Chemotherapy Permanent Hair Loss

I had breast cancer in 2008 and was given taxotere as part of my chemo treatments. It is now 2012 and my hair has not fully returned. My hair is very very thin, my eyebrows consist of a few hairs, the hair under my arms never grew back (that was a blessing), the rest of any hairs found on my body grow very thinly.

I know I should be thankful to be alive, but having gone through a rough divorce just before the diagnosis, was like icing on a bad cake. I'm tired of wearing wigs and bandanas, I'm tired of having to draw in my eyebrows daily, I'm tired of being afraid of sweating my eyebrows off, I'm tired of having to wear fake eyelashes when going out. It feels like i have a daily constant reminder of the cancer. It kind of wears on your self esteem sometimes.

I'm glad for this blog, because sometimes it's just nice to vent to people who understand what you're going through...thanks : )