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Starting Rads on 13.02.12 edinburgh - confused about creams

Can someone help me out there, I am about to start my rads on monday at Edinburgh. I had surgery in Dec 12 and since then i have only used simple soap, simple sampoo & aqueous cream. I thought i was all set to go but I am sure my mind is starting to ge...

Posted by Ruperts Mum on Fri Feb 10, 2012 2:42 pm with 6 comments

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Hi all, I am also due to start rads on 28th at Western General in Edinburgh, they said no shaving, no deoderant and no creams. Lulu I would be interested to know what cream you use to 'sooth' your skin? Go well, Lisa

Lisa T, Sat Feb 11, 2012 11:48 pm
Starting Rads in February 2012

Hi Is anyone else due to start their Rads in February? I am waiting on my appt to arrive, thought I would have heard by now. All the best Anne

Posted by Angel 11859 on Sun Jan 22, 2012 7:42 pm with 71 comments

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Hi Yvonne You have probs made a wise decision to delay - if you are sore now then you don't want an uncomfortable squeeze to make things worse x

cosmic, Sat Feb 11, 2012 8:35 pm
rads really hurting

Just finished 1st week of rads and don't really want to go back for the rest of them because it hurts but obviously will. The first treament left me with a long rectangle of sore red across the front of my boob and painful and swollen still in the mor...

Posted by Chicci on Sat Feb 04, 2012 10:22 am with 19 comments

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You know the rules.....keep ranting!! I hope they have finally found something whihc helps you, I can imagine how miserable you must feel. Keep counting hte days. Lynda

Lakeslover, Fri Feb 10, 2012 8:27 pm
Night Sweats (URGH - SORRY!)

Hi All - Hope you are all having a good day and those who are not having such a good day that tomorrow is a better one :-) Can I ask a question - is any one having night sweats on Rads? I have had chemo - 4x AC and 4x Tax finished late Dec and now ha...

Posted by CPT on Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:16 pm with 3 comments

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Thank you ladies - much Appreciated x

CPT, Tue Feb 07, 2012 9:09 pm
Painfull Arm 9 months after rads???

Hi all...not even sure this is in the right category but can anyone please tell me if they have the same as me? since finishing rads 9 months ago and a lumpectomy a year ago my arm has been getting steadily worse so much so I now get shooting pains dow...

Posted by baby4 on Wed Feb 01, 2012 9:51 pm with 17 comments

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The thing is you do need a diagnosis though and I think a physio is probably the best person to do that? My physio had a frozen shoulder and said that she found acupuncture to be the best thing. I was surprised to find that our hospital physio dept do...

elinda45, Sun Feb 05, 2012 1:04 pm
painful irritation during rads

Hello everybody!! My mum she's almost at the end of her radiotheraphy,three more days.Since few days she started to have an ugly irritation under her breast (she had only the tumor removed).The doctors adviced her to use Methyl Blue only,but I think t...

Posted by Deanima on Sat Feb 04, 2012 11:36 am with 1 comments

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Go and see the dressings nurse for advice X

cromercrab, Sat Feb 04, 2012 1:45 pm
starting rads in jan

Hi all I'm starting rads in jan and am a bit frightened. Didn't like the consultant or the building it'll be happening in, tho I was away with the fairies on co-codamol at the time. I'm hearing/reading about all sorts of terrible side effects for ta...

Posted by Chicci on Tue Dec 20, 2011 1:07 pm with 114 comments

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Hi all. Burns now noticeably better. Soon be able to stop dressings which will be a relief! I am thinking of going back to aqueous cream Monday. Hope you continue to feel good, Cosmic. I am not quite so tired now. Hurrah! X sarah

cromercrab, Sat Feb 04, 2012 1:27 pm
loss of appetite

Hi all i am three days into RT My treatment had been put back by two weeks as I had developed another bout of cellulitis. To combat this I was put on a heavy dose of anti-biotics, which resulted in my appetite going away completely. I finished the ...

Posted by gardenparty on Thu Jan 26, 2012 10:22 pm with 7 comments

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Today is the first day that I have felt peckish and have been marauding round the cupboards looking for snacks! I am two weeks post rads now, not including the three boosts. I think it helps that there seems to be Definate improvement in my burn and I ...

cromercrab, Fri Feb 03, 2012 6:17 pm
Ct/Planning scan

Hiya, Is the rad planning scan the same as a CT scan please? Ive been waiting for a date for my planning scan - and have now had a appt for a CT scan. No one has mentioned any extra scans -so am I to presume this IS the planning scan for my rads trea...

