tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19031106.post3349844177981783129..comments2023-10-10T04:49:02.472-04:00Comments on I Don't Understand: 5102 Radiation Flagellation~~Silkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122262422346224632noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19031106.post-13143225704482163152017-05-11T18:02:07.123-04:002017-05-11T18:02:07.123-04:00I have a huge jar of cocoa butter sitting on the k...I have a huge jar of cocoa butter sitting on the kitchen counter! Someone had recommended mixing it with tea tree oil to use as deodorant during the treatments, but I never got around to it. If Eucerin is greasy, that will make me unhappy, so maybe the cocoa butter will get some use after all.~~Silkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122262422346224632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19031106.post-3486344269076987232017-05-11T16:17:13.104-04:002017-05-11T16:17:13.104-04:00Yep, our nurses are awesome...but your doc should ...Yep, our nurses are awesome...but your doc should know this stuff . We use good old fashioned Palmer's cocoa butter lotion after radiation. It works great to get rid of the radiation changes but Eucerin is a good second. It seems a little greasy to some of our women.KJLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14020813371913296154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19031106.post-89740720478012015242017-05-10T18:03:37.981-04:002017-05-10T18:03:37.981-04:00KJL,
Oh, yeah, the stabbing pain! The doctors ju...KJL, <br />Oh, yeah, the stabbing pain! The doctors just shrugged. But day before yesterday I mentioned it to one of the radiation oncology nurses, and she said, yeah, that's normal, and it might take a few weeks to go away. I've had it only once in the past few days, and somehow having had a nurse say "normal", I feel so much more relaxed about it.<br /><br />Nurses are ~~Silkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122262422346224632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19031106.post-39811913678269568512017-05-10T17:58:06.918-04:002017-05-10T17:58:06.918-04:00KJL,
There wasn't really any skin breakdown, n...KJL,<br />There wasn't really any skin breakdown, not as I would describe it, anyway. It was just a thin peeling, one layer, even less deep than I might usually get from a sunburn. (I am very fair. The skin on my tummy and legs that never see the sun is white white white. I have to wear hats in the summer or my scalp burns.) I used 100% pure aloe vera the whole time. The technician ~~Silkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122262422346224632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19031106.post-8765684308844568242017-05-10T16:53:10.129-04:002017-05-10T16:53:10.129-04:00The stabbing pains are from the radiation - we don...The stabbing pains are from the radiation - we don't know what causes them but we warn our patients to expect them. They will fade out after the radiation; you'll wake up one morning in a few months and think, "I haven't had one of those horrible stabbing pains in a while."<br /><br />By switching to the boost, you aren't getting any break in treatment. The tumor bed KJLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14020813371913296154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19031106.post-39019073583352207932017-05-07T20:10:58.485-04:002017-05-07T20:10:58.485-04:00You're incredibly strong to be going through a...You're incredibly strong to be going through all this treatment. And now you're almost done! Congrats on being one tough woman.rockygracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14457010488015617811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19031106.post-19810633687187172642017-05-05T16:52:25.928-04:002017-05-05T16:52:25.928-04:00Anna, thank you. I would have expected "my&q...Anna, thank you. I would have expected "my" shower from the Japanese - after all, they've perfected the toilet and the soaking bath (even though they don't seem to have figured out home insulation and heating), rather than from the Chinese. The Chinese are better at clothing and beds. I went looking for "Shower". Found a lot of reviews and a lot of short clips on ~~Silkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11122262422346224632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19031106.post-9662868918220605702017-05-05T15:17:19.629-04:002017-05-05T15:17:19.629-04:00Something like YOUR shower is shown in the beginni...Something like YOUR shower is shown in the beginning of the movie Shower from 1999. I can recommend it! Read more on imdb.com. It's about a Chinese family who owns a bathhouse.Anna, Swedennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19031106.post-34248504271064056612017-04-30T21:06:07.720-04:002017-04-30T21:06:07.720-04:00It seems like they don't look at you, but I be...It seems like they don't look at you, but I bet they are looking at your tests. You might say you feel fine, but your tests say you don't. You might say you hurt, but your tests say "keep doing what you're doing." And it sounds like your tests are jerking your doctors around. They seem fine to us but they don't say what the doctors think they should say and then the the queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10263293738568555668noreply@blogger.com