Finished Chemo Today

Kat11
Kat11 Member Posts: 1,931 Member
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
Can't believe it. Made it through. Still have Rads to do and continue with Herceptin. Hey, When do I get my hair back ????
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  • fauxma
    fauxma Member Posts: 3,577 Member
    #2
    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
    Cat64 Member Posts: 1,192
    #3
    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
    natly15 Member Posts: 1,941
    #4
    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.
  • RE
    RE Member Posts: 4,591 Member
    #5
    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
    tommaseena Member Posts: 1,769
    #6
    RE said:

    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!

    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
    always Member Posts: 256
    #7
    tommaseena said:

    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

    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
    Sher43009 Member Posts: 602 Member
    #8
    always said:

    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

    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
  • Moopy23
    Moopy23 Member Posts: 1,751 Member
    #9
    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
    cats_toy Member Posts: 1,462 Member
    #10
    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
    Akiss4me Member Posts: 2,188
    #11
    cats_toy said:

    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.
    =^..^=

    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
  • Aortus
    Aortus Member Posts: 967
    #12
    Akiss4me said:

    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

    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
    carkris Member Posts: 4,553 Member
    #13
    Aortus said:

    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!

    congrats
    yay yay yay quite an accomplishment!!!! so happy for you !!!!!
  • chenheart
    chenheart Member Posts: 5,159
    #14
    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
    Marcia527 Member Posts: 2,729
    #15
    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.
  • jnl
    jnl Member Posts: 3,869 Member
    #16
    Sher43009 said:

    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

    Congrats Kat!
    Leeza

    Congrats Kat!

    Leeza
  • MyTurnNow
    MyTurnNow Member Posts: 2,686 Member
    #17
    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
    mimivac Member Posts: 2,143
    #18
    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
    cajun54 Member Posts: 5
    #19
    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
    pitt Member Posts: 387
    #20
    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
    taleena Member Posts: 1,612 Member
    #21
    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,

    ~T

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