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A day in the life of a radiotherapy patient
For those about to undergo radiation treatment or those just interested in what’s involved, here’s a typical day in one of the thirty days when I’m zapped for my own good.
I wake up late. Radiother...
Hi all, I've had 16 sessions with 4 more to go. My breast and underarm is quite RED/BROWN with a stinging sensation. The nipple area has virtually all peeled away and very very tender to touch.
I get tingling and stinging along my arm and underarm more so than my breast. I found that spraying it with pure Aloe Vera and then moisturing it with sorbolene cream seems to help ease the stinginess. It's also quite itchy too.
Just glad that the weekend is near and I get a break. Also no radiation on Monday due to maintenance on the machines. Yayyy, get to have a rest and will just apply cream, cream and more cream. Hopefully it will settle down a bit before I get hit again next week.
All the best everyone. Whichever way you look at it, not a pleasant thing at all. God bless xxxx