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linn65 · 05-23-2014, 09:39 AM

Lizabeth, my hair has always been fine but lots of it. Now, I do notice it thin in places. My hair stylist told me to get nioxen (sp) but there all different ones, so I haven't. My acupuncturist told me the shampoo would not work but the acupuncture would help that too.

FO,
For your wife listen, let her cry and maybe if she is lying her head on your shoulder sing a simple song to her, and know you can't fix the way she is feeling and let her go through it. Listen to her and pay attention to what she tells you. Don't let her feel guilt, worry, or shame because you are the caretaker and it's hard on you too (go to other caretakers for that-not her). Start taking a multi-vitamin with iron, vitamin D, and glucosime. I never gained any weight with steroids so I took them. Have one liner jokes ready to make her laugh because it will be hard to find anything to laugh about. These are just a few things......shall I go on..

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05-23-2014, 09:39 AM	#16
linn65 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Attica, IN Posts: 371	Re: Just Starting Our Fight, Help. Lizabeth, my hair has always been fine but lots of it. Now, I do notice it thin in places. My hair stylist told me to get nioxen (sp) but there all different ones, so I haven't. My acupuncturist told me the shampoo would not work but the acupuncture would help that too. FO, For your wife listen, let her cry and maybe if she is lying her head on your shoulder sing a simple song to her, and know you can't fix the way she is feeling and let her go through it. Listen to her and pay attention to what she tells you. Don't let her feel guilt, worry, or shame because you are the caretaker and it's hard on you too (go to other caretakers for that-not her). Start taking a multi-vitamin with iron, vitamin D, and glucosime. I never gained any weight with steroids so I took them. Have one liner jokes ready to make her laugh because it will be hard to find anything to laugh about. These are just a few things......shall I go on... __________________ myleftlump.wordpress.com - started blogging my IDC breast cancer 7/2012 diagnosed with multiple solid lesions 7/20/12 biopsy done. ER+ 30 PR -, HER+++,k167 80% Grade 2 9/2012 biopsy on lymph node - showed malignant 9/2012 Pre-adjunctive TCH chemo. 12/6/12 MRI after Pre-adj. Results: Modest Decrease in size of left breast malignancy As well as the associated satellite lesions and auxiliary Adenopathy compared to prior study. Doctors hoped for better but good response it didn't grow. 12/18/2012 left masectomy with axillary nodes Size 3.2 CM, Nottingham score 9/9 Grade 3, no evidence of in situ carcinoma Areas of angiolymphatic are identified Carcinoma is 0.5 cm from inked deep Margin of excision Attached axillary lymph nodes: metastatic Carcinoma in 6 of 8 nodes. Size of largest node 1.5 cm Extracapsular ER + 73%, PR+2%, HER2+ 2/27/13 6 weeks of IMRT radiation finished 2/2013 Started on Tamoxifan 5 years. 8/2013 will take last Herceptin, 17 treatments total every 3 weeks. BRCA1 & BRAC2 - Negative August 28, 2013 DIEP flap on the left breast. February 2014 Nip & Tuck March 14, 2014 nipple reconstruction and removed port. August 14, 2014 lump in lymph nodes under arm and above clavicle. Stage IV August 28, 2014 herceptin And projeta starting and port put back in. 3/18/15 stopped arimidex. 3/18/15 progression....Tdm1