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jaykay · 07-15-2013, 03:50 AM

Hi Susan,

I never lost all my eyebrows and lashes but the brows really thinned. Everyone is different. I also had the eye yuck, due to narrowing tear ducts ( thank you taxotere) and thinning eyelashes.

Don't know about the eye twitch - I get that while under stress sometimes but not related to treatment in my case.

One more to go! Side effects will start to subside when your body "misses" what it expects to be the next treatment (about 3-4 weeks).

best,
Janis

07-15-2013, 03:50 AM	#2
jaykay Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 645	Re: Eye Twitching...even losing lashes/brows Hi Susan, I never lost all my eyebrows and lashes but the brows really thinned. Everyone is different. I also had the eye yuck, due to narrowing tear ducts ( thank you taxotere) and thinning eyelashes. Don't know about the eye twitch - I get that while under stress sometimes but not related to treatment in my case. One more to go! Side effects will start to subside when your body "misses" what it expects to be the next treatment (about 3-4 weeks). best, Janis __________________ March, 2000: 48, Post menopausal (5 yrs HRT) Left breast, IDC 3mm/DCIS 1.6cm, ER+/PR-/Her2+++, mod differentiated, MIB low, lumpectomy, node neg via SNB, rads=33 Stage 1a June, 2000: Tamox 4.5 years,Femara for 5 years (end in Jan. 2010) Sept, 2012: 61, Via mamm, ultrasound, biopsy, right breast, 2.3cm tumor, ER+/PR-/Her2+++, poorly diff, KI67 60-70% BRCA 1 and 2 negative October, 2012: Bi Mast with tissue expanders, port placement Final Path: IDC 2.8cm, DCIS, 1/4 sentinal nodes positive (@#$%). Stage IIB Nov 29, 2012: Begin TCH/6x/every 3 wks, H for 1 year/every 3 weeks. March 14, 2013: Finished chemo April 9, 2013: Begin radiation 28x May 22, 2013: Finished rads June 1st, 2013: Started Aromasin for 5 yrs. July 15, 2013: Switched to Letrozole (Femara). Probably for the rest of my life October 16, 2013: Exchange surgery October 31, 2013: Finished Herceptin December 5, 2013: Port removed Glad this year is over!