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Will sun screen reduce radiation burn.  Well it works with the sun

  • No. Don’t put anything like that on your skin. It will make you fry

    Dani 

    Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019

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  • PS. Sunscreen protects against UV. X-rays are a much shorter wavelength. 
    You’re getting only 4 weeks of RT. It’s not likely you’ll get anything worse than a red neck. 
    I had six weeks and even then my neck was only red and flaky. I used plenty of moisturiser apart from just before RT and Aloe Vera Gel straight in after treatment 

    Dani 

    Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019

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  • Thanks I’m great at accountancy not so good at science so no chip fat. Fries

  • Well that’s what we’re here for. No question is daft. 

    Dani 

    Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019

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  • Hi No sun l cream. If you’re going to sun after treatment. Factor 50 but in first year I kept covered   Now I use factor 50 every day.  My treatment  was also throughout the summer of July and August. I wore a scarf from my neck when I was going to treatment and if I did wonder to the garden I always made sure my neck was  covered. Don’t put some cream on you will get special cream from your radiotherapy department 

    Hazel 

    Hazel aka RadioactiveRaz 35 radiotherapy and 2 chemo  3 rd cancelled. HPV tonsil cancer 7 lymph nodes. 8 years post treatment living a great life. 
    No questions too daft to ask. 

    I’m also an ambassador for https://oraclehnc.org.uk/
    A leading head and neck cancer charity. 

    This is a link to a webinar i did with Oracle explaining the process of diagnosis. 

  • Cheers hazel were away on the 12 September I’ll remember my sun screen , well the mrs will 

  • Eventually they gave my husband a dressing. He had to keep the same piece on for 2 days then change it. It got very smelly and wet on the inside but it worked with the healing process. It was a saving grace, should have been given sooner really. Ask for it, it will really help.