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Old 03-22-2007, 08:01 PM   #7
tousled1
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About 4 months after my last chemo treatment I had enough hair on my head that you could actually see I had hair - that was September of last year. I've had 3 haircuts since then -- actually trims. When my hair began to grow back it was growing in at different rates all over my head. I've been having it trimmed every 8 weeks just to try and keep the hair even and also to try and get it into a style. Also when it first came back it was extremely gray and as it grew the gray disappeared! It's darker than my original hair and very straight. My eyebrows and lashes were slower to grow. I now have eyebrows but the lashes are still rather thin. One good thing, the hair on my legs is growing extremely slow. I've only had to shave my legs once! Also, the hair under my arms has not grown back, so I no longer need to shave under my arms.
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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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