adean again, the gel pak is one of those flexible ice packs you get at the chemist filled with gel and put in the freezer, I put it on the when I get in the car after the treatment on the breast and drive to my work about 15 minutes, just to cool it down they also said if it to keep in the fridge and put it on during the day if I want The breast nurse said to take panadol befor I come and then through the day which has worked well. I have another 20 sessions and then 5 of the boost. all the best adean
HI today is my 7 th day of zapping and yes Ive got those little lumps in my breast today the radio oncologist examined them and said yes perfectly normal everything will start to go hard and things will feel more magnified to you the breast nerves etc, even the breast nurse had a feel and said normal, they also said that nothing grows while the radiotherapy is going on as it kills (hopefully) everything thats not good and also everything thats good but the good cells recover much quicker. Ive also had mu breast feel like there is a fire going on in their but the regular panadol and a cold gelack has done the trick, good luck with it all. you can always contact me if you want to compare notes as we are at about the same place of time
good luck adean
Sorry I can't help with that, but you can always ask for a second opinion and the radiotherapy oncology nurses are usually very helpful
