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Old 01-13-2013, 03:51 PM   #1
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Re: I have to gripe
Hi Lin

I'm six months ahead of you re diagnosis and treatment schedule.

Very well done for going to the gym!

Like you, I lost my hair after the first round of chemo but...it's a year since my diagnosis (January 2012) and I am cancer-free.

Hope this will encourage you to crack on in all you do.

Best wishes

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Old 01-13-2013, 04:44 PM   #2
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Re: I have to gripe
Hi Lynn,

I used a small silk hankerchief to cushion the wig during chemo in 2007 while teaching in a local high school. Silk is wonderful! It keeps you warm when it's cold and make you feel cool when it's hot. And it's soft to the touch so the wig lining would not scratch my head.

If not for the huge long scar on my head (from the brain tumor surgery in 1990), I'd have gone bald... (not really! For informal outings, I just wore/wear a baseball cap.

Feel free to gripe... We are listening!
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Old 01-13-2013, 07:32 PM   #3
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Re: I have to gripe
Hi Linn~
I was diagnosed in July 2012. I just finished Taxotere and Carboplatin in Dec. I actually bought a couple of wigs before I lost my hair. I have only worn them a few times. I work as often as I can so I'm in the public. I found a couple of hair attachments that velco to hats. The hats are easier to wear and I have hair!! I found one at a wig shop and ordered a couple of others online at TLC. I am now 5 (almost 6 weeks) from my last nasty chemo (still doing Herceptin) and my hair is starting to grow. NOW it itches!! I guess we just can't win. My husband also ordered for me one of those bras (that the hospital used), online, after my surgery. So I had 2 for awhile. I did received expanders during my bilateral so my situation is different. HANG in there. All this will end one day. Lots of hugs xxx to you!

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