Hair Hair Hair - Another question
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Maggie,
You should definitely go WITHOUT the wig, you have a ton of hair and how great you look!
HUGS, Dawn
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Lori and Maggie are you getting the dreaded hot flashes on the arimidex??? Maggie your hair looks great i have had one trim around the ears and the back and i think it is time for another. No More Wig you don't need it. I would post pics i have some but still can't figure out how to do it. I love my hair, it is curly and after always having straight hair it is quite a change.
I have also got another little thing that has happened and wonder if anyone else has it. I have no hair or sweat under my left arm don't need deoderant under that arm either my rad doc said i might never get any hair there not sure about the deodarant part. this bc thing sure does some weird things to us doesn't it. All the support is WONDERFUL HUGGS TO YOU ALL. WE ARE SURVIVORS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sharon
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Sharon, Oh yeah, hot flashes.............BIG TIME! Especially at night. I am lucky to get 2 hours of sleep at a time. But I do take some things. Before that, it wasn't unusual to get 3 or 4 hot flashes an hour! I am learning to live with it. And of course since we are blocking hormones, there is NO sexual drive at all, I think that is the very worse of the side affects!
Lori
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Maggie - I agree with Lori - you are adorable.
Christi - My lashes have started falling out again, too. My last chemo was January 19. 2 other women who took Taxol about the same time have noticed their lashes coming out again, too.
I don't have any hair under the arm on my mast side and I haven't perspired on that side either. The other side is th same as it used to be.
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AWWWW - GIRLFRIENDS: thanks sooooo much for your thoughts,encouragement, inspirations, and most of all your support - we are all in the same boat and we are all heading in the same direction - REAL HAIR!!!!! And, we are and will keep plugging along for each other - I am sooooo grateful for each and every one of you - thank you, God, for sending me to this site (way back when - lol).
P.S. I so appreciate that you all think I'm adorable, cute, etc. I don't think so!!!! lol- I'm just an oldie, but I guess a goodie!!!????
And, by the way, the wig is HISTORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (thanks to the support I have gotten from all of my bc sisters on here and my family and most of all, my DH!!!! )
Hugs, Maggie WE ARE WOMAN, WE ARE STRONG!!!!!!!!!!!
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Maggie - Ditch the wig!!! You have a ton of hair!!!!
I have to post fast, long story, I have been traveling all evening taking a sick horse to the university teaching hospital.
Thanks for everyone on the haircut encouragement. I have not posted any pics due to my horrible weight gain - I just look awful. I took pics last weekend to post on this thread and when I saw the weight in my face and the wrinkles - I just got too upset to put up the pics. I will ask my friend I am traveling with to take some pics this weekend and I will post one or two of them.
Lisa
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Maggie.. YEA!!!!Ditch the wig like Jamieh says!!!
CristiC...Personally my lashes have just been very sparse and not all fallin out.It will only be a month tomorrow for my last chemo being done!!!Much can still occur. As i was told there is like a3 month growth period for brows? Know sevral ladies have gone thru loosing lashes AFTER chemo! Feel for you !!!!!!
Have a good day and doin a hair growing dance for all here..including me!!!!
Donna
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Maggie, Your hair looks awesome! You definitely can ditch that wig. Congrats on going topless!
Christy, Congratulations on being PFC! It is a great feeling to be done, isn't it? Now the hair waiting game.... it will be back before you know it!
I had my first trim and color yesterday! Yeah! I was so excited to sit in that chair. My stylist said that she had to brush the dust off my color card! The hair that came in was a brown with grey mix... well I am a blonde now! I decided to do something different and a bit retro. We spiked it out with some products too. The salon decided to take me out for my coming out.... coming out from beneath the hat, so we had a few cocktails. I was out topless for the first time! It felt weird, but I did it!
Have a great day everyone! Here's to happy hair growth!
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Thanks Blake! Yes, it is a wonderful feeling to be PFC! And congrats to you as well for your first trim and color! How long is your hair now?0
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Oh Blake!!! Congratulations!!! I am sure you look wonderful and had a great time.
Lisa
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Yeah Maggie you did it! You look great! doesn't it feel good to ditch that wig?!?!?
