Neck Peeling

Flamazine is great to use after your last zap. Ask for that? 
I used aloe vera gel which was really soothing. 

Epimax oatmeal is excellent...Olive oil creams ?

Thanks. I’m presuming flamigel stuff is all I can just during 

Thanks Michael. I’ll look into that. Just want something on hand for Friday when I finish 

Hi

I used Aveeno lotion for very dry skin ( blue bottle) and also Cerave moisture cream. Still use it now.  It really helped to keep skin hydrated and I had very few problems other than dryness. 

A month ago (last session of radiotherapy) I had the skin on neck peel to a raw wound. Nurses have send the specialist wound nurse in with flaminal forte cream and polymem dressing. He told me to apply to the wound (it was weeping already) and it was heeled in 7 days. I hope you will also be sorted. All the best. Izzy. 

That sounds rough. How’s the rest of the recovery going? 

Sorry, just seen that reply. 

I am much better now, everyone are surprised I am so well so quickly. 

I have finished radiotherapy on 12th of June straight from last session went to the ward and stayed for 2.5 weeks due to malnutrition and pain. 

The wound cleared up after a week, all good. Pain relief sorted although it took a while for the hospital staff to sort hence my 2.5 week stay. 

NG tube removed last Monday, as I was having all food and drink by mouth. I feel much better without it, and the pain in my throat is better without it! 

From tomorrow I'm starting to reduce oxycodone, lower dose weekly until can be swapped to co-codamol.

I am having Ensure drinks daily, and eating some food as well. Only soft like cottage cheese, puddings, omelettes. Ensure has 300 kcal, so I try to substitute one drink daily with food that has 300 kcal.

Any other questions give me a shout. 

Izzy. 

Izzy1984 said:

The wound cleared up after a week, all good. Pain relief sorted although it took a while for the hospital staff to sort hence my 2.5 week stay. 

Thank heavens you got it sorted in the end. Hospital wards are rubbish at organising pain relief on time. The three days I spent on a cancer ward the long acting morphine I was prescribed was administered twice daily and had to be signed off by a doctors before each dose. Always late, always climbing the wall in pain. Madness

My GP was great. Always gave me a months supply which husband collected from pharmacy after signing the poisons register. 
I got no advice about taper. Just as well I already knew. It didn’t stop me saying…”Sod it I don’t need this stuff anymore “ and stopping just like that. It didn’t last more than three hours. Daft !