Hi
I was found to have stage 2a hodgkins on may,1, 2003. I have finished my cemo thank god, and I am starting radiation on the 2nd of october. Man I can't wait for my hair to grow back. My eyebrows beard and mustache and head are as bald as can be. Along with everywhere else. How long does it usually take for the hair to come back?? It sure is nice to tast my food normally though. Also what kind of feedback can I get on how radiation is compared to cemo. My cemo was pretty sucky but it could have been worse. I had ABVD for 4 cycles (eight treatments). Three hours on a IV every other week for 4 months. But really wondering about the hair time and radiation effect.
Thanks
Christopher
Joined: Oct 2002
I completed 6 months, well 6 cycles - 12 rounds of ABVD and 18 treatments of radiation. I didn't lose all my hair on my head surprisingly enough, it just got so thin that I was forced to cut it to a short spike and wear a wig. Anyway-it started to all grow back after chemo was finished and within 2 months I stopped wearing a wig. My eyebrows grew back within a month or so. I recieved radiation to my chest, neck and armpit. I lost the hair everywhere I recieved radiation including to the back of my head but within a month or so afterwards it started to grow back. Radiaion wasn't so bad except having to go everyday and the worse sore throat I've ever had. I'm a little worried about cancer later in life due to radiation but I'll deal with it if it happens, the benefits of remission today outway those side effects.
take care and feel free to email me with any questions
sherra
Joined: Jul 2003
Can't tell you about the hair. I think that varies person to person. I think the eyebrow hair general grows slower. Hair is over rated.
Effect of radiation varies on where you're being radiated. If your abdomen is being radiated you could have digestion problems. I've known of people whose upper chest/neck were radiated who had severe sore throats. No matter where you're getting radiated, use lots of good skin cream because you can get a burn and