Cristl-I'm 4 months out of chemo and my eyelashes still fall out from time to time. My eyebrows are coming in just a little. I did have to pluck them the other day, but they're no where near what they used to be.
Well I think ditching the wig for good is making my hair grow quicker, if that makes sense.
Sue
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Thanks Christy and Lisa! I will post a picture as soon as I can. I told my stylist I kind of felt like a baby chick!
Christy: My hair was longer than I thought. It is so curly that it looked shorter. It is about an inch in the back and sides and growing in quick thick. Bang area is still really short. Wonder why the bangs grow so slow. Are you Herceptin only now?
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Blake...Yes, I will start my Herceptin only the next round until March. I don't know why bangs are so slow to grow, usually that is what grows the fastest under normal circumstances.
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Just a suggestion. I was told to use Nioxin on my scalp and it really helped promote my hair growth I think. It took about two months since my last chemo appointment for my hair to grow in about 1/2 ". My hair also started to come in white and was really soft, Now that it is fully grown in, my hair is a dark brown, curley and still very soft. I had to inlist a little help from Clarol but am happy with my hair again.
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I am hoping that my little trim yesterday will promote improved growth. I am very god about not wearing a hat so I don't rub out what little I have.
I spent the day at a teaching vet hospital with a close girlfreind and her horse. Because my friend and I are very close, she is single and ringless and I have this super short doo and I look a lot older than my friend these days, I know that the staff thought we were a gay couple. When I was the one that wrote the check for the surgery deposit, you could tell they were all then convinced we were a gay couple. Some people.....
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Lisa: How is Miracle? I was reading your posts on the TCH site. Were they able to remove the tumor?
Donna: You and I are on the same schedule. 4 weeks PFC tomorrow for me, too. No growth yet...but I keep looking! I actually kept about 30% of my hair. It's thin and short, but sticks out under a hat. I hope what I have doesn't hinder any new growth! Keep me updated on your progress.
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Maggie, hurray for you!!!! How exciting!!! You look terrific!!! What a beautiful color!! Tammy
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Magnola - Thanks for asking about Miracle. His mom and I are still in Gainseville. He is scheduled for surgery in the morning. He will need to stay at the vet hospital for about a week. We will stay until he comes out of recovery and then go home. We have a dear freind that is a large animal vet that teaches at the U and she will keep an eye on him for us. We are actually staying on her property while we are here. Miracle was trully a Miracle again. We expected the best case scenario to be taking him home without his right eye. We will be taking him home with his eye intact and minus a very large benign sinus mass.
Lisa
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Awesome news Lisa
A horse that was at one of the barns that I was at had something similar. They were able to remove it for him also 0 -
Lisa1964 - I spit coke all over my monitor for that gay remark! I was at a doggie vet one day with one of my horse buddies. We had our paddock boots on with the typical socks and we also wore what I would like to say is bicycle shorts less the padding because we would wear our full length chaps over them and not have bare skin showing. Well of course we didn't have our chaps on but no doubt because neither of us wear make up to the barn and we had our paddock boots on - the vet thought we were gay and kept telling ME how to apply the medication when it was actually Beth who was the owner and I was never more than the dog sitter and that is how she listed me on the dog history form.
So is your friend's horse having colic surgery? I went to the barn today and my mare is still slightly lame on her right front. Better than it was on Tuesday but not well enough to work her so she got a beauty day. She got her bridle path cut for the first time ever and for the second time all of her nose hairs, face hairs were trimmed and she got a soapy bath for the first time in her life. We had a "prepare for a show" day with her. I have to learn to be patient with her but I just got released to ride and I want to get on her.
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Maggie, you have a beautiful sweet face! You look great.
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Christy, that's a good idea. I'll pick some up this weekend. My eyelashes seem to be thickening up, I'm so happy about that! I will have my hubby take photos of where my hair is at this point, 12 weeks post chemo over the weekend. I am seeing some longer gray hairs that *gasp* are looking kind of wild and curly like. Interesting, since the top of my head still looks like a friar or monk. These are on the sides. My husband said I look like a very cute little monkey. I think it was a compliment!?
