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Mary Anne in TX · 12-13-2007, 01:25 PM

Mine was thin on top seems like forever after Taxol, Carbo, & H. But when it began to thicken up, it did it quickly. Probably about 6 - 9 months later. It just kept filling in and I just kept having more to comb.
About once a month I had a little celebration of "more hair"!!!!
I must admit it has been nice to have it back. It changed colors about 3 times along the way! Weird. I celebrated those times too!
But I had more sadness about my lashes! I just kept looking in the mirror and seeing this sad face! They came back too, but not as full and certainly not as strong as before.
Boy, do I ever understand the anger and frustration. Tough enough to look good these days! We don't need the constant hair thing too!
But, I was determined not to stress too much about it (I had heard that stress causes hair loss too! is that true?).
It will come back! I got a real for real hair cut 3 weeks ago! Sort of scary, but turned out great!

12-13-2007, 01:25 PM	#17
Mary Anne in TX Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 2,357	Mine was thin on top seems like forever after Taxol, Carbo, & H. But when it began to thicken up, it did it quickly. Probably about 6 - 9 months later. It just kept filling in and I just kept having more to comb. About once a month I had a little celebration of "more hair"!!!! I must admit it has been nice to have it back. It changed colors about 3 times along the way! Weird. I celebrated those times too! But I had more sadness about my lashes! I just kept looking in the mirror and seeing this sad face! They came back too, but not as full and certainly not as strong as before. Boy, do I ever understand the anger and frustration. Tough enough to look good these days! We don't need the constant hair thing too! But, I was determined not to stress too much about it (I had heard that stress causes hair loss too! is that true?). It will come back! I got a real for real hair cut 3 weeks ago! Sort of scary, but turned out great! __________________ MA in TX. Grateful for each and every day.... Diag. 12/05 at age 60 Stage II, Grade 3, 4.5 cm primary tumor ER/PR- Her2 +3 strongly positive Her2 by FISH 7.7 amplified vascular invasion Ki67 20% borderline Jan - March '06 Taxotere/Adriamycin X 3 to try to shrink tumor - it grew April '06 Rt Modified Radical Mas, 7 of 9 nodes positive April - Aug. '06 Herceptin/Taxol/Carboplatin X 8 (dose dense) Sept - Dec. '06 Navelbine/Herceptin x 8 (dose dense) Radiation & Herceptin Jan. 22 - March 1, 2007 Finished Herceptin Dec. 10 '08! One extra year. Port removed August, 2012. 8 1/2 years since diagnosis! 5 1/2 Years NED!