Concerned

Some practices use mepitel film, which sticks to your skin, as a way of reducing skin damage. I'm beeing treated at a new facility and though they have heard about it and it's being trialed in their Melbourne facility, my rad onc didn't want to discuss it, even if I purchased the product myself. These things are difficult to assess as people's skin and reactions varies so much. Two people having exactly the same treatment will have different levels of burns. The patches are quite expensive and some people have had problems when they go to change one that is getting a bit manky, as they are bound to do considering that you leave them on and have treatment through them.

My last treatment is tomorrow, they've been zapping my neck, axilla and sub-clav nodes so I'm burnt front, back, neck and under my arm (which has started oozing). I'm pretty uncomfortable, but it's only been that way for the last week. I gather it will get worse next week, then it will get better. I just hope it works.