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Thank you every one. Your advice is great! And, yup, that's really me.
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Muscles - what a great thing to do (and what an amazing body)! My daughter grew her hair for Locks of Love and had it cut when I got my pre-chemo pixie cut. Once my hair started to fall out, I had my DH buzz it out on our patio overlooking the lake, at sunset. I guess I was trying to make it romantic...lol.
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muscles... loosing my hair was way more traumatic than loosing both my boobs... I had a group of my girl friends come over we drank margaritas and they shaved my head... than we cried and drank some more. I am so thankful for the wonderful friends I have.
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Muscles - great picture! Did you do a lot of competitions?
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Hi Muscles! I had about an 8" ponytail and (for a variety of reasons) didn't manage to donate it. Most people thought that was quite selfish! How interesting that if you donate it, people want to know why not... if you don't, people want to know why you didn't. Can't win I guess. I really commend you on your donation and your reasoning for doing it.
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Muscles, You look wonderful! My first chemo was 3-22-2011. I send you grand healthy vibes!
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I wasn't upset about losing my hair... I'm weird enough to have accepted it with relief, "... the chemo is actually working!..." What's been HARD is waiting for it to grow back. It seems to take such a long time, even though it's only a few months.
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SelenaWolf - is your avatar your normal hairstyle? It's beautiful - very "model-like" and it really, really suits you.
I am now almost 6 months PFC and my hair is getting closer to my normal "summer do" - which is short in the back with longer layers. It is crazy curly and I actually like the curls. I used to complain that my hair was curly/wavy in some spots and not in others. At least now it's curly everywhere and I would love for it to stay that way, especially with summer weather on the way. I love "wash and wear" hair. Like everyone else, my hair is longer in the back than on top. But it's nice and thick even though the texture is quite fine. I've always had a lot of fine-textured hair, so I'd say it's pretty much normal for me. I think it's thick because it all came in at the same time. Over the next few months, as I experience normal hair fallout and regrowth, I am expecting it will thin out a little. But you never know for sure...
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Yes, that's my normal hairstyle... at least for the last 4-5 years or so. Prior to that, it was waist-lengthh and flaming RED!!!
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michelle, your hair is ADORABLE! if my hair gets that length and looks that cute, i'll keep it just like that. you look fabulous!0
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Thanks, YaYa! I'll bet yours will be there soon. Other than your Herceptin, you're not that far behind me.
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Muscles that was so nice to do and u hve beautiful hair to donate. I never thought of that, but my hair was so ugly, dry, frizzy just not good--so lossing mine had no effect on me-but when it grew back it is silky, STRAIGHT and actually kind of pretty. I've kept it short and a little messy look (cuz I could never do thar before) so while it lasts like this it's fine with me--but it came in all white My dgtr reversed foiled my hair dark and kept white in so it looks like the white was died for that mixed look. I don't have to do it as often cuz the white just blends in--I'm glad one of us was thinking. LOL
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Selena, I had no idea your avatar was actually you. You looked much too stunning to be real, lol.
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The avatar is Charlize Theron - as she appeared in "The Astronaut's Wife". It's the picture I took to my hairdresser when I was ready for a pixie because her face shape, build and colouring are very, very similar to mine.
This is me...
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The avatar is Charlize Theron as she appeared in the movie "The Astronaut's Wife". It's the picture I took to my hairdresser a few years ago because her colouring and build is similar to mine.
This is the "real" me...
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Ah, ok, lol. Although the real you is pretty stunning too.
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LuvRving
Love your hair..you look great
I went topless for the first time last Saturday... We were going out for dinner for my in laws 59 anniversary...Thought this would be a good time as the whole in law family would be there.. Felt nice when my nephew complimented me
..Now if the weather would just co-operate and get a little warmer, I would go topless from now on,, but woke up to snow again this am... Do they not know this is BC's Fraser Valley ( Canada).. We don't get much snow (Maybe a total of two weeks for the whole winter). Tulips and daffodils are trying so hard just to get knocked back by snow
This past week, each day has consisted of.. snow, rain, hail, slush, snow and wind all in the same day
Enjoy your day where ever you are
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Michelle and SelenaWolf, You both look fantastic.
Ossa, Congratulations on going topless. I hope the weather improves soon.
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Congratulations, Ossa! Going topless that first time is so exhilarating!
SelenaWolf - your hairdresser did a really good job of giving you that look. Sometimes when you take a picture, you leave with something that doesn't even come close to resembling what you were hoping for!
