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Kriss,
Yes, losing your hair is devasting. As everyone else said -- I believe because it's so visual. I always had a hat fetish so I didn't really mind the hair lose all that much. I had about 32 hats and this time last year I was completely bald. Now I have about 1-1/2 to 2 inches of hair. Just to warn you, the hair on your head is not the only hair you'll loose. You will loose all body har - which is good in a way. The worst thing is when you loose your eyebrows and eyelashes. Don't worry your hair will grow back! Mine is coming in much thicker but poker straight!!
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Kate
Stage IIIC Diagnosed Oct 25, 2005 (age 58)
ER/PR-, HER2+++, grade 3, Ploidy/DNA index: Aneuploid/1.61, S-phase: 24.2%
Neoadjunct chemo: 4 A/C; 4 Taxatore
Bilateral mastectomy June 8, 2006
14 of 26 nodes positive
Herceptin June 22, 2006 - April 20, 2007
Radiation (X35) July 24-September 11, 2006
BRCA1/BRCA2 negative
Stage IV lung mets July 13, 2007 - TCH
Single brain met - August 6, 2007 -CyberKnife
Oct 2007 - clear brain MRI and lung mets shrinking.
March 2008 lung met progression, brain still clear - begin Tykerb/Xeloda/Ixempra
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