So it's day 2 of blisters. The blister has not popped, however, last night when I was taking off the dressing on my blister, the tape took off my skin. It's left brand new pink skin open to the air and it's at risk for infection. So last night I called the on-call radiation oncologist again and asked her what to do. The area was seeping some clear liquid and I didn't know what to do. She called in a prescription for silvadene. It's a cream containing silver sulfadiazine. It's used for burn patients. It contains bacteria fighting stuff in it so the risk for infection is lower. So I am applying that to my skin once a day. A word to those going through this... DON'T USE TAPE on your radiated skin. It may take your skin with you! Tomorrow I have to go in and meet with Dr. Marquez. She told me not to use the stuff tomorrow because if I do, and they give me the thumbs up to go ahead with treatment, I won't be able to get it. Maybe they will say it's okay to continue and then the radiation therapists can just put some gauze over the affected area when they put the bolus over me.
So for the rest of today, I am walking around with my left hand on my hip so the creme doesn't come off of the "wound." Brad asked if I was walking the fashion runway. Ha! Far from it. If the blister pops, there's risk of infection and that can get into the blood and cause sepsis. That's what my mother in law has. I don't want to be in the hospital.
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