Hi Joan. I'll keep it brief.

With my treatment, I was wearing a head restraint that was attached to a table. I had my own fears, which I won't list.

For pain, I asked them to impove the pain control. It is important to stay ahead of this. Don't try to be tough. Get the pain control you need.

For fear, one thing that helped is they played music for me during the treatment. I focused on the music. I actually held onto the the music as a source of comfort.

I had a feeding tube through the wall of my stomach, so eating was not a problem.

This is the kind of skin cream they had me use on the areas that were being hit with radiation. http://uddercream.com/

I also used a very gentle soap to wash. I don't remember which one it was.