Hi Everyone well I have survived the last two weeks and a half after treatment - just about! Glad I read so many threads on here so i was prepared for how bad it would be!
Good news is that the burns are healing nicely now and I am feeling less tired and managing two dog walks a day. 
Not so good news is that I am still strugglng having a wee and need to go often and now! Very painful and cannot get a proper flow just comes out in little bits. Using a sitz bath (thanks for tips) plus a squeezy bottle of warm water. My nurse suggested having a urine sample tested which I did with the GP and i was borderline infection so given 3 days of antibiotics (one day to go). Don't feel these are helping as I think its inflamation internally from radiotherapy. My worry is - will I get better or will i always be like this wondered how long before others felt better in the waterworks area?
Also my vaginal delicate bits are still red raw and on fire and I have a cut on my labia which keeps bleeding and won't go plus the labia keep sticking togeher. I have tried all my creams on the area and all make it sting. Nurse suggested sudocrem which I am trying at moment but it is a bit thick and doesnt seem to stick to the moist vaginal area. So again wondered how long before this area heals up, i suppose it isnt getting air like the other areas. I do go knickerless and lay down on bed airing the area regularly 
It is making sitting down hard still!
Bowel wise I have to go urgently and often and my goodness the wind that comes out 
so blooming embarrassing and can't blame it on the dog everytime!
Also my liver enzyme levels are high. They were ok for first 3 weeks of treatment then started going up for next two weeks. I had to do another blood test this Monday and seems still high so I am doing another one on Tuesday. The Oncologist is arranging for an ultra sound scan just to make sure nothing going on although she thinks it will be the chemo tablets and antibiotics I took throughout treatment. I hope it is the drugs as I was a bit worried about having a scan thinking they would find something else. So wondered if anyone else has had problems with the liver enzymes?
I have a family holiday booked on 9th September (been booked from last year in Bamburgh, Northumberland and I am definitely going as my summer holiday was cancelled. Even if we have to stop often for wee breaks and I have to lie down in car cos I still can't sit down. Fingers crossed I am much better.
So that's how I am so far - upwards and onwards!
Carole x
Hi Carole21,
You’re doing great by the sounds of things so well done! I was prescribed Flamazine cream post treatment but found, as you describe, it stung quite badly. I was told by my oncologist that it was the best thing for my sore bits, I resulted in mixing it with a tiny bit of aqueous cream which although I realise dilutes the Flamazine it did take the sting out of it & I was able to then use it everywhere & more frequently.
The issues with your waterworks may be down to inflammation either in your bladder itself or your urethra, make your nurse aware that this is an ongoing issue for you though & hopefully it’ll settle down soon. I had issues with internal inflammation during & after treatment & it’s something that nobody seems to warn you about! I found sometimes I would pee about a teaspoon full then need to do the same 10 minutes later on repeat until my bladder fully emptied.
Hopefully the issue with your liver function will resolve itself, the toxicity of these treatments is really hard going on our other organs, considering just 2 of the livers jobs are detoxification & filtration just the chemo alone must put an awful strain on it so fingers crossed your scan will be clear & you’ll see an improvement in those numbers soon.
I hope you enjoy your holiday, I’m very lucky that I have Northumberland literally on my doorstep, it’s a beautiful part of the country.
Nicola
