Chemo how long to loss hair

LorettaMarshall said:

Pat~Hey when hair's falling out-something's working-Hang N there

 Hello Pat,

 

First time around back in 2013, my “silver strands among the gold” started to come out in two weeks, first by the brush full—then by the handful.   (Carboplatin & Taxol).  Kept on hoping that it would be just a bit thin.  Then it begin to really look like "a brush" scraggly, thin and oh so unsightly.  I gave in and had my head shaved, and so the second time around in June of 2015, I was prepared. 

 

Second time around, had all my hair shaved off by the end of the second treatment (3 weeks later) as it was evident that I was going to lose it once more.  Better to lose one's hair than one's life I say, so in the scheme of things, it's no biggie.  It's only hair.  And like we know, “beauty is only skin deep”.  Well, "hair is only scalp deep."  The inner person that survives the chemo treatment is the real thing of beauty. 

 

At home I just go bald.  I would say, "I let it all hang out, but there's no hair to hang out!"  It’s coming back in thin and only about 4 inches long at this point.  So while a woman loves her pretty hair, she loves a healthier body on the inside even more.  I know you already know that Pat, and that is what matters most. 

 

Remembering that you've gotta go through the storm to see the rainbow, likewise, you've gotta' take this hair loss and count it as "gain".  The hair will come back in due time, but our prayer is that the cancer inside will NOT!  You and I know, hair loss doesn't "make us or break us"--we're stronger than that.  So others will follow with their own remarks.   First timers will be disappointed when their hair falls out, but veterans will come to expect it by the "second time around."  And both you and I have already been around the cancer block, haven't we? 

 

At first,  every time I looked in the mirror, I wondered if my hair would grow back.  And yes, when it did, it was slightly curled.  Then it returned to its “formerly- straight self” again.  But I haven’t had another “permanent” since my chemo treatments started, because “permanents don’t last!”  Wonder whoever coined that phrase anyway? 

 

Continue to keep the faith Pat.  Remembering “Pretty is as pretty does!”

 

Love Loretta, “age 77 and a half” (One who has lost her hair twice, thus far, but never is at a loss for words!)

 

P.S.  When I first gazed into my “mirror on the wall,” and as my hair began to “fall”, I was reminded of a birthday card my best and beautiful friend sent me when I was in my 50’s. (Sadly she was an oncology nurse, and died 3 months after being diagnosed with Brain cancer at age 55!)  Actually she was so lovely, than when we went places together, total strangers would come up to her and say, “Has anyone ever told you that you look like Elizabeth Taylor?”  Others would tell her she looked like Joan Collins. I said, Sandra, you know I’ve got to have a lot of self-confidence just to hang around with you.  Now while I wasn’t born an ugly duckling, neither have I ever been mistaken for Elizabeth Taylor!

 

Okay, here’s the card she sent me.  On the front it had the picture of a QUEEN.  The card read: 

 

 “I asked the mirror on the wall.  Who is the fairest of us all? 

 

Inside it read:

 

“She said, it wasn’t anybody we knew!”  HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

 

I loved what the card said.You always make me feel better.3 weeks and I have hair.First time it was 14 days after treatment.I am in no hurry to loss it.But knowing I will.I dread it but not like first time.Yes our life is more important.Thanks again Loretta.love and Prayers.

my fury friends name is Toe toe.He is my buddy.lol

LorettaMarshall said:

Pat~ What a relief?

Good morning Pat ~ Thanks for answering my question, "Who's your furry friend?"

Funny how one missing letter can change the whole meaning.  Whew what a relief!  For a minute there I thought you were wrestling with a bear!  After all you did say he was your "FURY" friend. 

 

Loretta

Hi Loretta .My fury friend is a little yorkie.My grandson named him.He is my buddy.When I am sick he sleeps right by me.