Did you ask the radio nurse, I was given something just for the open wounds (I didn't have a big problem they were a bit worried about the tracki sight), what do you expect from what you have ie how long do you think it should take to heal. I think the skin is very soft so will take longer than normal. Others will know better though.
My hubby’s neck was extremely burned with open sores from week 6 and it lasted 2 weeks.
He used Flamagel whilst having radio and then Flamazine which is for burns victims.
He also had Polymem dressings that absorbed the stuff in his neck. The dressings are very expensive and when we needed more we had to fight with the GP to get them. He used one a day and we made a collar out of them as they showed us how to do this at the hospital. They were £50 for a box of 4.
Theres not actually a lot you can do for him. Ken was on long lasting morphine by this point.
It wasn’t pleasant or pretty but it did pass fairly quickly.
Let me know if there’s anything else you want to ask.
Sharon xx
Hubby - Left tonsil squamous cell carcinoma P16 positive with neck nodes T1N1M0 - 30 fractions of radiotherapy and 6 weeks of chemotherapy, Cisplatin in December / January 2019/20
Me - Invasive lobular breast cancer - Grade 2, Stage 2 - mastectomy October 2019 - 15 fractions of radiotherapy December / January 2019/20
Hi Tracey lim too had bug radiation burn in my neck and was onky given the polymer bandages yes they are expensive but in grand scheme of things the cost of treatment far exceeds the cosypt of the bandage s ,like Sharon says you make a collar out if them my blog has pictures if mine the do work if you look at my neck now you can hardly tell
Hazel xx
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