 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Hi Gwenny,
The skin on my neck took on the persona of a regular sunburn and it started out redish and just peeled after treatment was over. It wasn't oozing or anything like that. They gave me Desonide cream, 0.05%, to apply topically for the itching (you DON'T want to scratch it!) and that worked really well. It was the least of my troubles, only needed the cream for a week and the skin was the first thing to heal. Make sure there is NOTHING on the skin while getting treatment. Lotions can cause a "bolus" effect and actually enhance the radiation damage to the skin.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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