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Re: hair questions
It seemed to take 4 - 6 weeks for my hair to begin growing back. August is around the corner - you may want to have a backup plan in case your hair isn't quite the way you want it yet. The good news is it will start growing in and won't quit. In a few months you will have quite a bit to play with. My lashes and eyebrows did fall out while my hair was growing in but it seemed the new ones came in quickly. However your hair looks during the wedding - you will feel blessed to be part of things. That's the beauty of this journey - we begin to understand what is really important.
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11/19/10 Identified swollen lymph node
1/24/11 Mammogram showed microcalcifications - no mass
2/4/11 Diagnosed ER/PR- HER2+++
2/23/11 Began TCH protocol every 21 days 6x
5/23/11 Ultrasound of originally diseased lymph node shows normal
7/25/11 Lymph node dissection - 8 of 14 show disease
7/29/11 Double mastectomy with reconstruction (expanders)
8/29/11 Begin follow up chemo - Adriamycin 4 treatments every 2 weeks and Xeloda. Self inject Nupogen shots
1/6/12 6 weeks of Radiation finished
2/13/12 Last Herceptin/remove port
3/27/12 PET/Brain Scan NED :)
8/15/12 Final reconstruction - hello nipples, good bye expanders
9/14/12 Rejected implant/infection. Implant removed
5/6/13 Latissumis Dorsi surgery left side with expander
PS - my photo was taken 5 days after my double mastectomy surgery and 6 weeks after my TCH was completed
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