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My hairdresser has been a God-send. She's been the best hairdresser I've ever had - very talented - and she's now become a good friend. She counselled me through the losing-hair process, she kept assuring me that it WOULD grow back (promise!), she's encouraging me now that I'm convinced it's "stuck" and she's hiking with me three-four times a week. Today, we did over 5 miles.
I lufs her.
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I must say there are some beautiful women on this board! you guys are an inspiration - hope my hair comes in as pretty as ya'lls!
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ossa, congrats on the whole topless thing!
I agree w/you onvacation, I hope my hair comes back as cute as everyone else's. Right now it's just at that white fuzzy look. Not diggin it yet.
Muscles, I donated my hair to Locks of Love. I can't believe they took it, it wasn't nearly as lovely as yours.
Michelle, your hair is adorable!
For me, I think I have more hair on my legs than on my head right now. Did I mention how impatient I am?
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I had 14 inches of thick brown/red hair. I also donated it to Locks of Love. It made the experience more positive. I'm with all of you who mention that losing the hair wasn't nearly as rough as waiting for it to grow back. I'm around 1" now of salt/pepper. I want some color, but the last time I tried it ended up red/orange and I buzzed it all off. It was only about 1/2" at the time. When I'm ready, I'll see a professional so it's done right.
Anyone going back and forth from their short new hair to their wigs? My wig is long brown with streaks and makes me feel like my old self. I do go out "topless" often, but I go back to my wig a lot. I guess my confidence just isn't there to give up the wig entirely yet :-(.
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Luvrving - your hair and mine are on the same schedule. In fact if yours was salt and pepper we could be twins. I am finding that the curls are pretty much out of control, but I don't have to do much with it that is for sure. Yesterday, I was driving with my windows down and my hair looked pretty much the same when I arrived home as it did when I left. That never happened when my hair was long BBC.
Ossa - congrats on your first topless trip. I went topless the first time at work between Christmas and New Year while most coworkers were on break. By the time they had returned, I was used to it and never went back. It has been cold though. I keep telling my husband I don't know how men can stand it. Seems like I will never be warm again...that is until it is in the 90's with high humidity about July
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Kdajay - my natural color is salt & pepper. I had never seen it until the pre-chemo cut. When my hair started to come back with more grey than I was ready for, I turned to L'oreal.
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Congrats Ossa!!!!! It is very free-ing!
Everybody looks great!
8 days til my last herceptin! My hair has this frizzy chemo curl thing going. Trying to decide if I should go for a real maintained short do or keep trying to grow it more. I look goofy!
I was able to put on mascara last week and I bought a comb!!!! Progress!
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Count me in for not having a problem going bald, but finding it a drag to wait for the hair to come back. I wil post pics later, but I have ditched the hats at this point. I DO still look like a cancer victim, but I just don't care anymore.
As for color, I seem to have lucked out. My hair is coming in pretty much the same color and texture that it used to be. I spritz a little sun-in on in when I remember to lighten it slightly.
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When I had chemo 19 years ago, I had my last infusion in June. My hair had already started to grow back at little before the last infusion. I wore my wig through January - so about 7 months, at which point I had a nice head of thick, curly hair - very different from what I had looked like before I lost my hair.
I could have gone without my wig before then, but I'm very sensitive and didn't want to walk around with TOO short a haircut. This time, though, I think I will ditch the wig earlier. I just don't like the feel of the wig on my head, I care less about what people think (not that they're thinking anything bad) than I did when I was younger and it will probably be easier to go short than shoulder length. I try not to think about my hair - just get through the day to day. It will come back in due time.
Joan
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PS - First time, I either wore my wig everywhere or a turban when I went to sleep. This time, I either wear a scarf/hat at home or go commando (when I'm home alone). A few days ago I said to my husband, would you mind if I show you what I look like without my hat/wig (I hadn't done that the first time - too afraid of freaking the both of us out). He said yes, so I did. Then I told him that I was going to start sleeping without a head covering because it's the only time of the day when I feel truly comfortable. So that's what I've been doing. It is very comfortable to sleep and I'm so glad for the 8 hours or so when I feel like myself (considering that I can't sleep on my stomach because of my TEs).
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OK, this was me at 8 weeks PFC:
and this is 14 weeks PFC:
The hair looks kind of grey in the second pic, but it isn't really, more a dirty blonde, which is how it was before. There still isn't very much of it, but it is enough for me to feel ok ditching the hats.
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