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Re: Working during Chemo?
Kim~I lost my hair two weeks ago. Have worn a wig to work everyday - I am in the medical field, and treat patients, so I did not want my own patients to assume I am "sick" if they saw me with no hair...I feel 100% normal most days and not sick from the chemo at all. Prior to the wig, I had cut my hair short and dyed it back close to my normal color to match the 2 wigs I had bought.
Home I have a bandana or hat on and have only gone out in public without my wig last weekend when we went to a theme park and I was terrified my wig would fly off on a roller coaster...LOL
I would say go with what you are comfortable with! Or you could have fun with it and wear a different wig each day 
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1/17/14 Day after 44th b-day, Got dx of 2 malignancies Rt breast; ER/PgR- HER2+
1/21/14 Biopsy of spot on left; normal
1/28/14 PET scan - CLEAR!
1/29/14 BRCA normal!
1/31/14 Sentinel node biopsy
2/5/14 Nodes are CLEAR! Stage I/IIa, N0, M0
2/13/14 Start Chemo, 6 rounds for 18 weeks prior to surgery
2/28/14 Port placed
3/6/14 Chemo Round 2
3/27/14 Chemo Round 3 (halfway done!)
4/11/14 u/s shows 2cm tumor about 2x5mm now!
4/17/14 Chemo Round 4
5/8/14 Chemo Round 5 and Daughter's Birthday :)
5/27/14 Last Chemo Party - Round 6
6/17 14 Herceptin only until next Feb.
6/20/14 BMX/Immediate reconstruction DONE
6/30/14 Path report back...NED!
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