Hi Elbie

Glad this is Micks last day.

As for neck mine was only minor in the big scheme of things but started after treatment stopped.
I used Hydromol cream and kept in fridge cold and that helped me, especially to negate the itching..
Hazel is probably able to help more with neck blisters/burns etc and advise re neck dressings

Best wishes to Mick on his recovery phase and hope side effects kept to a minimum

ian

Hi Elbie

Glad this is Micks last day.

As for neck mine was only minor in the big scheme of things but started after treatment stopped.
I used Hydromol cream and kept in fridge cold and that helped me, especially to negate the itching..
Hazel is probably able to help more with neck blisters/burns etc and advise re neck dressings

Best wishes to Mick on his recovery phase and hope side effects kept to a minimum

ian

Hi Laura 

Paul had really horrible radiation burns on his neck . We used intrasite hydrogel and allevyn non adherent foam dressings and they worked really well and cleated them up in about 5 days. To be honest as a nurse we only used silver nitrate dressings for ones which are infected and smell. The hydrogel dressings you leave on for a couple of days so as to allow the new tissue to form without having to keep remiving them whereas the silver ones you usually have to change daily so can be painful to change everday. The best thing is to be guided by the radiotherapist and soecialist nurse.

Hope that helps a little

well done on finishing the radiotherapy 

best wishes

Emma