Any February 2012 radiation gals out there?

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  • bak94
    bak94 Member Posts: 1,846
    edited February 2012

    Oh nevermind! Mine is 10% calendula cream! Found it online for less, if there is no shipping charge.

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  • SuperFoob
    SuperFoob Member Posts: 505
    edited February 2012

    Hi Bak94!

    I use Bioron Calendula Cream:

    http://boironusa.com/products/calendula-cream.php

    I get it at Whole Foods. It costs about $8-$9 USD. I had treatment #16 today and I have used one tube up and started a new one yesterday.



    Thanks for the compliment as well! My mom would LOVE your avi. She volunteers in the Krall at the Living Desert in Palm Springs, CA. She absolutely loves the goats, especially the Nubian Goats.

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  • SuperFoob
    SuperFoob Member Posts: 505
    edited February 2012

    Oops! Guess I should've read page two before posting!

    DOH!

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  • bak94
    bak94 Member Posts: 1,846
    edited February 2012

    Thanks! That is the same one I am using, just going thru it fast. I love my goats, we have one nubian and an assortment of other types, 5 total. My favorite on is a boer, he is huge (stocky) and sooo sweet! My husband teases me that he would get good money for him from a guy at work, as he wants to fix him for dinner! Never would let that happen:)

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  • Chicago1958
    Chicago1958 Member Posts: 90
    edited February 2012

    Bye Relda! Best wishes!

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  • bojo
    bojo Member Posts: 74
    edited February 2012

    Done with 22 whole breast, starting boost today I will get 8.  I am totally exhausted.  My underarm is killing me and under my breast is totally disgusting.  Red, Blisters, Swollen, Itchy.  I hate hate this.    I new this would happen but it still doesn't make it easier when it actually does happen.  thanks for letting me vent!

    Jo

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  • belleeast
    belleeast Member Posts: 653
    edited February 2012

    hi all,

    #12 yesterday,the tech said you are getting quite toasty,a little early for that,she also said the last few weeks of treatment you will probably have to quit wearing a bra! great excuse to go shopping,bought 3 camosiles(spelling?) hope everyone is doing well!

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  • mlm445
    mlm445 Member Posts: 57
    edited February 2012

    Geegster - fanstastic news!  Relda, all the best to you with Chemo. I just finished in December and have about 1/8 of an inch of hair coming back. I too did the short doo!  Girlpower - i too had my eyelashes and brow fall out just after my last taxol treatment. It's now coming back so fast I had to have my eyebrows down. I have all this light downy hair... 

    I'm using Calendula gel and cream. I use the cream before bed and the gel right after treatment in the dressing room. For those who asked about dry mouth - I used biotene during chemo.. it's great stuff and you can get a wash, gum or spray. I had #7 today 26 more to go.    

    Keep up the fight Ladies!!!!!   

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  • mlm445
    mlm445 Member Posts: 57
    edited February 2012

    oh.. I've been using drugstore.com for calendula

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  • Allagashmaggie
    Allagashmaggie Member Posts: 92
    edited February 2012

    Hello,

    I am scheduled for simulation, mapping on February 29th after having 6 rounds of chemo, which I finished up on February 7th.  Can anyone tell me how long it took you for your initial mapping, tatooing, ct scan, etc.,  Was it an all day affair or just a few hours?  I forgot to ask them and every time I call the cancer care place I get voicemail.  Just curious.  I am not looking forward to this because I have to move out from where we live to be near where I receive treatment.  I just hope I can tolerate it as well as I tolerated chemo.  Thank you for any info you can give.  Allagashmaggie. 

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  • mlm445
    mlm445 Member Posts: 57
    edited February 2012

    Hi Allagashmaggie, Welcome

     My mapping took only a few hours. I had my 7th treatment today and went through 8 rounds of chemo. I can say as of now this is much better than chemo!  Sorry you have to relocate for treaments.. I did the opposite.. I traveled for chemo and surgery and am doing rads near home. You will do great!  

