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Radiation

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Lindsay, ON

Are boosters harder on your body or easier?

June 21, 2016
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I had the boosters, 8 total around the incision because I was told when the surgeon drags the scalpel across the chest wall in surgery, that they can pick up and redeposit cancer cells along the incision line. I was told that it was deeper and stronger radiation to make sure this didn't happen. It seems that it made my incision line kinda crunchy and hard, I hope this goes away. By chest wall still itches sometimes and it's been three years since the boosters

July 3, 2016
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I had done the same and had the same outcome as Missouri. Coconut oil saved my skin when it blistered a good amount of my body from a chemo reaction too. I believe in it for the skin. It's saved me from being placed in ICU during that reaction. Coconut oil after witch hazel. You can use solid it will melt in your palm or liquid.

June 24, 2016
A MyBCTeam Member

I used coconut oil along with the ampor cream from the doctor .i healed fast the color is slightly darker than it was before radation, i am ok with that as long as i am cancer free woo hoo.

June 24, 2016
A MyBCTeam Member

The boosters were much more intense for me. I got quite a few burns and blisters. I'm using the cream that the doctor gave me, its helping somewhat. The healing process is slow going.

June 22, 2016
A MyBCTeam Member

I had 5 boosts. Those treatments actually go a bit more quickly, as it just a concentrated dose at the incision area, not the whole side.

If anything, I think it gives the rest of your skin a break. Otherwise, I didn't notice anything different. Maybe more tired, but that could just be a cumulative thing, not that it was a boost.

June 21, 2016

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