CancerCompass message board discussion started by Labgirl on 1/7/2007 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,8676,0.htm Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Hi everyone. The postings have been very educational and very scary. I wonder if I would have been better off not knowing what I to expect in the next 4 weeks. The truth is I'm grateful to have this infomation. This way I can plan ahead a bit and reduce my activities that involve people I don't know. I never considered myself vain, but anticipating looking like a monster is really freaking me out. I have to train a group of people next week and hope the effects are not too bad at that point. I have to start back to grad school in late January and am dreading walking into a classroom of strangers looking so aweful. I am considering skipping class but I really don't want to do that. I wish I knew how drastic my reaction will be. At this point, day 4 I feel like I have a mild sunburn. My doctor has me seeing her for evaluation at 3 weeks. I suspect I have a good case of bad cells because she has already tried burning off the bad areas twice and is now prescribing Carac. As she is examining my face, she is asking me if I have every lived in a really sunny climate. I have not and and was never a big sun person. I am a very light skinned red head. Wish me luck and I hope this posting goes to the right place. I will write again soon.Maybe posting my experiences will help someone else like your postings have helped me.       Labgirl Sun, 07 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT  On 1/7/2007 Labgirl wrote:Hi everyone. The postings have been very educational and very scary. I wonder if I would have been better off not knowing what I to expect in the next 4 weeks. The truth is I'm grateful to have this infomation. This way I can plan ahead a bit and reduce my activities that involve people I don't know. I never considered myself vain, but anticipating looking like a monster is really freaking me out. I have to train a group of people next week and hope the effects are not too bad at that point. I have to start back to grad school in late January and am dreading walking into a classroom of strangers looking so aweful. I am considering skipping class but I really don't want to do that. I wish I knew how drastic my reaction will be. At this point, day 4 I feel like I have a mild sunburn. My doctor has me seeing her for evaluation at 3 weeks. I suspect I have a good case of bad cells because she has already tried burning off the bad areas twice and is now prescribing Carac. As she is examining my face, she is asking me if I have every lived in a really sunny climate. I have not and and was never a big sun person. I am a very light skinned red head. Wish me luck and I hope this posting goes to the right place. I will write again soon.Maybe posting my experiences will help someone else like your postings have helped me. Hi there!  good luck with your treatment and dont get discouraged.  I just finished a course of efudex on my face and it is healing nicely now... every day a little better,  Be sure to ask your doctor if you can put a cream on your skin and what type after your treatment.  My skin is very dry and still itchy and the cream helps me.  Good luck!       Seahorse Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT