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  • kjiberty
    kjiberty Member Posts: 687
    edited July 2012

    Mamav:  Congrats!  

  • Elizabeth1889
    Elizabeth1889 Member Posts: 509
    edited July 2012

    MamaV, Congratulations on your 20th wedding anniversary! I wish you many more happy years together.

  • schatzi14
    schatzi14 Member Posts: 906
    edited July 2012

    MamaV...you are still newlyweds...congrats and least 40 more!

  • kjiberty
    kjiberty Member Posts: 687
    edited July 2012

    MamaV--We had our 32nd anniversary on 26th of July.  Times goes by so fast...

  • schatzi14
    schatzi14 Member Posts: 906
    edited July 2012

    If I add all my marriages together...I have 44 does that count??

  • nkb
    nkb Member Posts: 1,561
    edited July 2012

    Schatzi- it all counts!

    29th anniversary falls on my last day of chemo! My sister's birthday also. So much to celebrate!

  • camillegal
    camillegal Member Posts: 15,711
    edited July 2012

    Shatze hahahaha---mine just add up to 20 yrs. I guess I lost interest LOL---So u beat me--it sounds like u gave it an efforth tho LOL

  • schatzi14
    schatzi14 Member Posts: 906
    edited July 2012

    Well that is triple cause for celebration!! Way to go....

  • schatzi14
    schatzi14 Member Posts: 906
    edited July 2012

    camillegal...yeah I am a stubborn ole coot...just saved the best (third) for last!

  • camillegal
    camillegal Member Posts: 15,711
    edited July 2012

    AWWWWWW that's so sweet, too.

  • camillegal
    camillegal Member Posts: 15,711
    edited July 2012

    AWWWWWW that's so sweet, too.

  • LuvRVing
    LuvRVing Member Posts: 2,409
    edited July 2012
    Schatzi - I'm right with you...32 years with my current love and 12 years the first time around.  Congratulations to all you "newlyweds" Laughing
  • Ellendou
    Ellendou Member Posts: 29
    edited July 2012

    We hit 41 this year.....all with the same one.   Congratulations to you all.

  • jpmomof3
    jpmomof3 Member Posts: 198
    edited July 2012

    updated my avatar with this weeks photo, the hair isnt feeling so baby soft any more.  starting to get my normal texture back, at least a hint of it.  the last of my brows and lashes fell out today though.  I keep hoping that i am seeing white brows and lashes growing back but i cant tell.

  • Sissydi
    Sissydi Member Posts: 183
    edited July 2012

    Wow jpmom, your hair has really come in!

  • camillegal
    camillegal Member Posts: 15,711
    edited July 2012

    Doing good JP

  • Ella_117
    Ella_117 Member Posts: 48
    edited July 2012

    Ok...so here's my hair question:

    I am 4 months PFC and the hair is starting to grow back, but I am noticing it is growing way faster on the sides and back. Why is it that my bangs always seemed to grow the fastest pre-chemo, and now they are the slowest growing area on my head! Does anyone else seem to have this problem?

  • shore1
    shore1 Member Posts: 591
    edited July 2012

    Ella, im 6 months pfc and my hair is growing the same way - bangs are behind the sides & back. Id hate to have to trim even a tiny bit, but im afraid it will eventually turn into a mullet if I don't trim the back so the bangs can catch up. Weird, because like you said, pre chemo, bangs always grew fastest.

  • AEM47
    AEM47 Member Posts: 177
    edited July 2012

    Ella - same thing happened here...and then it drastically changed and the top took off.  I can see my bangs and the top literally growing each day...where as the sides seemed to have slowed down a bit.  Maybe yours will do the same :-)

  • kjiberty
    kjiberty Member Posts: 687
    edited July 2012

    JP-How many weeks PFC are you?

    Ella:  My hair is the same way and I am 1 month PFC. 

  • LuvRVing
    LuvRVing Member Posts: 2,409
    edited July 2012

    I'm 10 months and my bangs and the top are finally looking more in proportion to the back.  I had the back trimmed a bit twice to prevent the mullet. 

  • kjiberty
    kjiberty Member Posts: 687
    edited July 2012

    LuvRVing:  YOu look beautiful!

  • LuvRVing
    LuvRVing Member Posts: 2,409
    edited July 2012

    Thanks, Karen!

  • herstrong
    herstrong Member Posts: 53
    edited July 2012

    My hairdresser (also my cousin) says that the front grows slower because it has less blood supply than the back in general, not just after chemo. Maybe we notice the front growing faster because it gets in our eyes???

  • auntienance
    auntienance Member Posts: 3,927
    edited July 2012

    Ella oh yeah. I'm 7 and a half months pfc and I'm still thin on top in places while I've had the sides and back trimmed several times to control the curls. The top and front of my hair always was thickest and grew fastest, now it's maddeningly slow.

  • rockym
    rockym Member Posts: 386
    edited July 2012
    Nancy, did trimming the curls keep them from coming back?  I'm 8 months PFC and not sure about trimming anything yet.
  • mizmarie
    mizmarie Member Posts: 137
    edited July 2012

    Ella, I have the same problem...  My bangs are about an inch shorter than everywhere else.  I will say, however, that my hair seems to be growing a bit faster lately, and I'm finally able to use a flat iron to make my bangs seem almost like real bangs, and not "fringe".  We're getting there!

  • schatzi14
    schatzi14 Member Posts: 906
    edited July 2012

    yepper...I am 6 months PFC and have hardly any bangs...they USED to grow like crazy!

  • camillegal
    camillegal Member Posts: 15,711
    edited July 2012

    For some reason the back grows faster, then the sides then the rest which include bangs--and to me that's important Ella- very important LOL

  • shore1
    shore1 Member Posts: 591
    edited July 2012

    Does hair hurt when it grows in? Im 6+ months pfc

    and my hair/scalp hurts like its sore but none is falling out. Im wondering if fast growing hair can feel sore just like falling out hair.