Skin Cream during radiation

my radiation has started this week on tuesday they gave me biafine to use but i would like something natural i am very fair with freckles and want to come out of this with as little discomfort as possible.  i have only done 2 treatments so far and nothing yet i am using the biafine 4 times a day

I only used 100% aloe - worked great!

Just ordered My Girl's Radiation Cream.  Can't wait to get it.  I'm into my 11th treatment, and also getting the heat treatments with it, so I know I'll need some heavy duty help soon.  Right now I'm using the Aquaphor, and the A&D Cream, Aloe, etc.  No blisters or peeling yet!  Just some redness.   Cora

has anyone experienced muscle and joint stiffness during radiation.  i  am 8 weeks post chemo and 5 weeks post surgury and every day i get up stiff all over could it still be chemo or might it be radiation that is going well 7 so far  and not even pink  thanks to my girls radiation cream.  

sharon 

thanks cora, glad to hear that i am not alone on this effect.  are you doing anything to help the aches  if so what i have started to walk as much as i can but i am still stiff all over.  it made my arthritis mad also.     sharon

cora, seems like we are in the same boat about the same time into it.  i have found that if i walk my knees feel better and i have more engery but some days it's a real chore to get it moving. i am still working and doing rads everyday.  i am a school bus driver so i can come home and rest before or after  my treatment if i need to , today was one of  those days i felt like i could fall asleep walking. my arthritis in my hands hasn't bothered in a long time now my feet, hands and knees and ankles are stiff and sore  i am hoping it will get better soon.  did my chemo in dec and jan and surgery in feb and started rads in march hope this all over soon i am tired of running everyday somewhere to see doctors or get treatments but i do now see the light at the end of that long tunnel and it is getting brighter and larger.                 sharon

thanks for sharing  essiac tea cleanse where do you get it      sharon

I just had treatment #19 (of 33 total, including boost).  I have very fair, thin skin, sunburn easily, can't use paper bandage tape because it tears my skin, etc.  So when the Rad doc and nurse assured me that I'd not become pink until at least week 4 of treatment, I was pretty dubious.  (I WANTED them to be right, though...!)  Anyway, my skin turned pink after 2 treatments.   I started out with the aquaphor the nurse had given me - but that obviously didn't protect my skin adequately, and it was pretty hard to use during the day because it wrecks clothes - so I probably wasn't using it often enough.  By about treatment #4 I'd gotten ahold of Biafine (the other product the rad nurse had recommended - but it's expensive).  Used those two consistently (Aquaphor mostly at night) through this past week.  My skin was very red, very itchy, and a little painful (especially if bumped at all).  I've been wearing cotton camis with shelf bras, no real bras, and careful about having no friction on the affected area.  Last week, the Rad nurse admitted that she "couldn't guarantee" that I wouldn't have blisters by the end, given how burned I look already.  Arghhh! 

So as of this past weekend I'm now on a new course of action.  Rotating between Alra Therapy Lotion (Aloe Vera based), Calendula Gel, and My Girls Cream (also Calendula based).  Bagged the Biafine and the Aquaphor (though I'm still experimenting, and may go back to using the Aquaphor at night).  My breast is already less red than it was.  The Alra and Calendula Gel both help with the itching (with either, I get relief for about an hour).  I love the texture of the My Girls, but it had zero effect on the itching in my case (no better than the Biafine).  I also bought a size larger cami (so the elastic is a little loose around my middle) and am trying that today.

I'll try to remember to update on how it goes as radiation progresses.

Linda

I had bilateral mx, by the way, so I can't offer any bra opinions.

I've been using "My Girl's Radiation Cream", plus Lily of the Valley 99% organic aloe vera gel.  Today's treatment is #20 of 30 and so far so good.  My skin is holding up very well.

I think I used everything --- maybe too much of everything!  Nothing helped me.  I even used the prescription silver sulphadia. . . .???   That was horrible, as it was very thick and hard to get on, and then just clumped up as it dried. 

Maybe everything helped and it would have been a lot worse -- I don't know.  But right now, I'm peeling for the second time --- down to the very tender, very red skin.  I look like someone put a hot iron on my chest and left it there. 

nelia48

i just found out that emu oil is great to heal second degree burns which is what you and i have i bought some today and am going to try it  look it up on the internet i typed in breast radiation burn treatment and it came up with emu oil.  i have only three more treatments left. i put on the emu oil when i got home and an going to use the silvadene later to keep the spot covered and protected i just want it to heal fast.  it is a little better today even though it was treated again just hoping it will not get worse.   sharon

I'm done today with wound care. It is dry. It took 2 months for me.

Nelia48, what did the doctor say about your pain and the burn? Please do not wait for your  month follow up visit. If I saw the doctor right away after my treatment then I'm sure it won't be 2 months for my healing process. My doctor said that the treatment is in our system for 6-10days more so I thought it was normal to have more blister and break out. I was wrong.

Is it me or does anyone else smell an agenda!  Prey upon the weak an injured, classy!