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janet11 · 10-04-2007, 07:18 AM

I have always had very fine hair -- not real thick, but it was ok. I went on TCH and my hair thinned so much it wasn't apparently immediately that there WAS some hair there.

Now 8 months after chemo, I never got thick and curly. Instead, my hair is coming back painfully slowly. It's now about 1.5"-2" long, but so very thin that there are large scalp areas showing through. Saw my onc yesterday and she's sending me to a dermatologist to see if anything can be done. She said that by now, I should have more hair than this.

I never liked my hair (too fine and thin), but all I want now is what I had before chemo. Too fine and thin will be just fine again if I can at least have some type of hairstyle and look like a girl again. (Girl! Humph. I'm 58 (*laugh*).

Janet

10-04-2007, 07:18 AM	#6
janet11 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Rowlett, TX Posts: 138	I have always had very fine hair -- not real thick, but it was ok. I went on TCH and my hair thinned so much it wasn't apparently immediately that there WAS some hair there. Now 8 months after chemo, I never got thick and curly. Instead, my hair is coming back painfully slowly. It's now about 1.5"-2" long, but so very thin that there are large scalp areas showing through. Saw my onc yesterday and she's sending me to a dermatologist to see if anything can be done. She said that by now, I should have more hair than this. I never liked my hair (too fine and thin), but all I want now is what I had before chemo. Too fine and thin will be just fine again if I can at least have some type of hairstyle and look like a girl again. (Girl! Humph. I'm 58 (laugh). Janet __________________ Janet in Rowlett Texas Dx July 2006 IDC 1.8cm, ER-/PR- HER2+ (FISH 7), KI67 High (60%) grade 3, TOPO II neg Aug2006: lumpectomy, SNB (4 nodes neg), Stage 1 Jan 2007: Finished 6 cycles of TCH (Taxotere, Carboplatin, Her ceptin). Then Herceptin every 3 weeks. Feb 2007: Completed Radiation May 2007: Stopped Herceptin due to low LVEF (49%) July 2007: LVEF now 44% -- starting Coreg May 2008: Heart NORMAL! Yippee.