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Kat11

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November 18, 2009 - 11:34pm

Can't believe it. Made it through. Still have Rads to do and continue with Herceptin. Hey, When do I get my hair back ????

fauxma

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November 19, 2009 - 12:38am

Congrats on the finishing of

Congrats on the finishing of chemo. Soon you will be telling us your are through with rads and that your hair is all back. Glad this part of your journey is complete.
Stef

Cat64

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November 19, 2009 - 2:31am

Kat

Congratulations! What a milestone and a relief! So happy for you!
My Oncologist says it takes as long to get over the s/e as it does to get them or to figure double the time to recover. Hmmm...so does that mean if it only took about 14 days to lose our hair, that it will grow back in 28 days? I've heard of some going ALOT longer, so don't know if that's true for everyone. I'm hoping to see new sprouts soon though!
Hugz,
Cathy

natly15

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November 19, 2009 - 2:35am

It Is Doable!

Congratulations on completing chemo. You are well on your way. This is no cake walk but we can get thru it and do it! Let me know when the hair comes back. I just finished my 3rd chemo, have 5 more to go. Hair has been gone for a while, but it is a nice vacation from blow dryers and flat irons.

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November 19, 2009 - 4:04am

YEAH!!!!

That is wonderful news, just in time for the weekend to celebrate! I am sooo happy for you, enjoy this moment you most certainly deserve it!

tommaseena

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November 19, 2009 - 5:45am

WooHoo

You are done with one hurtle.
Hair coming back is different for everyone. Mine started to come back a month or so before I finished Taxol.

Hugs,
Margo

always

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Joined: Oct 2009

November 19, 2009 - 6:14am

Congrats

It must feel great to have one step out of the way. Good battling. Rest up Celebrate and soon you will be fighting to the finish line.

Best wishes
becky

Sher43009

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November 19, 2009 - 8:12am

Hair

My one, only and last taxol was on 10/7. My hair started to come in then my head peeled and it all come out again now it's about 1/16 of an inch now and baby soft. I'm still loosing my eyelashes and eyebrows. I started herceptin on 11/4 and start rads on 11/23.
So glad we're done with the chemo!
Sher

jnl

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November 20, 2009 - 11:45pm

Congrats Kat! Leeza

Congrats Kat!

Leeza

Moopy23

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November 19, 2009 - 10:21am

Yea!

Oh, Kathy, I am so happy for you. You made it! It was an especially wretched time, I know,but you did it. My doc told me that 50% of all cancer patients do not complete as much as 85% of the scheduled treatment. You're celebrating 100%!

Don't know about taxol and hair. Mine started growing back during rads.

Thank you for sharing your wonderful news. I lost track of your treatments--seemed like they were going on forever, even to me. All done now!

cats_toy

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Joined: Feb 2009

November 19, 2009 - 1:45pm

woo hoo Kat!

always good to get the chemo behind us huh? And yes, the first thing on our minds is our hair. Mine started growing back during Taxol, and I had quite a bit by the time I finished rads.
Congrats on finishing and soon, Kat, soon, the hair will come.
=^..^=

Akiss4me

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November 19, 2009 - 5:30pm

Congrats Kat!!

You have proven to be a strong warrior! So glad Chemo is now part of your past! I'm sure soon, when your hair comes in, you will look back and it won't have seemed that long waiting on it! ♥Pammy

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Aortus

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Joined: Jan 2009

November 19, 2009 - 5:35pm

I can certainly believe it, Kat!

Congratulations - maybe you can sneak in another trip to Green Lake before the glaciers come down from Canada for the winter!

carkris

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November 20, 2009 - 4:43pm

congrats

yay yay yay quite an accomplishment!!!! so happy for you !!!!!

chenheart

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November 20, 2009 - 4:47pm

Your hair will start coming

Your hair will start coming in any time now! You will soon notice newborn baby fuzz and you will catch yourself rubbing your head all day long with a silly grin on your face~ it will then progress to baby chick, then to chia pet, then to finger in light-socket and then FINALLY! a semblance of what your pre-Beast killing chemo hair was like! Whoooooo hoooooo! Congrats on your milestone~ something to be thankful for!

Hugs,
Chen♥

Marcia527

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November 20, 2009 - 5:52pm

Congrats!! My hair started

Congrats!! My hair started growing back right away but it takes awhile because it grows about as fast as it did before. You will have hair soon.

MyTurnNow

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Joined: Aug 2009

November 23, 2009 - 8:28am

Don't know how I missed this

Don't know how I missed this but I know the excitement in finishing chemo. I'm so happy for you. I couldn't miss congratulating you!!! Way to go.

mimivac

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Joined: Dec 2008

November 23, 2009 - 10:12am

Congrats!

A wonderful milestone! Well, I started getting my hair back pretty immediately, but the rate of growth ebs and flows. Don't worry, it will come back!

Mimi

cajun54

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Joined: Nov 2009

November 26, 2009 - 8:07pm

congrats

Congratulations. I now how relieved you feel because I just finished with my chemo three weeks ago and have been on cloud 9 ever since. I do have fuzz coming out. Hope it comes out quick due to cold weather coming in. I wear scarves not a wig. Can't wait to put them up and maybe wear some with outfits for work. Again congrats.

pitt

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November 27, 2009 - 8:17am

Congratulations! I'm so

Congratulations! I'm so happy this came in time for you to enjoy the holiday season in full. I look forward to reading your posts about how quickly your hair grows back, etc. Keep the information flowing... Those of us who are right behind you are hanging on every word. Best wishes, Pitt

taleena

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November 28, 2009 - 11:53am

Kat... I am so glad that

Kat... I am so glad that this part of the journey is over for you... I'm sure your hair will start growing back before you know it!!! Congratulations my friend....

♥ & hugs,

taleena

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November 28, 2009 - 11:53am

Kat... I am so glad that

Kat... I am so glad that this part of the journey is over for you... I'm sure your hair will start growing back before you know it!!! Congratulations my friend....

♥ & hugs,

lynn1950

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November 28, 2009 - 11:59am

How did I miss this!?!

How did I miss this!?! congratulations on finishing chemo, friend.

I finally had real HAIR hair in about 3 months. Having hair back is a fun part of cancer and we definitely need to celebrate the fun.

xoxoxoxo Lynn

Christmas Girl

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November 29, 2009 - 3:31pm

Belated congratulations, Kat11!!!

Huge accomplishment - and certainly NOT easy, in any way.

Please continue to take good care of yourself during rads.

Hair return? Everyone is different. For me, translucent (no color) "peach fuzz" began to appear during the final weeks of rads.

Kind regards, Susan

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