Having daily radiotherapy skin feels like it's on fire what's good to put on skin please
Hi there
Have your team not given you anything?
My hubby was given Flamigel by the RT department. We were told not to use anything that we didn’t run past them first.
They told us Aveeno was fine to use and others on here have used Aloe Vera.
I think maybe we were lucky as the hospital team gave us everything we needed for all of the side effects.
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
Yes the RT is burning it.
Ask your radiographers for something.
What you can do to help yourself is to try something specifically for sunburn without any perfume. This is why pure Aloe Vera gel can be effective. Pick some up from Amazon and slap lots on as soon as you are out of the treatment room.
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
Please ask radiotherapy team as a lot of creams can irritate even more. I used religiously what I was given but unfortunately I still had burn due to effected lymph node being close to skin layer. Just ask tomorrow in meanwhile no perfume or anything smelly I used sanex in bath think Dani used same
take care hazel x
Hazel aka RadioactiveRaz
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Yes Sanex fan here. Still use it
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
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