BOLICE

TonLee

i hope it works out too, just get some emu oil , it soaks in quickly so it shouldn't be a problem with radiation, i used the aquaphor in the morning and my treatments were at 3:30 and sometimes the girls had to wipe some of the aquaphor off me , it was sooooo greasy. emu oil is nothing like that.  how may rad treatments do you need?  i had 28 and like i said before every other day was the bolis treatment.  i just had my implants put in 2 weeks ago and the ps had to go smaller than the expanders because of the radiated breast.  i am a little disappointed with the size i would have liked to be a bit bigger but it is what it is.  my implants are 350 not sure what size that will be have to wear sports bras for a few more weeks.

good luck

keep me posted

peggy

ya know its funny, people that don't know what we are going through make jokes about size and are ya like dolly etc.  yea its funny but not really.  i don't care what size i am i was happy with the "real me" even though they were far from perfect.  i had my exchange 2 weeks ago today and i am really worried about the radiated side, it is really bothering me.  i sure hope its not going to be a problem.  i will be happy with what the ps did as long as there are no problems , i too will feel like thats a win. 

TonLee

it just hurts, sometimes i get a burning sensation, or just a sharp pain.  the right side feels fine.  it hurts mostly on the side near my underarm,  i am wondering if because i had the stitches out on monday maybe that has something to do with it, although the right side hurt more when he took them out , i actually bled a little ....i don't know today is a bad day for me , feeling a bit sorry for myself , i should be happy i am almost done with all this.  i am just so tired of feeling some kind of pain, it gets old after a while.  ok enough of me crying lol

When I had implants I had to go in about every other day and have some saline withdrawn during radiation. I ended up with encapsulation contracture. I ended up scrapping my implants and doing tram-flap. I hope yours work out well - sounds like your PS knows what they are doing - mine sure didn't!

Pegs I am so sorry you are having a bad day, it will soon pass! The rads side did not hurt me after treatment was over....I hope this encourages you and TonLee both!!

I am a year out, and my skin is fine. Implants are still doing well. I have Barbie boobs...no nipples yet. I want to make sure I don't do any more revisions.

Hang in there guys!!!

Sorry, that sucks.

I took my tape off too, had it over the little marker spots. It peeled off all the skin underneath...sure wish I had done it earlier. The rads tech said it was not a big deal to remark.

I had several types of radiation but can't tell you for sure what to call them.  But they did use a bolus for one.  I have fair skin & I burn easily, so my skin did blister.  They did not use the bolus when they did the scar boost. 

I wasn't real happy with the way I was treated when my skin started to burn & wish I had stopped treatment at that time as I could have finished somewhere esle.  It was the scar boost that cause my skin the worse damage.  My best advice is to be sure you have full confinence with you RO.  NJ

I may have mentioned this to you before Ton Lee, but I went to Sloan Kettering for a second opinion. They do not do boosts with bolus to scar line on implants, too damaging to skin and very low risk of recurrence there....so I went with the 25 rads as was recommended. So, I'm with you...trust your gut.