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No more wigs! (I think)
That's it. I'm tired of my wig. Today was my last day of radiation. Today was the first time I went to a Salon to have my hair trimmed. The picture isn't great. My hair is still thin on top. BUT, it looks not so strange in person on the sides and the back. I'll wear a cap, earrings et al to work for a while. I'll just look like someone with very short hair. [Even if I do look a little strange.]
I'm happy! The woman at the Salon made me feel good about what I was doing. She also helped with some cream to make me look less like a muskrat. And besides that, who cares...
Melanie
So here is my hair(s) without hat and without earrings (they didn't photograph well in the mirror):
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Diagnosed: 7/13/07 (or 7/7/07)
Surgery: 8/15/07 Modified Radical One Side with Lymph Node Dissection
Pathology Report: ER/PR-, HER2+ with FISH at 8.4 copies, Grade 3, Stage IIIa, 3.2 cm tumor plus 4/19 positive lymph nodes
Portacath: 9/7/07
Chemo: 9/14/07 with AC (every three weeks) for four rounds
Physical Therapy for ROM Loss / "Cording" (but not Lymphodema)
Taxol + Herceptin weekly (started 12/2007 with 8 of 12 Taxol)
Radiation: (28 rads from 3/07 to 4/07)
Reconstruction (silicone implant)
Herceptin done (10/08)
Cognitive Remediation (11/08 - 12/08)
Lymphedema Diagnosed 5/10/10 (almost 3 years post cancer diagnosis)
Lymphedema Rehab 9/10/10 - 11/10/10
Six years NED...7/7/2013!
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