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Chelee · 07-09-2006, 06:57 PM

Chrisy, Thanks for the GOOD laugh. I lol...and I still am laughing at your comment about how your wonder if you put bags of frozen peas on your head during the infusion if it would save you from losing your hair or give you the Mother of all headaches. Oh my gosh...TOO FUNNY.

I did that Taxotere...wish I would of tried that. LMAO I would of loved to save my hair. It would of been hilarious to be sitting in my infusion chair with bags of peas or ice on my head and watch the STARES & strange looks from all the people that would walk in there for their infusion. I would of never been able to keep a straight face. (I would be a big conversation piece in there if I had done that.) I HAVE to quit thinking about this....my brain must be fried today...because I CAN'T quit laughing about this. I LOVE your sense of humor.

Now on the serious side of this. I had heard mention of putting ice or something cold on the finger nails. I never did this and my nails ARE a nice purple/black color. (Oh so very pretty.) LOL Only the last three fingers on each hand for some reason? The thumb and index finger nail is fine? Plus my toe nails on the left side are purple...but NOT on the right side? Guess the chemo didn't make it that far? (Strange?)

My nails are a bit sensitive and I have been waiting for the three on each hand to fall off...but so far they haven't? (Knock on wood.) I never did see anyone put anything cold on their finger nails or I might of tried it. Well...to late for me.

But I do know the taxotere WILL take a toll on your nails...mine are proof of that. I just don't know why only some of them...and not all?

Chelee

07-09-2006, 06:57 PM	#23
Chelee Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Southern, CA Posts: 2,511	Chrisy, Thanks for the GOOD laugh. I lol...and I still am laughing at your comment about how your wonder if you put bags of frozen peas on your head during the infusion if it would save you from losing your hair or give you the Mother of all headaches. Oh my gosh...TOO FUNNY. I did that Taxotere...wish I would of tried that. LMAO I would of loved to save my hair. It would of been hilarious to be sitting in my infusion chair with bags of peas or ice on my head and watch the STARES & strange looks from all the people that would walk in there for their infusion. I would of never been able to keep a straight face. (I would be a big conversation piece in there if I had done that.) I HAVE to quit thinking about this....my brain must be fried today...because I CAN'T quit laughing about this. I LOVE your sense of humor. Now on the serious side of this. I had heard mention of putting ice or something cold on the finger nails. I never did this and my nails ARE a nice purple/black color. (Oh so very pretty.) LOL Only the last three fingers on each hand for some reason? The thumb and index finger nail is fine? Plus my toe nails on the left side are purple...but NOT on the right side? Guess the chemo didn't make it that far? (Strange?) My nails are a bit sensitive and I have been waiting for the three on each hand to fall off...but so far they haven't? (Knock on wood.) I never did see anyone put anything cold on their finger nails or I might of tried it. Well...to late for me. But I do know the taxotere WILL take a toll on your nails...mine are proof of that. I just don't know why only some of them...and not all? Chelee __________________ DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes. Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs. Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06 Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07 3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07 9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV. 9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa 9-29-09 Power Port Placement 10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head. 11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed 12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa. 3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed. 4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone. 5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy. Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time. 7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.