Radiation Burns

Sharing Misery

I feel so sad today because I'm so tired of my radiation burns and the unrelenting pain. I cry many times during the day (especially in the morning and at night when I have to clean and redress these wounds) just because it feels like it will never end. I keep waiting for that moment it will become even tolerable... yeah... that's not in site yet.

These pics were taken last Monday. Two of them are worse today- 5 days later.

On my neck there are 3 from radiating the lymph nodes in the clavicle, you can only really see two here, the other one did not show up in the pic. These are irritable all the time, but not painful unless I forget in the shower and drag a washcloth across it... yes... it happens.

This is in my arm pit, doesn't look too bad but is redder than it shows here, new skin underneath, and I never realized how much that skin rubbed until I got a burn there! That sort-of line on the right is my scar from removing the lymph nodes.

Under my breast. That black stuff? It's my burnt and peeling skin. Have to take that off every day, or every other day. It's an open and lately a bleeding wound. Crap.  This one... this one right here... it's horrid to deal with. I cry whenever I even think about it.

The burn pain competes with the pain in my breast. I think it's liquifying. That's what I liken it to anyway... I know it's not really happening. I just know the sucker hurts really bad.

This is all normal for radiation treatment.