 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,128 | [quote=Eileen]Pete D. You should be massaging the scar also so it doesn't tighten up. Massage across it. I also used Biafine, the cream I used for radiation burns on the scar. It is a deep wound healing cream with Vitamin E. It cannot be used on an open wound. Talk to your PT about massaging scar.
Take care,
Eileen [/quote]
The PT has given me clear instructions not only about massaging the scars but also about massaging the lymph nodes to which they now must drain and how to move the lymphatic fluids to the nodes. Plus shoulder rotation and deep breathing to loosen it all up.
Age 67 1/2
Ventral Tongue SCC T2N0M0G1 10/05
Anterior Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 6/08
Base of Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 12/08
Three partial glossectomy (10/05,11/05,6/08), PEG, 37 XRT 66.6 Gy 1/06
Neck dissection, trach, PEG & forearm free flap (6/08)
Total glossectomy, trach, PEG & thigh free flap (12/08)
On August 21, 2010 at 9:20 am, Pete went off to play with the ratties in the sky.
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