**JULY BREAST CANCER RADIOTHERAPY CHAT**

Gosh July already.   Just two more for me.  Today and tomorrow.  Good luck everyone xx

Not long to go until you ring that bell!  Good luck to everyone with treatment this month. 

S

xx

Yep, Just one more to go for you and I AnnJac.  How are you doing, I am starting to blister a bit and getting knackered. But we will both be ringing that bell tomorrow.  Go well everyone else.  xxx

Sorry you're getting blisters polly dog.  Have they given you cream and dressings.  I'm to see nurse tomorrow.  No breakthrough yet but my scars  and there are very many, are now looking very red.  Radiologists said the nurse may give me some cream as RT effects continue for another couple of weeks.

Hope everything settles for us noth quickly.  No bell for me as treatment and scans continue - but you ring it nice and loud with a big smile!

Keep going everyone - hope RT is kind to you all xx

Hi there everyone,

AnnJac, hope all is going well just over a week post treatment.  Went back to Radio today as blisters getting really sore and not great, been given some healing gel to apply twice a day.  Applied it once and it has formed a film over the area, not sure if I am supposed to peel it off, as it is already beginning to, to apply the second coat today - does anyone know.  I didn't get the best advice from the nurse on this occassion I'm afraid. 

How is everyone else getting on?  It is good not to be going to the hospital every day, kind of liberating. Hoping to go away for a few days on Friday, a friend has offered to drive so it sounds like a great plan.

love and hugs to everyone on Rads this month.  It will come to an end I promise.

xxx

Hello everyone on Radio Therapy this month.

I have just been looking for some advice on the forum and found loads of information at the very beginning of this thread - April 2017, including mention of a cream called R1 and R2.  Too late for me, but it sounds as if if you use it from the beginning of treatment you lessen the possibilities of a skin reaction hugely.  Also loads of other tips in the forum that month as it was the beginning of the thread and obviously Macmillan had asked people to contribute tips and advice.

Hope you are all getting on well. Additional info on me, I had a Bolus during treatment to have more rads in the skin as my tumour had been quite close to the surface, so it isn't too surprising that I have some difficult reactions coming through.  Hope everyone else is doing a lot better.

Rainbows, hugs and love to all here.

xxx

Hi Pollydog

My advice is don't peel.  The film should protect it.  But that's my gut feeling.  My skin not doing too badly no breakthrough yet but an itchy rash to my chest that is irritating.  Nurse gave me some gel to use if it does split.

Been tired but ok.  I'm away for a family holiday on Friday.  The plan is to bbq lots and men live bbqing so hoping to be waited on.

Hope all improves for you soon. 

Oh annjac. Thank you. You are amazing. Glad we are accompanying one another. Good advice which I will follow. Anything I can do to be alongside you. We all have such different paths through

Lots of love hugs prayers and now rainbows

sophie xxxxx

Hi everyone out there and lovely Annjac who s

wondering if this is normal. Now sixteen days post radio finishing and feeling worse and worse. My breast is very red and angry. It has peeled lots and has another layer of hard tight scales skin over it. I have tried to keep going with some normal activities but this morning just had to retreat to bed as it hurts less when horizontal and also my head is thumping again and I am feeling really dizzy. Yesterday was my birthday and I tried to be as normal as I could for my kids but I don’t think I can keep it up at the moment. House is a mess as doing any tidying/housework is tricky and painful and so feeling very low as well. Spoke to radio nurse on Tuesday for my review and she just said it sounds ok and as if it’s getting better. I don’t know if I was too up beat with her. She rang at a point when it wasn’t as bad. They don’t see you at my hospital post rads until you see the consultant six weeks later and I don’t know if this is normal. I’m also feeling really guilty as I had a lovely appointment for a look good feel better session at the Macmillan centre this morning which I had to cancel as I can’t drive as it is too painful to wear a seat belt. Sorry to whinge but really hoping someone might know a bit more than me about all this and be able/willing to advise/help. So sorry not to be more positive. 

Love and hugs. Xxx

Oh .  That doesn't sound right at all.   I think you should ring the RT team again and ask them to see you urgently.  My team rang me on Tuesday and checked I had their numbers and to ring of all worried.  So you must ring them again and tell them how it really is.  You have nothing to lose.  

I have been lucky with RT and no major issues.  Plenty of other major issues but this bit has gone ok.

Ring them pollydog and come back on here and let us know what they say.

Gentle and caring hugs xx