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  • GrandmaV
    GrandmaV Member Posts: 1,267
    edited February 2012

    Hi Allagashmaggie, it's good to see you.   In my case, it took about an hour.    I've had 8 tx so far, and it has been easy, but a little tedious.  RO told me the skin problems don't usually occur until about half way.  I'm getting 25 whole breast and 5 boosts, so I have 7 more until I'm halfway.  I'm turning a little pink, but that's all.  I'll be leaving for #9 in a few minutes. 

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  • NancyJill
    NancyJill Member Posts: 218
    edited February 2012
    Congrats, Relda. Good luck with chemo. 14 out of 33 went fine today. My team is more careful now to give me a towel and to keep parts of me covered up that don't have to be exposed, and I appreciate it. El-jaye, give yourself a break about being tired. I think my naps kept me healthy when I was immuno-compromised from chemo. I will post my 6-month MRI results when I find out Tuesday, but am expecting to be fine.
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  • GirlPowerDebbie
    GirlPowerDebbie Member Posts: 213
    edited February 2012

    Allagash, my mapping, CT & tatoos took less than 45 minutes. 

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  • el-jaye
    el-jaye Member Posts: 64
    edited February 2012

    NancyJill - thanks! I tend to be really hard on myself.  I worked during chemo, almost everyday - with the exception of the days I was in hospital with neutripenia and the few days after each treatment when I could not get off the couch!   I was thinking that working during rads would be easier.  I guess it is in reality.  Because out of the 13 treatments I have had, yesterday was the only day I was really fatigued.  Today, I am not doing too bad, pacing myself at work!

    Allagashmaggie - hi!  My simulation, CT and tattoos took about an hour.  

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  • dancetrancer
    dancetrancer Member Posts: 4,039
    edited February 2012

    Oh bojo, I can't wait for this to be over for all of us.  I hate that you are having such a bad time with your skin, fatigue, etc.  Thank goodness you are close to being done - you are on the homestretch!!!

     I found calendula 10% cream today (Borion).  I'm trying it out on my non-rads breast first to make sure I don't break out.  I have a tendency lately to allergic reactions.  That's all I need, LOL.  

    My RO also suggested GlucanPro which a professional cream...it's ~ $50 for 85 grams, though...can you say pricey???  I am going to see if the the calendula improves my skin first.  If not, I'll break down and open up the piggy bank.   

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  • Jean0078
    Jean0078 Member Posts: 38
    edited February 2012

    I just finished treatment # 16. Yesterday I felt like I was hit by a truck and today also. I can barely function. My legs feel like they weigh 500 lbs. The Onc Dr. said all of this is normal and that there is really nothing that will help with it, it  is all individual. Seems like I have been tired since my surgery in August! Will be done on March 7. Am 63 so maybe age has something to do with it.  All I know is next is the anti-hormonals which freak me out as I am still having real bad menopausal mood swings since I had to discontinue my HRT patch.

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  • gerrib
    gerrib Member Posts: 163
    edited February 2012

    Mim and Grandma - We are at about the same stage of treatment. I have #7 today. I already have some red spots under my boob and slight inflammation in the skin fold.

    Jean hoping you have a bit more energy today. I am 61. I'm not looking forward to starting Tamoxifen. I didn't have any post-menopausal symptoms so don't know if that's a good omen.

    Gerri 

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  • GrandmaV
    GrandmaV Member Posts: 1,267
    edited February 2012

    Gerri,  I've been afraid of the under part of my boob as I have skin on skin, so I went to wal-mart and bought a 5 pack of comfortsoft tank tops undershirts (mens).  I wear one all the time and keep it tucked under my boob so skin is not on skin.  Also under my bra, so bra doesn't irritate that area and so far so good.  You may have already been doing this, but just a thought.   My RO also only wants me to use emu oil twice a day.  Once after tx and once before bed.  And that's what I've been doing, But if I start having some inflammation or burns I will try some of the other things the ladies here have suggested. 

