Re: Breast Cancer/OT

Depending on the chemo your oncologist uses you will lose all or part of
your hair (some shave off the thin wispy stuff) on or about the 15th day
after your first treatment. I had a bilateral mastectomy in 10/97 and then
in 01/98 started 4 rounds of Adriamycin (sp?) and lost all my hair 15 days
after the first treatment. My scalp became itchy and tingly and then it
just fell out. I then had 8 rounds of CMF (a cocktail of 3 types of chemo)
and then 1 year of tamoxifin and 3 years of femara. My hair started growing
back about 6 months after my last adriamycin treatment. It came back very
thick and very curly at first (they call it a chemo perm) but then it
relaxed and kept a permanant wave. I am native american and have always had
chronically straight hair so this was a nice bonus. I recently grew it out
and donated 16 inches to the program that makes wigs for kids with cancer.
I wear it short now and have to have it thinned each time I have a hair cut.
Each person is different and is effected differently but don't think that
you will never have hair again. During my BC journey I received a lot of
information and support from an on line BC support group that comes from a
university in Montreal. They were wonderful and I don't think I would have
made it without them. You sign up for it sort of like the yahoo groups and
the posts come in like email to your mail box. Here is the info and link to
subscribe: Users of e-mail can also subscribe to a breast cancer electronic
mailing list. Breast cancer patients, their family and friends, and health
professionals discuss issues of concern through email messages. To subscribe
send e-mail to the listserv and write SUBSCRIBE BREAST-CANCER in the text of
the message.

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"pami" <pdefraia@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I am sure all you have heard Daniel Powder's song..."Bad Day" well this was
my bad day. I learned I have breast cancer. I had my lumpectomy this week
and it came back as malignant garde 3 tumor. I will have to get a
"masectomy" and have chemo. This has been a rough day for me but I don't
think I have the strength to cry anymore. I know I will lose my hair and
this really sucks but if I have to do this to keep alive then I will have
the surgery and do chemo. I will settle for chemo hats verus hair for
life. I'll be 51 in May and this seems not fair but I get my mammos yearly
and watched and it could of been worse. Last year I had a lumpectomy in
the other breast and that was benign this year my luck ran out. I see and
hear of so many survivors and I know this group has always been here for me
when ever I needed them.
Pami



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