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Women 30 - 49
Interview 06  

Interview 06

Age at Interview: 47
Sex: Female
Age at Diagnosis: 44
Background:

Brief outline:Diagnosed with breast cancer in 1998. Had a lumpectomy and was given radiotherapy and Tamoxifen.


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Describes how she dealt with breast soreness after radiotherapy and the creams she used.

 



My breast became very red.

When you bathe you're not allowed to soak the breast or soap it, and you can just splash it. I mean for 6 weeks it's slightly awkward to lie in the bath. I prefer a bath. I found a bath was better than a shower because a shower would mean that it was constantly wet.

As I say I did use topical cream, a special cream that they recommended. I also used aloe vera which I know some places are doing a study on because it has very healing properties.

The whole breast went fairly red but the nipple itself went almost black as though I'd been grilled and eventually the top layer of skin came away completely and a new layer grew underneath.

That was rather surprising and I did look as though I'd been under a grill. But it really wasn't all that sore, it was odd but it wasn't all that painful.
Jenni Murray - Breast Cancer
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