Saving some of my hair really helped me. I put it in little ponytails and cut them out. I then used a couple of the ponytails to make bangs for under my hats. Everyone always says they look so real, I respond "of course they do, it's my hair" I do recall the first time looking in the miror and thinking "yes I look like a cancer patient" I really enjoyed not shaving my pits or bikini line. Be creative have fun with it, or show off your bald, beautiful head to the world. I was going to put a henna tattoo all over my head, but my hair grew back to quick, by the time I thought of it.
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Laurie
Diagonsed 8/10/06 (found own lump)at 35
Her 2 +++, er-/pr-
4 A/C 8-29-06 to 11-06
Lumpectomy, node dissection- 11/30/06
Pathology report stage IIIC
1 tumor 3 cm
10 of 15 nodes +
12 Taxol 12/18/06-03/06/07
Herceptin 12/18/06- 12/11/2007 done!!! yeah!!!
33 rads started 3/22/07, done!! yeah!! 5/07/07
Lymphedema diagonsed 2/1/07
BRCA1/BRCA2 negative
port out 1/10/08
pregnant after 6 yeas of trying- due mid feb.
Ryder David Kessel Hunter born feb.6th 2009
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