I used strata xrt cream which I had to send away to the USA for and it was quite expensive but it did the trick and my skin held out .
I also got quite fatigued in the last week and for a couple of weeks after .
All the best 🌺
I had a mastectomy and then radiotherapy ( due to the size of my tumour).
I had 28 sessions and even though the clinic where I wen had Mepitel ( the gold standard to prevent skin reactions) I couldn’t use it as following stage one of my reconstruction had a weird skin fold. I used strata xrt cream which I had to send away to the USA for and it was quite expensive but it did the trick and my skin held out .
I also got quite fatigued in the last week and for a couple of weeks after .
All the best 🌺