Maggie - you have great hair!!
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Hi Ladies,
Glad to see that everyone is moving right along!!!!! Thank you all for your compliments - I'm so glad I got that 'clean-up' haircut - it makes a world of difference, in more ways than one. I'm no longer wearing the wig nor a baseball cap - it's the real me out there and I'm lovin' it!!!!
Myself and hubby are leaving in a little bit for a road trip to South Carolina to visit family. I won't be on here for at least 5 days - so good luck to all of you and I'll be looking forward to 'catching up' on all your posts!!!!
Keep growing!!
Hugs,
Maggie
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Jancie, Yep, that was how I was being treated. I am just the damned chauffer here, not the "girlfreind in charge". The horses is having surgery to remove a large benign cyst from his nasal cavity.
Lisa
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Good morning all,
I have been reading this thread for a little while, but feel I am finally at the point to join in. I am 3 weeks PFC and have some white fluff on my head. I am taking Biotin (5000) once a day. I am on Arimidex until my surgery next week. What have you been successful with as far a pushing the hair growing process along? I've read about Nioxin?? Any good and where do I get it? How about Rogaine for women?? My son gets married in October and I would love to go without a wig or scarf for at least the reception.
Have a great day,
Chris
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Chris: You mentioned stopping Arimidex before your surgery. I seem to remember someone else mentioning stopping their AI before surgery. I'm on Femara and will have exchange surgery in a few weeks. So far, docs have made no mention of stopping it. Any info would be appreciated.0
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Hi everyone,
Everyone's hair growth will be different as I'm sure your finding out from these previous posts. Some people do regrow while on taxotere in an AC-T regemin, others fall out. I have been an oncology nurse for 6 years and from my experience I can tell you, most cases regrowth starts any where from one week to six months. Sorry, maybe not what you want to here
Make sure you are using a good shampoo and conditioner and really stimulate the scalp while you are washing it. This will help stimulate the follicles. And prepare yourself because your hair will very likely be different than prior to chemo, sometimes color, thickness, curliness, etc...... But it will be beautiful and thankfully you will be here to experience it! Good luck.0 -
Maggie... YES will keep in touch on the hair growth...lol..Taking vitamin B's to help some of it along!!!!You are least have something to look at... something to be hopeful on!!!
Miracle/Lisa....all good thoughts and healthy wishes as a animal lover, they are the best friends ever and know he will be a miracle as always!!!
Chris...i am a month today from last chemo and they say Biotin works.. i am doin Vit B's with biotin and doin alot of massaging of head!!!!Have no idea how long it will take either!!!!!
Happy Hair Thoughts!!!
Donna
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Many thanks to those of you praying for Miracle. We got bad news today. A early morning CT Scan and then surgery showed a much larger mass than anyone expected. His large sinus cavity (just under the eye) was sawed opened and about 1.5 pounds of material was removed. The mass had spread up to the nasal cavity under the eye as well and was attached to the eye socket bone. Unfortunately, the mass showed characteristics of malignancy. But!..... It does not look anything like the docs have ever seen, so that gives us hope. Miracle went thru the 3 hour surgery just fine and will go home in 7 days. The path report will be back in 5 to 7 days.
Sorry to bore you guys with my buddy's horse, but thanks for letting me.
Lisa
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Chris - I am taking 10,000 mcg of biotin per day and my husband can't believe how fast my hair is growing. I actually have hair that is laying down instead of sticking straight up. I would suggest you increase the amount of Biotin that you are taking. As far as Nioxin - that is a personal choice. I am a believer in Mane and Tail shampoo that you can get at the grocery store for a heck of a lot less than a smaller bottle of Nioxin. I have used Mane and Tail shampoo off and on for years and I have always had way too much hair on my head. My hair maybe baby fine but there was always a ton of it - so much that it surprised each hair dresser that I ever met.
From what I have read here on the boards - the problem with Rogaine is that once you stop using it, the hair falls out so I personally would steer away from that product.
Lisa - I am praying for Miracle and your friend. I have never heard of such a thing as what you described. Please keep me updated on his progress.
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