Chemo doable?

janaes · August 2019

Feelingalone74 said:
Hair started falling slowly
Hair started falling slowly out earlier this week . Week 2 after 1st treatment. Now today falling out in handfuls :-(

I know I need to just cut it but I can't.

I think I probably should do as u did and wear my wig around the house this weekend to get use to while my son is gone for most of the weekend. I almost wore it to training at my job so they all thought my hair grew since I was there last in June and so when I finally can go back to work after treatment I'd look like I did today had I worn it.

So hard!

Feelingalone,

Feelingalone,

I remember when my hair started falling out. I went to church when i first noticed with my regular hair. I remember telling my kids before we left to not touch my hair. I survived. But like yours slowly but surely more came out. I didnt cut my hair for a while. Some people do but i just couldnt at first. I will tell you how finally was wearing my wig in public full time. It was about rwo weeks from first treatment. I was headed ti Idaho in a few days. Just before my second treatment. It was about a 4 hour drive and was going to see extended family. I only see these guys once a year if that. Any ways i was worried about my hair falling out too much while i was there (Was going to be there i think 2 and a half days). Didnt want to risk looking like a bald woman there so i made the day i left for Idaho my offitial day of wearing my wig in public full time. As i said before i wore it a little before that. But that day was offitial for me.

I didnt cut my hair then i just put it in a pony tail. It took a while longer to cut mine short.

You will do great. Take your time. You will know when its right for you.

BluebirdOne · August 2019

Feelingalone74 said:
Thanks so much Lulu!
Thanks so much Lulu!

I told my husband your advice that I needed to think of chemo as my friend . He agrees! I hate that it might "beat" my body up i but glad that in the process it will get of the bad cells and as my treatment begins I need to keep that focus.

I'm definitely going to ice though my center doesnt have high stock in this I said I would like to and they said they'll note it in my chart that I'm requesting ice be provided.

Thank u for saying my hair will be pretty short or long!!!I'm keeping my fingers crossed when the time comes for it to grow back that it at least grows and grows in my current color and not gray or white as I'm only 44. Any hair will be good though.

1st Treatment is 4 days away I'm going to say all weekend ITS DOABLE ITS DOABLE!

So grateful for this board and u ladies!

I hope you are feeling well!

P.S. I bet you look adorable with your pixie hairstyle!!!

Hugs!

Michelle

There is no harm in icing.

I know that the icing is not always an accepted treatment, but they do not live with the neuropathy that comes from chemo. Mostly I think that it is an incovenience for them, and they don't want to be held responsible for any neuropathy you might get even though you iced. My take was that it is only ice, (not unlike the icing I have done with my feet for plantar fascitis, three times a day for months, but it did work to get rid of my inflammation) if I can limit the amount of damage done by the chemo with such a simple and cheap solution, WHY WOULD ANYONE NOT DO THIS! If you still get neuropathy you know you did everything possible to forestall it. Reading other women's stories about their neuropathy, some unable to wear shoes, pick up items, button their clothes, and dealing with lifelong pain was enough for me. I did not know about icing for the 1st chemo and immediately had it in my hands and feet. I iced after that and I never got worse, and luckily 90% of what I did have is gone. Still have a few foot tingles but no big deal. Those life long debilitating side effects might be avoided or reduced. A win win. Good luck!

Feelingalone74 · August 2019

janaes said:
Feelingalone,
Feelingalone,

I remember when my hair started falling out. I went to church when i first noticed with my regular hair. I remember telling my kids before we left to not touch my hair. I survived. But like yours slowly but surely more came out. I didnt cut my hair for a while. Some people do but i just couldnt at first. I will tell you how finally was wearing my wig in public full time. It was about rwo weeks from first treatment. I was headed ti Idaho in a few days. Just before my second treatment. It was about a 4 hour drive and was going to see extended family. I only see these guys once a year if that. Any ways i was worried about my hair falling out too much while i was there (Was going to be there i think 2 and a half days). Didnt want to risk looking like a bald woman there so i made the day i left for Idaho my offitial day of wearing my wig in public full time. As i said before i wore it a little before that. But that day was offitial for me.

I didnt cut my hair then i just put it in a pony tail. It took a while longer to cut mine short.

You will do great. Take your time. You will know when its right for you.

Jane,

It sounds like he chose the right time to start wearing your wig I bet it looked beautiful on you!

mine slowly came out after the second week of treatment as well. It was shedding everywhere I was determined to keep it as long as I could. This past Friday evening it was a dry hay matted mess. There was no way I'd ever beable to brush it again. So hair stylist around the corner has Salon in her house. I went with my cousin and she to held my hand and together the three of us did what I knew had to done.

I bought this headband from headcovers unlimited that has a ponytail in little side wisps to wear under a baseball cap. So that's what I left it on my head and work for the first few days. These are days would often throw a baseball cap on with a ponytail so I think this looks natural to my son. yesterday I had many yesterday I had many errands to run as I prepare for my next treatment tomorrow so I tell that my wake and how's the door I went. I text my son before he got home to give him a heads-up that I would be wearing a wig he didnt say much only I asked it looks like my hair doesn't it and he said yes. Not sure if that's how he really feels.Hoping it brings him comfort seeing me with it on rather than bald which I'll never let him experience.

Warmly, Michelle

janaes · August 2019

Feelingalone74 said:

Jane,

It sounds like he chose the right time to start wearing your wig I bet it looked beautiful on you!

mine slowly came out after the second week of treatment as well. It was shedding everywhere I was determined to keep it as long as I could. This past Friday evening it was a dry hay matted mess. There was no way I'd ever beable to brush it again. So hair stylist around the corner has Salon in her house. I went with my cousin and she to held my hand and together the three of us did what I knew had to done.

I bought this headband from headcovers unlimited that has a ponytail in little side wisps to wear under a baseball cap. So that's what I left it on my head and work for the first few days. These are days would often throw a baseball cap on with a ponytail so I think this looks natural to my son. yesterday I had many yesterday I had many errands to run as I prepare for my next treatment tomorrow so I tell that my wake and how's the door I went. I text my son before he got home to give him a heads-up that I would be wearing a wig he didnt say much only I asked it looks like my hair doesn't it and he said yes. Not sure if that's how he really feels.Hoping it brings him comfort seeing me with it on rather than bald which I'll never let him experience.

Warmly, Michelle

Feeling alone i thought about

Feeling alone i thought about doing the hat with hair thing, but never got around to it. I had an old wig from my first cancer and was going to cut it up an glue it to a hat. I bet you look great. Im so proud of you. Im sure your son will do great too. Keep on going my friend. Good luck for your second chemo appointment.

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