Finished my treatment

You’re right Twigley,  we all have a lot in common yet we all react differently.

If you listen to your friends & play it safe, you’ll be bored & frustrated.  If you overdo it, your body will moan at you for a day or three.  My experience is that it’s trial & error & I keep getting it wrong because there’s no way to know except with hindsight  xxx toni

“Being held to ransom by a bunch of rebel dna cells” - another Sarah classic!

Maybe I’ve got Stockholm syndrome?

Mecca  I love your determination!  I started very nervously in December with a walk round the block, then over a couple of weeks trying a bit further but padded up & close to my loo, & for the past 2 months I’ve been walking about 4 miles a day - except one glorious day when I did 6 miles & felt awful for a few days afterwards  xx  toni

Hi Mecca, yes, the nurse said wet the polymem lightly with sterile water ( well I just used drinking water from the tap) , I dip my hand in water and flick drops off my fingers about 4 or 5 times. I cut 3 pieces about 6ins long out of one packet and use one at a time. The nurse said push it into your bits, up your bum crack and onto your swollen labia, she said it is for radiation burns and normally it would be changed every 3 to 4 days but we botty girls and boys are a different matter and we change ours at least every day. It can get messy with urge poo but I wiped a little bit off with tissue or just chucked it if it was too much. So I generally had 2 a day during the 14 days after treatment. One a day after that and today none ! She gave me close fitting white nylon pants with legs and told me not to use any other creams with it although I did use a little morphine gel for 2 days when it was really bad. I bought boys pants from MnS with legs and they are pretty good too at holding it in place, it sort of sucks onto you, and shapes to your body a bit. I thought it was a right faff to begin with, nurse said cut slivers to go in your knicker groins but I just used one piece as it came off the roll, clenched it between my buttocks and layered it onto my labia. It felt bulky at first but I soon got used to it and after a day or two I had it on 24/7. It was wierdly satisfying to see the way it pulled "stuff" out and away from the area, blood and everything was absorbed, yellow stuff, white stuff, and as you say it was cool and soft, it stopped infection and eased pain. Give it a try, it worked for me.

best wishes comrade

Sarah

Right Sarah,  I've put some on/in  my pants first time wearing a pair for nearly 3 weeks. I'm going to try and keep them on overnight. When all the skin peeled from my groin area and I started using the polymem it healed pretty quickly but I didn't know it could go on the intimate bits. I'll let you know how I get on xxx