[rinaina]

Kriss, you are not alone by any stretch of the means in your feelings of losing your hair. I felt that it was such a violation on my body and it made me realize, even though I knew this before it happened, just how powerful these chemo drugs are. But that is a good thing because if they can make hair fall out, just think what they are doing to the cancer! Shaving it right away will make it easier in the long run. I didn't do that immediately and it was horrible waking up everyday and combing my hair only to lose handful upon handful. I waited about 5 days before finally shaving it and it was too long. So I would advise anyone going through it to shave and be done with it. It was too traumatic watching it come out. It's amazing though how unimportant hair loss becomes in the scheme of things, plus you know it will come back. Mine is about an inch long now from root to tip and I ended chemo the end of July 2006. To me it seems like it is growing slow...perhaps the herceptin makes it grow more slowly...I don't know. I am just thrilled it is coming back...very curly and grey by the way. Getting it colored and cut to help tame the collicks and curl a bit. Kriss, we are here for you and never feel alone. Hang in there and I hope you are feeling as well as can be expected while going through chemo.