Day 30 Of Pammy's Rads

Akiss4me
Akiss4me Member Posts: 2,188
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
Wow...three, zero....did I really do thirty of these? I am finally down to counting the remaining ones on one hand. I feel like the little caboose that could!!
I did get to experience a new side effect today.....peeling. And the peeling is making me itch, itch, itch!! Ewww.....and it keeps coming off in itty bitty pieces that are more of a "flake" effect instead of peeling. Ugggg.....boobie dandruff!!
Also the skin underneath is stingy some, but tolerable. I think I have decided although rather irrating, all in all, I will live through it.
So, I am proud to report, boobie dandruff and all....I am trudging along!!
♥ Pammy
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  • chickad52
    chickad52 Member Posts: 497
    #2
    Pammy
    Good for you!! Glad to hear that you are on your way to the finish line!! Does Aloe help the itching? Hugs, Diane
  • Moopy23
    Moopy23 Member Posts: 1,751 Member
    #3
    Boobie Dandruff
    You are just too funny, Pammy.

    I had the same condition and was given Silvadene. It's a prescription cream that your radiation onc. can give you. (Aquaphor also helped.) Keep in mind, too, that you skin will get worse about a week after treatment; then it will start healing quickly. That is what my rad. onc. told me on my last treatment day. She was right. A few days later, sure enough, my skin was as bad as it ever got. Fortunately, she was right also about the healing process.

    You're almost done, Pammy!
  • Akiss4me
    Akiss4me Member Posts: 2,188
    #4
    Moopy23 said:

    Boobie Dandruff
    You are just too funny, Pammy.

    I had the same condition and was given Silvadene. It's a prescription cream that your radiation onc. can give you. (Aquaphor also helped.) Keep in mind, too, that you skin will get worse about a week after treatment; then it will start healing quickly. That is what my rad. onc. told me on my last treatment day. She was right. A few days later, sure enough, my skin was as bad as it ever got. Fortunately, she was right also about the healing process.

    You're almost done, Pammy!

    Thanks Diane & Moopy
    Aloe doesn't help with the itching, but Benedryl does. Now that I am down to the boosters and it is concentrating on a smaller area, is all the rest that has been radiated done getting zapped anymore?
    Thanks for the tip Moopy, I will ask about the Silvadene. I just can't wait to start using my scunchie or loofah again on the radiated area to remove all the dead skin cells. It's been weird just "squeezing" body wash over that area. Not sure if I feel clean enough. Uggg... ♥ Pammy
  • lynn1950
    lynn1950 Member Posts: 2,570
    #5
    During my boosts
    the radiation tech told me to also take care of the back of my shoulder...the radiation goes all the way through! Who woulda thought?
  • mlmjt1
    mlmjt1 Member Posts: 537 Member
    #6
    Hang in there Pammy
    YOU are almost done...and you always seem to stay so upbeat!!! Boobie dandruff and all.

    Hugs to you

    LInda T
  • CHERYL25671
    CHERYL25671 Member Posts: 20
    #7
    cookie
    hi opammy im CHERYL from wild wanderful west virginia too glad to hear u r too im 5 yr survior hope how soon ur thru u sound like a real trooper
  • Akiss4me
    Akiss4me Member Posts: 2,188
    #8
    mlmjt1 said:

    Hang in there Pammy
    YOU are almost done...and you always seem to stay so upbeat!!! Boobie dandruff and all.

    Hugs to you

    LInda T

    Gulp!! All the way through?
    Please tell me that she was joking! My heart is underneath that boobie! Yikes!! Actually, Lynn, I asked about that. It is suppose to be very precise in the measurements he did with the ultra sound that I hope it doesn't go all the way through! The only thing I can't figure out is that I am breathing during treatment....duh...my chest goes up and down like a merry-go-round! But I do trust them 100%.
    Thanks Linda, I will hang in there! Yes, Boobie dandruff and all!!
    ♥ Pammy
  • Akiss4me
    Akiss4me Member Posts: 2,188
    #9
    CHERYL25671 said:

    cookie
    hi opammy im CHERYL from wild wanderful west virginia too glad to hear u r too im 5 yr survior hope how soon ur thru u sound like a real trooper

    Hi Cheryl
    I think you are the first person from West Virginia I have met! Where in WV are you? I have five (jumping up and down!!) more boosters left and I will be done with radiation. I get a break for 1 month and then will have surgery to remove my ovaries in October. ♥ Pammy
  • chenheart
    chenheart Member Posts: 5,159 Member
    #10
    Peelings, nothing more than Peelings!!!
    Did you ever ask your doctor for a Prescription for Hydrocortisone? It works wonders on the itch; now might just be a good time to use it!

    Hooray Little Engine!!!