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  • bojo
    bojo Member Posts: 74
    edited February 2012

    Dancetrancer,

    Thanks for your kind words, the nurses gave me these gel thingys that cool the skin.  Feels nice for a little while. But they assured me since i started my boost today the area that is really bad won't get any more rads, they say the worst is over.  I know that, i remember that, i just have to make it through the next 7 boosts.

    Jo

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  • GrandmaV
    GrandmaV Member Posts: 1,267
    edited February 2012

    bojo, I hope you heal fast.

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  • belleeast
    belleeast Member Posts: 653
    edited February 2012

    grandmav,thanks for the idea of the tank top undershirts. i see a trip to walmart in the near future.

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  • bojo
    bojo Member Posts: 74
    edited February 2012

    thank you grandmaV!

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  • bak94
    bak94 Member Posts: 1,846
    edited February 2012

    I had number 6 today. Anyone else feeling nauseous? It seems to happen about 4 hours after radiation, just slightly but definitely there. I have alot of area being radiated.

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  • GrandmaV
    GrandmaV Member Posts: 1,267
    edited February 2012

    bak94,  the first week of rads I felt nauseous for a couple of days.  I didn't know if it was the rads or these supplements I'm taking for the clinical trial.  I had some compazine left over from chemo and it cleared it right up.  I haven't had any this week though.

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  • GrandmaV
    GrandmaV Member Posts: 1,267
    edited February 2012

    belleeast, I hope they help.  I like them.

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  • dancetrancer
    dancetrancer Member Posts: 4,039
    edited February 2012

    Bojo, that's good to hear that the bad area won't be getting more rads.  Fingers crossed for you that things sail smoothly from here on.  

    bak94, no nausea...yet.  

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  • rabbit
    rabbit Member Posts: 613
    edited February 2012

    yikes, I can't seem to catch up on this thread! LOL

    I had my rads put on halt after #8, some sutures that were supposed to dissolve, did not and my BS had to numb me up and cut me open where the SNB was done to remove them, they were causing a pustule thing...so they won't do rads til Tuesday :( and that's if it's healed up nicely.

    Hopefully this weekend I can catch up on the thread...

    Have a great weekend all, hugs! 

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  • Allagashmaggie
    Allagashmaggie Member Posts: 92
    edited February 2012

    Mlm445 thanks so much for the info and your encouraging words.  My breast surgeon told me when I went for 6 month followup mammo in January that I was nearly through the hard part of chemo and that radiation would be a "piece of cake."  Time will tell on that one after reading some of the posts here but I will perservere and hope my skin doesn't get too cooked as I am fair complected.  GrandmaV, good to see you here as well and hope it all continues to go well for you.  And GirlPowerDebbie, thanks so much for responding to my question on how long the simulation takes.  This give me a good idea what to plan on.  I have to say that the people at the Cancer Care place I go to are very, very nice in person but I find when I call on the phone, some of them can be very abrupt and not helpful.  I had to call 3 times to see when my mapping was scheduled for and the woman was very short on the phone with me.  I had to travel to that area two days ago so stopped in to ask more questions and she was nicer than on the phone.  But.....I was mostly concerned with when the actual radiation would start so I could plan our move out of here and forgot to ask how long the mapping took.  You folks are much nicer about answering that question (haha).  I know they deal with so many patients that it is easy to get testy but......they signed up for the job.  I envy all of you as you are that much further ahead in this than I am.  I will try to keep updated on your posts, which will help keep me going.  Have a great weekend off from radiation all.  Allagashmaggie

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  • misha99
    misha99 Member Posts: 28
    edited February 2012

    Nothing exciting to report here in Iowa-- I made it to rads despite the snow today.  I feel great---even better when i can get into to pool and waterwalk. Getting a little pink and some of the pink is turning to tan. I  might have to find a secret summer place to sunbathe and get the other side to match!! So i am done with number 10 and have 23 to 28 more to go.

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