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Laurel · 02-05-2014, 06:49 PM

crb,

Most excellent news on the nodes! Hip Hip!

As for the hair, it is not all that bad. Honest. When mine started failing out like a molting bird, I just could not STAND it, so I took charge by grabbing the dog clippers and heading outside to the patio. Mission accomplished. Swept it up and found it really was not an issue for me EXCEPT when my eyebrows got radically thin and I lost my lashes. Learned how to draw a line on my lids, upper and lower, to mimic lashes. Filling in the brows was artistry, but kept me from looking sick. Then it was OVER and my lashes began growing in almost immediately. Hair was back in a few months. Had fun with scarves, wigs, make-up, and BIG earrings. You will too and then it will all be behind you.

02-05-2014, 06:49 PM	#8
Laurel Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Hershey, PA. Live The Sweet Life! Posts: 2,005	Re: Nodes are CLEAR! But big haircut tomorrow :( crb, Most excellent news on the nodes! Hip Hip! As for the hair, it is not all that bad. Honest. When mine started failing out like a molting bird, I just could not STAND it, so I took charge by grabbing the dog clippers and heading outside to the patio. Mission accomplished. Swept it up and found it really was not an issue for me EXCEPT when my eyebrows got radically thin and I lost my lashes. Learned how to draw a line on my lids, upper and lower, to mimic lashes. Filling in the brows was artistry, but kept me from looking sick. Then it was OVER and my lashes began growing in almost immediately. Hair was back in a few months. Had fun with scarves, wigs, make-up, and BIG earrings. You will too and then it will all be behind you. __________________ Smile On! Laurel Dx'd w/multifocal DCIS/IDS 3/08 7mm invasive component Partial mast. 5/08 Stage 1b, ER 80%, PR 90%, HER-2 6.9 on FISH 0/5 nodes 4 AC, 4 TH finished 9/08 Herceptin every 3 weeks. Finished 7/09 Tamoxifen 10/08. Switched to Femara 8/09 Bilat SPM w/reconstruction 10/08 Clinical Trial w/Clondronate 12/08 Stopped Clondronate--too hard on my gizzard! Switched back to Tamoxifen due to tendon pain from Femara 15 Years NED I think I just might hang around awhile....