    Hugs,
    Claudia
  • chenheart
    chenheart Member Posts: 5,159 Member
    #11
    Peelings, nothing more than Peelings!!!
    double post....grrrrrrr sorry!
  • lynn1950
    lynn1950 Member Posts: 2,570
    #12
    Akiss4me said:

    Gulp!! All the way through?
    Please tell me that she was joking! My heart is underneath that boobie! Yikes!! Actually, Lynn, I asked about that. It is suppose to be very precise in the measurements he did with the ultra sound that I hope it doesn't go all the way through! The only thing I can't figure out is that I am breathing during treatment....duh...my chest goes up and down like a merry-go-round! But I do trust them 100%.
    Thanks Linda, I will hang in there! Yes, Boobie dandruff and all!!
    ♥ Pammy

    It doesn't hit your heart
    My radiation oncologist showed me how the blocks deflected the rays, and my heart did not get hit at all- only a very, very small section of my left lung. But the top part of my back near my shoulder tanned!
  • lynn1950
    lynn1950 Member Posts: 2,570
    #13
    Akiss4me said:

    Gulp!! All the way through?
    Please tell me that she was joking! My heart is underneath that boobie! Yikes!! Actually, Lynn, I asked about that. It is suppose to be very precise in the measurements he did with the ultra sound that I hope it doesn't go all the way through! The only thing I can't figure out is that I am breathing during treatment....duh...my chest goes up and down like a merry-go-round! But I do trust them 100%.
    Thanks Linda, I will hang in there! Yes, Boobie dandruff and all!!
    ♥ Pammy

    Oh! and...
    I asked about the breathing, too. I was told that breathing was taken into account in the measurements. Of course, this all happened almost a year ago. My memory exists on little yellow sticky notes these days. xoxoxox Lynn
  • Akiss4me
    Akiss4me Member Posts: 2,188
    #14
    chenheart said:

    Peelings, nothing more than Peelings!!!
    double post....grrrrrrr sorry!

    Thanks Claudia!! LOL
    Now I absolutely have that song stuck in my head!! LOL Especially after lip singing it twice! ♥ Pammy
  • peggypeggy
    peggypeggy Member Posts: 111
    #15
    Akiss4me said:

    Thanks Claudia!! LOL
    Now I absolutely have that song stuck in my head!! LOL Especially after lip singing it twice! ♥ Pammy

    hi pammy
    wtg on radiation i statred yesterday what do you mean it can hit heart my tumor no where near lung or heart im cofused now can it hit thee areas ty vm god bless luv peggy how many more do you have
  • Akiss4me
    Akiss4me Member Posts: 2,188
    #16
    peggypeggy said:

    hi pammy
    wtg on radiation i statred yesterday what do you mean it can hit heart my tumor no where near lung or heart im cofused now can it hit thee areas ty vm god bless luv peggy how many more do you have

    Peggy
    There is nothing for you to worry about. My tumor just happened to be on top of my chest wall and directly over my heart. In order for them to radiate the area they needed to (this is not very common) they had to include about 5% of my heart and lung in the field. They were not able to "bend" the beams anymore and do what they needed to do. That is why I had to decide to trust my Doctors 100% or I would not be able to go through this part of my treatment. Your Doctors are doing everything they can to make it safe for you. My tumor was just in a bad position. ♥ Pammy
  • MyTurnNow
    MyTurnNow Member Posts: 2,686 Member
    #17
    Congratulations on getting
    Congratulations on getting through. I have been reading your daily posts and am not there yet but now feel like I have an idea of what it's all about...when I get to that stage that is. Thanks for the update and good luck.
  • MAJW
    MAJW Member Posts: 2,510 Member
    #18
    YEAH PAMMY!
    I am so happy for you......wish I were there........I should start rads sometime in September as I am now finsihed, two weeks ago, with chemo........Yeah! Did they make some sort of "cast" for your back and arms for placement on the table during rads? I think I was told that but not sure........chemo brain! I see my radiation oncologist again on Sept 9 to get the "boob"markings.....
    Again, I join you in the count down! 5,4,3,2,1 YES!
    Nancy
  • Akiss4me
    Akiss4me Member Posts: 2,188
    #19
    MyTurnNow said:

    Congratulations on getting
    Congratulations on getting through. I have been reading your daily posts and am not there yet but now feel like I have an idea of what it's all about...when I get to that stage that is. Thanks for the update and good luck.

    Yeah! (clapping hands)
    So glad you are helped by my post! I feel like I should be a poster child for Rads....If I can do it, anyone can!! ♥ Pammy
  • Akiss4me
    Akiss4me Member Posts: 2,188
    #20
    MAJW said:

    YEAH PAMMY!
    I am so happy for you......wish I were there........I should start rads sometime in September as I am now finsihed, two weeks ago, with chemo........Yeah! Did they make some sort of "cast" for your back and arms for placement on the table during rads? I think I was told that but not sure........chemo brain! I see my radiation oncologist again on Sept 9 to get the "boob"markings.....
    Again, I join you in the count down! 5,4,3,2,1 YES!
    Nancy

    Not long now, Nancy!
    I did not have a cast or mold made although I have heard that some have had this done. I had the tattoos and I am positioned by the laser lights. Usually they will put a foam wedgie under my right side just to raise that corner of me slightly. Teehee.....I guess it's because I am lopsided now and do not lay even!! ♥ Pammy
  • lynn1950
    lynn1950 Member Posts: 2,570
    #21
    Akiss4me said:

    Peggy
    There is nothing for you to worry about. My tumor just happened to be on top of my chest wall and directly over my heart. In order for them to radiate the area they needed to (this is not very common) they had to include about 5% of my heart and lung in the field. They were not able to "bend" the beams anymore and do what they needed to do. That is why I had to decide to trust my Doctors 100% or I would not be able to go through this part of my treatment. Your Doctors are doing everything they can to make it safe for you. My tumor was just in a bad position. ♥ Pammy

    Inconsiderate Post
    Dear Pammy, I apologize for my inconsiderate post. I wasn't thinking about the people whose hearts and lungs do receive radiation. I know you think I sound wacky about tanning on my back - I think it was from having radiation to the lymph nodes at my collarbone and axillary area. I don't think the tech was joking. Lynn

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