Chemo ?
braelee2
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start chemo in october. (5 Fluorouracil,oxaliplatin,leucovorin)I was really woundering in anyone is one this type and If they lost their hair or not. I am just woundering if I need to go get a wig now or if I should just wait.
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Folfox:
Sounds like you will be on the Folfox combo. That is the same combo my hubby was on. He also had 5FU. You won't lose you hair, at least most don't, so don't spend money on a wig just yet.
George continued to work full time while on this combo. It affects everyone different. Fatigue was his biggest enemy.
Take care and welcome to the club we wish you didn't have to join. Go ahead and ask anything on you mind and someone will come on with their experience.
Take care - Tina0 -
I didn't lose my hair
at least not the hair on my head,tho it changed from curly to very straight. No one in my family has EVER had straight hair! However, I lost much of my body hair, eyebrows down... All has come back to "normal", tho it took about 2 years for the curls to return.
Hair loss is not a common side effect of this regimen.
Good luck with this all.
Alice0 -
Still have hair
I have done 10 rounds of that chemo and did not lose my hair. It has thinned a lot and is more dry/frizzy but I still have enough to put in a ponytail. I kept it long so I could wear a ponytail and feel like I still had lots of hair.
Take care,
Sara0
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