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Re: Am at a loss for words
I did find a website, headcovers.com, that was most helpful to me. They carry caps (also wigs and scarves) designed to cover the head more completely than the usual. I also liked a sleep cap to hold in my body heat at night.
Everyone is different. The wigs irritated my scalp and make me too hot. I found the caps much more comfortable and wearable. I keep my eyelashes and eyebrows until I began the Taxol and the lost those. For some reason, this caused me more saddness than losing the hair. I leaned to draw them on and used the cap to kind of hide behind.
Remember this is temporary for most people. When my hair came back, I finially had the curly hair I had always wanted. Now, after about a year, the durls have gone and my straight hair has returned.
Sandra
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Diagnosed: 7/25/08 ~ age 63, no family history
Surgery: 8/14/08 Bilateral mastectomy; tumor left breast, node dissection; right prophylactic with expanders: 1/12/10 latisimuss dorsi flap on left side: 9/22/10 implants in
Pathology Report: ER/PR-; HER2+ (3+); Grade 3, StageIII; 3cm tumor plus 21/21 lymph nodes positive; 5cm DCIS
Chemo: A/C; Taxol/Herceptin/Tykerb; phase II study at Mayo adding Tykerb for early stage
Radiation: 25 rads
Vaccine: Walter Reed GP2/AE37 vaccine study ~ last booster 9/17/2012
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