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StephN · 12-17-2005, 01:37 PM

Hey Joy -
Was beginning to wonder where your smiling face was.
Knew you were considering a chemo regimin again, so glad to hear that you have a good one started. I recall some other gals on this board who used this combo when it was first really approved, and there were some good results.

For me Taxol was a good drug to put a halt to my raging liver mets, but I used it with navelbine instead of carbo. The three-pronged approach to kill the cancer is a good one. And I was also on it weekly. This was better overall as I had pretty high doses.

I did lose my hair completely (except for some on my lower legs!) for the second time. The brows and lashes were slow to go, but did. My left brow has still not grown all the way back in (but maybe the Gamma Knife radiation did not help that either).

Basically I have lost my hair completely twice and had it thin alarmingly after my Gamma Knife last Jan. It has now come back to just about normal and I had a body perm just before San Antonio, so it looks a little fuller than it actually is.
I did take some supplements that are supposed to nourish the hair, skin and scalp as well as use Nioxin hair care products.

Hang in there with the weekly treatments - it worked for me and there has been no sign of my liver mets for over 3.5 years. You CAN get there.

12-17-2005, 01:37 PM	#2
StephN Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Misty woods of WA State Posts: 4,128	Good to 'see' you! Hey Joy - Was beginning to wonder where your smiling face was. Knew you were considering a chemo regimin again, so glad to hear that you have a good one started. I recall some other gals on this board who used this combo when it was first really approved, and there were some good results. For me Taxol was a good drug to put a halt to my raging liver mets, but I used it with navelbine instead of carbo. The three-pronged approach to kill the cancer is a good one. And I was also on it weekly. This was better overall as I had pretty high doses. I did lose my hair completely (except for some on my lower legs!) for the second time. The brows and lashes were slow to go, but did. My left brow has still not grown all the way back in (but maybe the Gamma Knife radiation did not help that either). Basically I have lost my hair completely twice and had it thin alarmingly after my Gamma Knife last Jan. It has now come back to just about normal and I had a body perm just before San Antonio, so it looks a little fuller than it actually is. I did take some supplements that are supposed to nourish the hair, skin and scalp as well as use Nioxin hair care products. Hang in there with the weekly treatments - it worked for me and there has been no sign of my liver mets for over 3.5 years. You CAN get there.