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Has anyone used Mepitel ?

Breast Cancer | Last Active: 17 hours ago | Replies (29)

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I am pursuing this with my radiologist at the Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland OR where I start radiation today. Their Breast Health Center is one of the top facilities in the country and I just cannot believe they don’t use it when the research is so clear about the benefit. I ordered Mepitel Film from the Mayo Clinic Store and will watch the video with my husband. Hopefully he can apply it for me. I’m a swimmer, and getting back in the pool depends on how my skin reacts. This is so important to me!

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Good for you, being our own advocate for what we need while in treatment is so important to our well being. Since swimming is so important to you, this could be your quality of life issue.
These films are an exciting, relatively new thing to help us prevent burning and scarring. Although I am long since done with radiation I am very happy to read of this success.
How many treatments are scheduled? Won’t you please come back and let me know how you are doing?