 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | DON'T SCRATCH IT whatever you do! Ask your MO for some topical medicine and dump the Lubriderm. Many here have had issues with Erbitux so ask the MO to manage them appropriately. Make VERY sure that the skin is dry and clean before any radiation treatments. Most lotions and creams left on the skin can act as a bolus, exacerbating the radiation effect 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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