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Ron,
Tell your wife not to worry! The chemo is working and they definitely do not dilute it. It's natural for her hair to fall out and depending upon what chemo you receive you loose your hair quickly or slowly. She probably has peach fuzz on her head and this is natural. I lost my hair exactly 2 weeks after I started chemo (A/C) and I was bald as a baby's behind. I began getting peach fuzz but that too disappeared. Just when I thought things were getting better - the peach fuzz was growing, I lost my eyebrows and eyelashes. Everyone is different and chemo affects people in different ways. Relax and just that it one day at a time.
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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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