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gurneys
10 years agoMember
Chemo round two of six
Had my second round of chemo yesterday. It appears that my hair is starting to fall out quite considerably despite the cooling cap, as was suspected with this drug combo. You wouldn't know it if you ...
lrb_03
10 years agoMember
Unfortunately it's not uncommon to put on weight during chemo. The steroid effect. I was actually "lucky" and lost about 8 kg during chemo, and a couple mor since. Plenty to go though, lol.
Cold caps weren't an option where I am, so my hair started to go day 12 of my 1st cycle, and had it clipped a couple of days later. 5&1/2 months after my last chemo, and it's still only about 2cm long. I got used the the ease of no hair, and don't plan on letting it get too long again
Take care, L