 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Bill,
DO NOT SCRATCH IT! Ask your doctor for a steroidal cream, like Desonide, if itching is a problem. You are at great risk for skin infections. There are many things that you can try, ask your RO and rad techs. There is also a product called "Radiacare" which many treatment centers give away samples of.
Make sure that your skin is clean and dry before having a radiation treatment. Lotions and creams on the skin can have a "bolus" effect and exacerbate the radiation damage to the surface of 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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