Whoops, forgot my hair!

knitterjan
knitterjan Member Posts: 20
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
I was halfway to an appointment with a pulmanologist when I realized I had forgotten to wear my wig or ball cap. Had to brazen it out, after all it was a doctor's office. Now that I finished my Taxol I have a little curly fuzz on my head. It is coming in white, or maybe grey, but also curly. Before chemo it was brown with a little grey and straight.

Been having trouble breathing when walking and my last CT scan came back looking strange in the lung - aside from the tumors in there. The pulmanologist seemed to think it was an infection of some sort, rather than addtional breast cancer, that was a relief. Thursday I have a broncoscopy under light sedation and not in the hospital. We'll go from there.

This is all such an adventure.

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  • Kat11
    Kat11 Member Posts: 1,931 Member
    #2
    I have forgotton my wig or
    I have forgotton my wig or scarf before. I hope all goes well for you at your next appointment. The hair thing, The grey, curl, but it is hair.
  • cahjah75
    cahjah75 Member Posts: 2,631
    #3
    Please let us know
    how you make out at the drs. I have definitely noticed an occasional shortness of breath. Nothing to ignore when you know there could be something amiss. And about the hair/no hair mishap. You did just fine! Sending {{hugs}}.
    Char
  • VickiSam
    VickiSam Member Posts: 9,079 Member
    #4
    cahjah75 said:

    Please let us know
    how you make out at the drs. I have definitely noticed an occasional shortness of breath. Nothing to ignore when you know there could be something amiss. And about the hair/no hair mishap. You did just fine! Sending {{hugs}}.
    Char

    shortness of breath for me .. came in buckets ... all due
    to my dense dose of chemotherapy -- it has taken about 7 months to clear up, but not entirely. Please mention this to your Oncologist .. don't worry about bothering him/her with your symptoms .. its your life and body.

    I am still LOL about your hair mishaps .. Going without wigs or headcovers gave me strength in my own right ... It all grows back, not as quickly as we would like!


    Strength and Courage:

    Vicki Sam
  • VickiSam
    VickiSam Member Posts: 9,079 Member
    #5
    cahjah75 said:

    Please let us know
    how you make out at the drs. I have definitely noticed an occasional shortness of breath. Nothing to ignore when you know there could be something amiss. And about the hair/no hair mishap. You did just fine! Sending {{hugs}}.
    Char

    shortness of breath for me .. came in buckets ... all due
    to my dense dose of chemotherapy -- it has taken about 7 months to clear up, but not entirely. Please mention this to your Oncologist .. don't worry about bothering him/her with your symptoms .. its your life and body.

    I am still LOL about your hair mishaps .. Going without wigs or headcovers gave me strength in my own right ... It all grows back, not as quickly as we would like!


    Strength and Courage:

    Vicki Sam
  • Betsy13
    Betsy13 Member Posts: 185
    #6
    shortness of breath...
    I had DCIS and had radiation therapy. Any cancer treatment stresses you out. The radiation stress manifested my "regular life stress" with borderline migraine, nausea, and shortness of breath. The shortness of breath got so bad that my rad. onc. ordered a CT scan. She thought maybe they had scarred my lung during radiation because the tumor was so close to my ribs, they had to radiate into my lung.

    Fortunately, my lung is fine. Hope everything goes well for you.

    Remember...BALD IS BEAUTIFUL even fuzzy curly hair no matter what color :)

    Betsy
  • Angie2U
    Angie2U Member Posts: 2,991
    #7
    cahjah75 said:

    Please let us know
    how you make out at the drs. I have definitely noticed an occasional shortness of breath. Nothing to ignore when you know there could be something amiss. And about the hair/no hair mishap. You did just fine! Sending {{hugs}}.
    Char

    Yes, let us know what your
    Yes, let us know what your doctors say.

    Good luck!

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