The chemo curls... lol
Before DX with bc...I had long very *fine straight* hair. I could NOT get it to curl nor would you see any kind of waves in it. Just long & STAIGHT. I finished chemo on 6-06. So its been a yr now since my last cycle of TCH. When my hair grew back in I have what I call the "chemo curls". lol Most of you can probably relate.
My question is...the women that runs this little shop where I bought my wigs, scarves, hats, prothesis, etc...she deals with mainly cancer patients all day long. She told me my hair will straighten back out any time now. I am curious if it really will because I was just going to go have it cut & now I am concerned about doing that IF its really going to straighten out. I have to admit though...I kind of like this short hair...its so nice to just wash and wear. Comb it back and go...I've never been able to do that. Saves me LOTS of time. Love that part of it.
Have any of you had the "chemo curls" at first and then your hair straightened back out? If so how long did it take?
Chelee
__________________
DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes.
Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs.
Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06
Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07
3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07
9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV.
9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa
9-29-09 Power Port Placement
10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head.
11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed
12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa.
3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed.
4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone.
5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy.
Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time.
7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.
|