Posted by kajyann on Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:28 pm with 3 comments

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Hi, Thanks for the advice. You were right - it was my planning scan. took a while but I have now been scanned, tattooed and measured up ready for treatment. Just so glad to have a date to get it all done now. thanks again kaj xxx

kajyann, Thu Feb 02, 2012 11:53 pm
children and RT

Hi all I started RT today ( at last) ,I have been told by someone that I should avoid contact with very young children until my treatment is over.I have a two year old grand-daughter who I think I now have to stay away from for the next three weeks. ...

Posted by gardenparty on Tue Jan 24, 2012 8:40 pm with 8 comments

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just to confirm - I have had the same query in the past week and was told under no circumstances does it stop you being around children - its perfectly safe. So by all means tell whoever told you to BUTT OUT! kaj xxx

kajyann, Tue Jan 24, 2012 10:26 pm
Advice following rads please

Hi everyone I finished rads on 10th and everything seemed to be going well - am still putting cream on and washing with aqueous cream, but have noticed quite a large area under my boob that looks like really severe sun burn, purpleish and some areas w...

Posted by annew272 on Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:23 am with 4 comments

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Hi My skin cracked after 20 rads. I got some weird dressings recomended by the radiographer which did help. Nipple was so sore I remember joking with son that he had to be careful and not step on anything pink and round cos it might be my nipple. As f...

chinook, Mon Jan 23, 2012 9:20 pm
Daily travel to Edinburgh for treatment

Hi everyone, I am about to start my radiotherapy treatment on 13 Feb. I can reach edinburgh in one hour on the train. I have read all the information about the accommodation available but feel very unsettled about staying away from home. Has anyone els...

Posted by Ruperts Mum on Sun Jan 22, 2012 9:53 pm with 2 comments

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Hi ruperts mum Edinburgh is tricky because loads of folk have to travel so far... Some even a two hour journey each way on top of the tiredness and fatigue that the rads cause.... The accommodation is very limited at pentlandite house and tends to be ...

Lulu34, Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:34 pm
iching nipple

hi i have had 5 rad treatments so far today i woke up with a terrible ich in my nipple has anybody else had this

Posted by roseric on Sun Jan 22, 2012 7:49 am with 6 comments

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will mention that thanks dj007

roseric, Sun Jan 22, 2012 9:42 pm
Throat Pain during Radiotheraphy

Hello everyone! My mother is under radiotheraphy at the most known institute from Romania,she's at the 12th session of theraphy, after the 7th session she started to have throat pain,she hardly can swallow.Does enyone experienced this? The doctors from...

Posted by Deanima on Sat Jan 21, 2012 1:41 pm with 4 comments

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I just called the pharmacy they have only solube paracetamol with vitamin C or Codeine, which should be tried ?

Deanima, Sat Jan 21, 2012 5:12 pm
Breast Gowns

This may seem a trivial point, but it's something that bothered me during rads treatment and I'm interested to hear what other people think on the subject. The hospital where I'm having rads issues all of us BC ladies with a "breast gown", which is a ...

Posted by CheshireCheese on Wed Sep 22, 2010 5:51 pm with 79 comments

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Hi Ladies Had my treatment at The Rosemere Centre at RPH. I used to wear a strappy top under my blouse and walk to the table with the straps off my shoulders; then I'd pull the top down to my waist once on the table - I found it more 'dignified' tha...

dee49, Sat Jan 21, 2012 12:22 pm
TARGIT study

Is there any one else here participating in the TARGIT study of intra operative radiotherapy? I agreed to although I have been randomised to the conventional radiotherapy group. I was just interested to know what they do at each follow-up? Lynda

Posted by Lakeslover on Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:05 pm with 0 comments

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Is there any one else here participating in the TARGIT study of intra operative radiotherapy? I agreed to although I have been randomised to the conventional radiotherapy group. I was just interested to know what they do at each follow-up? Lynda

Lakeslover, Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:05 pm
Creams and Manuka honey

Help! I'm new to this team. I have read several older threads re manuka honey and recommended creams... Wait! Let me give a brief background. Diagnosis Sept., right sister lumpectomy October 31st... No nodes or margins (indeed very blessed) . I'm o...

Posted by Gawaanda on Fri Jan 20, 2012 4:04 am with 5 comments

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Wow. Thank you all. Yes, I have been in contact before rads started with our Physician's Assistant and verified that the therapies I used were ok... That I could try them. I've seen her twice, and again today. She agreed that what I was doing was...

