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Chemo & hair loss
I am yet to have treatment plan confirmed but expecting chemo to be part of it. Interested in the use of the cold caps to reduce hair loss. Would love to hear from anyone who has used these and to hea...
@Chris51 I used the cold cap and retained most of my hair. I have a couple of thinned out spots on the top of my head where my hair was thickest
there was no additional cost in my clinic I am not sure about others
discomfort level for me was limited to 5 to 10 mins of brain freeze at the beginning and then nothing else. I was given a sedative before we started and that usually relaxed me so much that I’d sleep through a good bit of my treatment. It does add about an hour and a half to your treatment time because it has to be going for a period of time before they hook the chemo up and then more at the end. The end wasn’t a problem for me as I was having herceptin which takes about half an hour to run anyway so I still had to be there for that bit.
Some have great results @kezmusc
Others have very ordinary results or can’t stand the brain freeze bit - experience pain for much longer than I did so give it up. As we say about all of our treatment we are all individuals and we all react differently
personally for me it was worth it
there was no additional cost in my clinic I am not sure about others
discomfort level for me was limited to 5 to 10 mins of brain freeze at the beginning and then nothing else. I was given a sedative before we started and that usually relaxed me so much that I’d sleep through a good bit of my treatment. It does add about an hour and a half to your treatment time because it has to be going for a period of time before they hook the chemo up and then more at the end. The end wasn’t a problem for me as I was having herceptin which takes about half an hour to run anyway so I still had to be there for that bit.
Some have great results @kezmusc
Others have very ordinary results or can’t stand the brain freeze bit - experience pain for much longer than I did so give it up. As we say about all of our treatment we are all individuals and we all react differently
personally for me it was worth it