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Old 07-31-2006, 10:11 AM   #9
Andi
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: IOWA
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I finished chemo in mid December and at that time had the peach fuzz on top. By the end of January I had a nice crew cut so I stopped wearing my wig in public. I have had 3 hair cuts and am due for another - my hair grows extremely fast. I have lots of curls and I believe it is thicker than before. It is also darker. I was told by a nurse that usually if your hair grew fast (or slow) before chemo it will grow the same after, in my case that is so. My eyebrows and lashes both fell out but have grown back. I never had much for eyelashes but I would say they are about the same now. My eyebrows came back bushy but blonde so I still need to put some color on them and I had them waxed once. I have 3 more herceptin treatments.
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Andi
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Stage IIIC, 17 of 20 Nodes +, E+, Her2+++
Diagnosed 6/30/05
Lumpectomy 7/13/05
Dose Dense A/C x 4
Weekly Taxol + Herceptin x 12
Remainder of year Herceptin Every 3 weeks (completes 9/13/06)
Radiation completed 2/28/06
Currently on Tamoxifen
Dec 06 - Pleural effusion treated with pleurodesis
Now er/pr-, her2++
1/07 started weekly Navelbine plus Herceptin
Discontinued Tamoxifen
4/27/07 CTshowed progression
5/01/07 Began Tykerb/Xeloda + Zometa
5/22/07 Stopped treatment due to great progression
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