It's confusing and frustrating to say the least. Apply the cream around the stickers and markers as much as you can because it will really help your skin during radiation. Wishing you the very best. Please stay in touch with us so that we know how you're doing. Endless hugs and much love.

4 of the 5 times I had radiation I asked the radiation techs to give me one of the pens they use, that way I could make sure my marks stayed visible through lotion applications and showers. I never had stickers put on my body. That just sounds odd because you want to put lotion on all the skin that's been radiated. I've had radiation with and without tattoo dots. When I haven't had the dots the radiation techs draw an "X" to mark the spot and I make sure to go over it with the pen and also have radiation techs go over the marks before each radiation session. I have never had a problem with the marks not showing when I go in for radiation treatments.

The advice you've already gotten is good. I just finished radiation about 2 months ago. I only did 15 fractions (three weeks), but over the course of my treatment, I still managed to lose two stickers on two separate occasions. I found that even with keeping the lotion off the tops of my stickers, they got sticky-gunky & kind of shifty on my skin. The good news is that the radiation therapy technologists were able to get me lined up and re-marked very easily. In a way, I would have liked to have gotten the little "freckle tattoos" that I've heard others talk about getting, but my treatment center only used the markers/stickers. Both methods have their advantages and disadvantages... Many women hate the little tattoo dots.
Good luck with your continued treatment, let me know if you have any other questions, and I can share my personal experiences.

The "stickers" are just small, round, medical grade clear adhesive plastic that goes over top of the X's they draw on. It's very common practice many places.