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Yes it had been very tolerable. I hope it is the same for you!

Thank you! Yes I bet it does feel great! Glad to hear your side effects were tolerable. I won't be having boosters because I had 6 brachytherapy sessions. I originally was only supposed to have brachy, no external radiation, but it didn't work out that way.

Hang in there just a little bit longer Elm!

I will be so happy to be finished!

The rad oncologist didn't say anything about the tingling. I have not discussed it with him, only with the chemo oncologist. For me, it lasts a while. I am still feeling it now and it has been almost 8 hours. I don't know if it is just a coincidence or what.
Sometimes it seems like just when I think its getting better, it starts back up again.

Thanks for the tip on the Benedryl. I'll ask if I can use it instead. Its really itchy and it keeps spreading. Everyone spoke of burns and blisters but not rashes. The staff there never said anything about the possibility of a rash. Luckily I met a woman in the waiting room who showed me her rash so I knew it was from the RADS when it happened to me.

tackled chemo .. not easy ... Now rads .. You are a TRUE warrior!!!!!

There is hope of the rest of us breast cancer women .. fighting, struggling and trying to get thru to the next treatments.

Thank you for the encouragement!!!

VickiSam

Well I am on day 22, only 4 more to go! I did notice that I am alot redder than I thought. The changing room there has pretty good lighting and I can see alot better than I can at home. My whole underarm is red and I have never put the cream all the way up in there. It just started to bother me within the last couple of days.
No one told me to use the cream immediately after. The Dr said use it once a day at first then 2-3 times a day as it gets worse. He said to do it right when I get home each morning. I wish they would have discussed it with me a little more. I was not given a prescription, either. I just use the over the counter cream the Dr told me to get and the hydrocortisone. The burn doesn't bother me so much as the rash does. I'm on my last week so maybe this is when its at its worst. So far no blisters.

Elm, several on here, me included, said to use the creams from day one. I hope everyone reads this as you need to. It doesn't matter if you are burnt then or not, your skin is already getting the effects. So, start day one using whatever your rads oncologist says you can use. I used Biafine and Aquaphor. Almost done...congrats a lil early.

Angie

Yep, I remember everyone saying use them from day 1, and I definitely took that advice! But MAJW said her oncologist told her to use her cream in the dressing room before going home. Mine just said do it when I get home. That was what I was referring to when I said nobody told me to use cream immediately after. They gave me samples of Aquaphor and he recommended I use Cetaphil in the beginning because it is not as thick, then switch to the Aquaphor later.