 "OCF Down Under" Platinum Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 453 | Sue G, I agree with Australian dr's tending to keep the skin moist. The creme that they gave steve was very thick but would absorb well. Even though it absorbed it left a moist residue on his skin. His skin never got too bad and what burns he did have started to heal really well almost as soon as radiation finished. I think keeping it moist played a big part in that.
Wife to Steve 43. DX 5 May 09. T4N2MO SCC tongue, floor of mouth, lymph nodes & jaw bone
No surgery
Teeth removed 06/07/2009
radiation 13/07/2009 x 7wks
chemo 15/07/2009 x 3 Cisplatin
last TX 28/08/2009
25/11/2009 PET-lymph node activity.
08/01/2010 CT Scan-ALL CLEAR
03/03/2010-Peg removed
01/2013 left side of Jaw removed and replaced with pectoral flap.
23/12/2020 scan show lesion in tongue
01/2021 SCC stage 3 base of tongue diagnosed
01/03/2021 chemotherapy started.
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