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Radiation Woes

inkblot
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Sep 22, 2001 - 11:19 am

Am halfway through radiation and have developed a "breakout" on my skin. Little itchy bumps. Radiation Oncologist suggested that I apply a cortisone cream. It helped for a few days but it's back to itching again and spreading. At my treatment on Friday, they gave me an ointment called Aquaphor...a petrolatum based cream that's supposed to speed healing, etc. It made it all worse!!! I showered it all off within three hours. Needless to say, I won't be trying that again! I applied the cortisone
cream again and it's not quite as red this
a.m. but still itchy. Anyone else had this kind of reaction? What helped?

Hope everyone is doing o:k: and hanging in!

Love, light and laughter,
Inkblot
24242
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 Joined: Mar 2001
Sep 22, 2001 - 11:34 am
RE: Radiation Woes

I find this very interesting INK. Here in Vancouver,BC we were told not to use any oil based creams at all. If we had to use something it had to be water based. Nothing on the skin except mild soap while doing radiation,it could irritate everything around the site. I went out on a water base cream hunt and couldn't find anything like it. My mother new a pharmacist in her area and he made up a batch for her while I was visiting. It helped, I don't know the name of it though. All I know is it was water based.
I had the same bumps but did nothing about until after treatments were done.
Hope the last half of treatments treat you a little better along the way. Some of us just seems to be more sensative than others is all.
Be good to yourself,
24242Tara
inkblot
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