#47734 03-04-2007 08:00 AM | Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 11 Member | | Member
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 11 | Monday will be my 16th IMRT and my neck is starting to dry out and itch. What can be used to help this out? 
BILL
T1 N2B/N3 scc rt tonsil
8 taxol/carboplantin
33IMRT with 6taxol/carboplantin
last treatment will be 3/28/2007!
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#47735 03-04-2007 09:09 AM | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 446 "OCF Canuck" Platinum Member (300+ posts) | | "OCF Canuck" Platinum Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 446 | There are a wide variety of high quality moisturizing creams available. Glaxal Base is what I was given at the hospital, and it's available at most drugstores. You want to be careful about what you use: it can't contain any metallic elements ( zinc, silver, etc.) since this can actually concentrate the radiation. Talk to your RO, and see what they suggest
Wayne
SCC left mandible TIVN0M0 40% of jaw removed, rebuilt using fibula, titanium and tissue from forearm.June 06. 30 IMRT Aug.-Oct. 06
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#47736 03-04-2007 10:33 AM | Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 11 Member | | Member
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 11 | Thanks wayne, thats kinda what I figured someone would say.I have the worst urge to grab any old stuff and make the itching stop! Pain I can deal with but the itchies will make me like a baby! LOL
Thanks again
BILL
T1 N2B/N3 scc rt tonsil
8 taxol/carboplantin
33IMRT with 6taxol/carboplantin
last treatment will be 3/28/2007!
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#47737 03-04-2007 10:55 AM | Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 95 Supporting Member (50+ posts) | | Supporting Member (50+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 95 | Biafine ( http://www.cancer.gov/Templates/db_alpha.aspx?CdrID=45577) worked well for my husband - less greasy than many products and smelled better also. Barbara S C/G to Michael age 58, stage 1 base of tongue SC cancer and a stage one for a couple lymph nodes, diagnosed 09/12/06, IMRT radiation 10/24/06 to 12/05/06 (twice per day the last two weeks), first CT totally negative 01/23/07
Barbara S
C/G to Michael age 64, stage 1 base of tongue SC cancer and a stage one for a couple lymph nodes, diagnosed 09/12/06, IMRT radiation 10/24/06 to 12/05/06 , last PET / CT scan 11/7/11 - still cancer free!!!
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#47738 03-04-2007 11:18 AM | Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | 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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#47739 03-04-2007 12:32 PM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,140 Likes: 1 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,140 Likes: 1 | Bill, I was given a product called Udderly Smooth which helped a lot and which I still use as a moisturizer today. It was carried in the hospital pharmacy (and perhaps in feed stores?) | | |
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