Gawaanda, Fri Jan 20, 2012 9:23 pm
rads again

i have already put a post on about if people have noticed a difference in the way their breasts look but i also want to know has any body had pain in there breasts after a few dats if rads it has just come on not worried at all but is it quiet common a...

Posted by roseric on Thu Jan 19, 2012 10:31 pm with 4 comments

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hi anne thanks for your reply told them today about the pain said nothing to worry about just radiation. tell me about being tired though allthough with me its the traveling but no doubt it will creep up after the full rads. my breast has been lumpy ha...

roseric, Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:32 pm
breast during and after radiotherapy

i have had 4 lots of radiothearpy this week and i have noticed a slight change in my breast do your breasts change alot or just a bit thanks roseric

Posted by roseric on Thu Jan 19, 2012 2:20 pm with 3 comments

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I didn't notice any change during, but shortly afterwards my breast was hot and kinda itchy, a bit like a burn. However 6 months later I am experiencing pain in my breast especially around the scar tissue. My breast also feels harder and slightly lump...

dmh64, Thu Jan 19, 2012 4:15 pm
Nearly finished radiotherapy and starting to worry!

I think this may sound bonkers, but having had WLE, TAC chemo and 3 out of 4 weeks of radiotherapy I'm starting to feel nervous about what life will be like when it's all finished. At the moment I get seen every day at the hospital and I feel that some...

Posted by Starlight67 on Thu Dec 01, 2011 1:10 pm with 12 comments

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Hi everyone, I've mentioned this before but I thought it was worth posting again. I would recommend you ordering a copy of BCC's Moving Forward Resource Pack - http://www2.breastcancercare.org.uk/publications/moving-forward which I found very helpful ...

nymeria, Tue Jan 17, 2012 9:21 pm
starting radiothereaphy dec

Hi I am starting radiotheraphy in Dec how should i be preparping myself, for this stage of my treatment, like my masectomy scar should i apply cream to that area reading mixed reviews about aqeaous cream and E45

Posted by michellem on Sun Sep 25, 2011 6:45 pm with 139 comments

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hi all starting radio on tuesday 17th jan was ment to start on the 10th jan , but have boob infection, on all kinds of meds to clear it up and think iam inproving. bit scared reading your side effects, cuz seemed to think this would be kinder than chem...

gardenparty, Fri Jan 13, 2012 10:12 pm
Pain after radiotherapy

I finished my radiotherapy in May last year, and I'm still experiencing pain in the area, like deep bruising. All doctors / nurses say is that it is side effect from radiotherapy, but its starting to get me down now - anyone else had pain for this lo...

Posted by julie242 on Sun Jan 08, 2012 10:13 am with 20 comments

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Thats what my BCN told me to do today :)

beardie, Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:17 pm
creams??

Hello, Following mastectomy, SNB and then axillary clearance I am now half way through my chemo. I have to have radiotherapy and am wondering what creams/lotions to use to keep the skin good prior to this? Have read alot about oestrogens, parabens, th...

Posted by 1234 on Mon Jan 09, 2012 9:30 pm with 9 comments

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I did have a problem with under breast area during radiotherapy and tried Aloe Vera and another cream whose name has slipped my mind- eventually tried Aqueous cream from Poundland and it was great! Still using it almost 6 months after rads only now I...

Marym17, Wed Jan 11, 2012 1:04 pm
Sunbathing and radiotherapy

Hello, Have finished chemo, had my 1st lot of surgery and finished rads just before Christmas. Still having Herceptin and taking Tamoxifen. I'm keen to get some holidays booked to look forward to as 2011 was a cr*p year stuck at home! Everything I've...

Posted by Sandytoes on Mon Jan 09, 2012 4:22 pm with 5 comments

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Thanks ladies! I will get booking!! (Exciting!). X

Sandytoes, Mon Jan 09, 2012 9:37 pm
Long delay radiotherapy

Hi folks, just wondering if anyone else has had their rads delayed after the op - according to what my surgeon has told me on at least two occasions, I was expecting a date around a month after my WLE and SNB (21st December), but at my check-up on Frid...

Posted by FireCracker111 on Sat Jan 07, 2012 1:02 pm with 10 comments

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I had 3 ops and then final mx in Feb 2010. Recovered slowly and maybe because of M.E. I was only attending rads meeting in May 2010! Almost 3 months later! But Onc was fine about it and explained timing was still ok - luckily mine had an even better ou...

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