burns hurt

The skin at the base of my neck took quite a beating, its now starting to heal and in the process is quite painful. The skin itself is very red, dry and parchment like and I am quite worried it might tear, adding to the discomfort. As its not being irradiated now I have applied some soothing moisturising creams to help it recover.

Interesting point is the area of hair loss around the chin on the red areas...most of my right side has stopped growing facial hair, though there is still some growth, but the difference between left and right after a few days of non shaving is marked.



I had an attempt to not take my OxyContin yesterday, at least I managed to avoid my morning pill, but by the evening my mouth was burning and my tongue was screaming at any attempt to move it, so I had to take one in the evening. I suppose cutting back is the best I can manage at the moment.
Sorry about the poor quality pic, trying to view the sore spot in a mirror with a crappy phone cam.....don't think it quite stands out, but trust me I am suffering.

I was quite shocked after going to the chemist on Friday, by how much OxyContin I was given, 3 boxes full, thats 45 days worth at my current rate of use. Given this is an addictive drug, that seems excessive to me. I am going to have to find out at what point i need to start worrying about addiction and make sure I don't reach that point.

I am having to stay at home today, at least until the anti-constipition meds (caused by the OxyContin) do their thing, I can't imagine anything worse than being out and about when those kinds of meds decide to do their thing.
Todays Zap is at 5.25pm...lets hope they have done their job before then and don't decide to start in the taxi.