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skoolmom · 11-05-2006, 05:38 PM

I too had the 4 dose dense A/C, 12 weeks of Taxol/herceptin and now on every 3 weeks Herceptin for 12 more doses, I finished my 33 days of radiation on June 21. Hopefully you'll do as well as I did, I didn't burn , peel or itch or anything. I kept putting vitamin E lotion on the area all the time and it kept it soft. I did get a little bit brown coloring but nothing bad. My hair has grown back and I was lucky enough to get the chemo curls, but it came in salt and pepper (heavy on the salt) I had some gray but not mostly white with the rest gray. I was just happy to have hair and some dye fixed the white hair up just fine! I've had several people ask me if I got a perm and asked who my hairdresser was. I told them hair by oncologist and body by surgeon! I wish you success in the rest of your journey! Hopefully we'll all be able to live a cancer free life now!

11-05-2006, 05:38 PM	#3
skoolmom Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Lambertville,MI Posts: 14	hi kelly I too had the 4 dose dense A/C, 12 weeks of Taxol/herceptin and now on every 3 weeks Herceptin for 12 more doses, I finished my 33 days of radiation on June 21. Hopefully you'll do as well as I did, I didn't burn , peel or itch or anything. I kept putting vitamin E lotion on the area all the time and it kept it soft. I did get a little bit brown coloring but nothing bad. My hair has grown back and I was lucky enough to get the chemo curls, but it came in salt and pepper (heavy on the salt) I had some gray but not mostly white with the rest gray. I was just happy to have hair and some dye fixed the white hair up just fine! I've had several people ask me if I got a perm and asked who my hairdresser was. I told them hair by oncologist and body by surgeon! I wish you success in the rest of your journey! Hopefully we'll all be able to live a cancer free life now!