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Hi Sheryl,
I agree with Susan. I felt that this disease had taken so much control from me so shaving my hair when I was ready made me feel in control. It also got rid of the need to mop out the shower everytime I used it! It started slowly on day 14 but within 3 days was coming out in clumps (waking up to a pillow covered with hair was the worst). So on day 17 my husband and I opened a nice bottle of wine, put on some music and he shaved and we drank and tried not to take it all so hard. The anticipation of the loss is much worse than the actual thing.
It was a bit of shock for my boys though (ages 13 and 14 at the time) but after a while they were rubbing my head and joking about it like they always do. You will get through this!
Take care,
Donna
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Donna
Diagnosed 2/04 - Invasive ductal - no clean margins
node negative - er+pr+, her2++
Mastectomy 4/04 - 4 rounds AC
9/05 - mets to liver treated with carbo/ixabipelone/herceptin
3/06 - complete remission
9/06 - new liver mets, starting Taxotere/Herceptin
1/07 -Liver mets stable, staying on Herceptin
5/07 - Liver, lung progression - starting T/X
12/07 - Liver, lung progression - starting weekly Navilbene/Herceptin
4/08 - Liver progression - started Abraxane, Carbo, Tykerb and Herceptin
7/08 - Liver Progression - started Gemzar, Avastin and Tykerb
10/08 - Liver progression - starting Doxil
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