Regimens, side effects, and support from others going through chemo.
Hey All, If you're starting this month, please let's join together here! 🤗
Bout to start treatment in the coming months. Hunting for a good, high quality, realistic looking wig. Found a couple promising ones (ie wigs by tiffani and high definition hair). Seems the one closest to what I am looking for is High Definition Hair (highdefinitionhair.com). They seem to be custom made wigs (custom…
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Hi Everyone - I just finished my chemotherapy and used gloves and socks with blue ice inserts to ice my hands and feet during the chemo to prevent neuropathy. Since I am finished with them now, I'd love to be able to pass them on to someone who could use them. I have quite a supply - 2 sets of gloves with an extra set of…
Hi! I met with my oncologist yesterday to discuss my upcoming chemo regimen. I'm 52. I have (had) IDC stage 1a in my left breast- triple positive. I had a single MX on 2/9/23 with reconstruction (expander). In late March I'll begin 12 weeks of weekly Taxol and Herceptin. After the 12 weeks, I'll continue the Herceptin…
A place for the September sisters to gather and support each other! For inspiration and what to expect, see August 2023's thread.
If you're scheduled to begin chemotherapy this month, join and share here for support. Please share your diagnosis, planned chemo regimen and start date, so we can all support you as you navigate treatment — we're all here for you!
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Good morning! I was very happy to see these threads/groups for folks starting chemo each month and decided to start one for September. I am starting 4 rounds of Taxotere/Cytoxan (Docetaxel/Cyclophosphamide) - who names these things? - or “TC" on 8/29 in Boston.
Does it keep coming out? With each chemo session (my 2nd one is tomorrow) will I just lose the other 50%? It's so disheartening. I was prepared to lose some hair…. but I wasn't expecting to lose so much it early on. Right now the bald spots are at the nape of my neck so it is covered by the rest of my hair. But if I keep…
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