My dad has had a disaster of chemo which was stopped after one cycle and had now been referred for radiotherapy. (Op out of the question due to existing heart condition). What is radiotherapy like? The literature from the hospital like to portray it as being all rosy and few side effects but since dad had every side effect going with chemo (and then some!) I would like to be ready for the worst. Since the chemo will be on his chest, will it burn? Does cream help? I read that arnica cream may help? What do I do? The worst thing about this disease is that every case is so different and it seems like no one goes through it the same as another.
I had radiotherapy to my neck. I was told to put aqueous cream on my neck and it helped a lot...I was also told to put it in the fridge to keep it cold. My neck did get burnt but everyone is different and it depends on how many sessions and the amount of radio you get given.
Your Dad will probably have a planning session before he starts and I'm sure his oncologist or other staff will let him know about possible side effects. I was given some fact sheets which were really helpful :)
Haven't had any experience of radio therapy treatment but I do know that Aloa vera gel (the natural one! from the health store), you know the actual gel, not just cream with aloa vera in it, well it is amazing for curing burns etc. I think it would be good for radio therapy also, but best just check with the nurses.
Hello this is my first blog. My husband was diagnosed with ec cancer had chemo with very bad side effects left him with muliple clots on both lungs,Then had operation,pathology came back with 1positive node out of eleven,close curcumferential margins.Going to see radio oncologist tomorrow.to discuss plan for radiation.Has anyone had close margins then radiation and survived long term? many thanks zilpha
