Susug! YEAH!!!!!!!!!

SKBrown, you must have heaved a huge sigh of relief about no chemo. Hooray! Your rads will go by quickly.

Hi Clarrn! I noticed a new palpable mass in my armpit area at the beginning of chemo (before rads). I insisted on follow up and was referred for an ultrasound. Happily, it turned out to be just scar tissue, so my fears were alleviated during the US. Phew. I can also say that I think the scar tissue is dissipating since I have been exercising more. Try not to worry, but do pursue the tests so that you can have the peace of mind that you deserve. Best, Kim

Puffin, if you are HER2- and stage 2, why the chemo?

sk: we thought all I'd need after the lumpectomy would be radiation, but my tumor was sent for oncotype testing and I my score was a 27, which is high intermediate (30 is high) so therefore the chemo. Even though it was still small it was considered to be on the aggressive side.

sk: I have Tom deodorant that I never used - didn't sweat during rads! Send me a PM with your address and I'd be glad to send it to you. I used Dove Body Wash for Sensitive Skin

That's an awesome onco score sk, probably the lowest I've heard. Great to have a decisive score rather than something in the grey area.

I don't recall if they ever did an onco score on me. Would that have been done with my initial blood work when I fist saw my RO? Or is it a seperate test

I am ER - I was told I didn't have to take hormone dru

StrongEnough1 So sorry to hear you are having the redness and burning. It is indeed aggravating, isn't it?!!!

I'm still stuck on the notion that Jeanne and I have discussed where we can't have skin or fabric touching that under breast area.

It's like they expect our breasts to levitate!!!


Until such time as someone invents a breast levitation device....


I'm looking for some COOLING PADS or something to put in that under breast area.

Anything that worked for others?

I saw on an older rad board that someone mentioned they got RadiaDres Clear Hydrogel Sheets from their RO.

I also saw a Lindi Skin Cooler Roll on a pinterest board that looks interesting.

I gotta see if I can get a hold of something to cool things down.


CREAMS

It turned out I was allergic to the silvadene which made things worse.

I moved to hydrocortisone creme but I usually can't do that for long either when my dermatologist had me try it for my rosacea.

I'm about out of my biafine and I'm not plunking down another $75 at this stage of the game.

doh! I've just done a bit of research and it looks like Calendula was shown to be more effective than Biafine.

I'm heading to CVS tomorrow with this coupon in hand http://www.boironcalendula.com/coupons/calendula-2... for the product that was in the study.

I finished my 18 tx!! woot!! but the redness sure isn't going away.

It hurts my skin to wear any kind of bra and it hurts my tissues to not wear something supportive.

Time to invent the breast levitator!!

I also have the extreme itchiness, my RO said there is nothing more to do...lol. Saline soaks, hydrocortisone, and glaxal base is not working! So glad I am done 22 out of 25 treatments. So sorry the under boob area is such a problem for most of you, luckily that is the only good thing about a tissue expander, my girl defies gravity right now. Hope you all enjoy your weekend!

P.S. I'm done with radiation so I'm not worried about anything interfering with treatment...just trying to find some relief at this point.

I have super sensitive skin to begin with so everything, but aquaphor is stinging.

I think the aquaphor is keeping things too moist and not allowing my skin to breathe.

A friend suggested I try Crisco as her doc recommended it for her eczema. It protects like petroleum jellies, but allows the skin to breathe.

I'm also going to try olive oil.

I've tried coconut oil and even that stung.

UPDATE: So far so good with the Crisco if you can believe that. It didn't sting during application or afterwards and provided some relief. The experiment continues.... I might add some vitamin E oil to it by squeezing it out of my vitamin E capsules.

here is a suggestion that seems to have worked for me but I never thought of it until my daughter pointed it out. My dd hated that I was half bold, it really bothered her, so she went out a month ago and bought me hair, skin and nail vitimins. I have been taken three day day for a month, being blind I was thinking off to as hair improver, she reminded me it was for skin also.

Even though my skin was broken down under my breast, it hurt for two days and within a week, all new skin was there and it looked great. My underarm skin turned black, then started to fall off, it was as large as my cell phone, now 8 days after the worst, all but just a small small amount is healed, it has not hurt for many many days. My collar bones, hurt and itched but never broken owns

I'm glad you found something that helped GilesMT!

hubermel - If you invent the breast levitation device, let me know! I think I had a reaction to the silvadene as the area is worse not better from last week. I am allergic to sulfa drugs but they thought it wouldn't bother me topically. Now what do do with 8 unopened small jars of the cream! LOL I think I'm going to get another week off of rads which pushes me now into December. I will be so glad when this is over. I am so close to being done and now this is happening.