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Hi Bigped

Epimax and Epimax oatmeal served me well during chemoradio treatment, Epimax oatmeal available from GP and Epimax from radio team.

Peter

Hi Bigped, welcome to the group. Well done finishing your treatment. Ask your team to for Flamazine cream, it works wonders, my neck was in a terrible state, Flamazine cleared it up in a matter of days.

Ray.

Thanks Ray, I will try and get some of that. They have given me some flaminal hydro, which is a gel, but it didn't help. I think that might be meant for open wounds, but the cream sounds good. Thanks again. 

I was given PolyMem bandages and they were amazing.

They left me with no scarring and were so comfortable to wear. I can’t recommend them enough but are very expensive so talk to your team or doctor.

regards

Dave 

Hi, will try and get some of that. They have given me some flaminal hydro, which is a gel, but it didn't help. I think that might be meant for open wounds, but the cream sounds good. Thanks again. 

Bigped1610 said:

They have given me some flaminal hydro, which is a gel, but it didn't help

Ray’s advice is good. Flamazine is good. 
Tbe even better news is that as soon as the RT stops your neck begins to heal. 
How are you in yourself? 

Hi, thanks for you reply. I'm not too bad of myself, although today I feel a bit "spaced out" and very tired. They have prescribed Pregabalin a part of my pain management which did make me feel a bit weird, but this is different. It's possibly a physiological reaction to me knowing I've finished treatment? Maybe. 

You sound as if you have weathered the storm pretty well. Keep going. 

It may be too late but E45 and aleo vera gel was recommended by the hospital and I used that right through treatment and still do months later.  It kept the skin damage at bay for me.  I did get one "burn" come up around end of treatment +10 days but that was minor in the scheme of things.

Hi Bigped1610

 I totally agree with Dave5246 I had a terrible time with Flamazine and the hospital had no idea what to do with me but,thankfully Hazel and her husband drove all the way down to Sheffield (in the sw)to bring me some of her leftover PolyMem to try which was absolutely amazing. no longer had to go through the torture of trying to clean dry and put on flamazine everyday and stopped my neck from eeding all over my bedding and pjs. I changed it every couple of days and reordered from Amazon as my Trust had never even heard of it! Within a week it had dried and healed .

All the best with your recovery 

Debbie