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Fec-d round 2 tomorrow
Hey there
Well tomorrow is round 2. Wearing the cold cap again but will see how i go. Lots of hair coming out. So i may not have a 3rd turn of the cap. Oncologist has upped my nausea meds so hopefully i will be a bit better this time. Love to all xxxx
Trikki2
Well tomorrow is round 2. Wearing the cold cap again but will see how i go. Lots of hair coming out. So i may not have a 3rd turn of the cap. Oncologist has upped my nausea meds so hopefully i will be a bit better this time. Love to all xxxx
Trikki2
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- Hi everyone
Much better this time around xx fingers i stay this way. Now to fix my dread locked hair - Hi Giovanna
So far so good. Thanks for saying xxx
Trikki2 - Hello @Trikki2 hoping all goes well with round 2 of your chemotherapy
- @Trikki2 I found having done the cold cap that I lost a lot of hair and ended up with a couple of bald patches but the hair has grown back so quickly - almost feels like it has happened overnight. They do say this happens with the cold cap. Good luck for tomorrow - hope the nausea is better. xoxo
- Hope you're feeling better tonight than you were this time 3 weeks ago, @Trikki2
- @Trikki2 all the best with your 2nd infusion today, I think I was a little more relaxed knowing what to expect plus they arranged to have me admitted for 2 nights to hydrate and help the nausea before sending me home. It did give me a better headstart absolutely but was hard on FEC. I would have tried the cold cap as you say, how do you know unless you try?? I only didnt as my Onc said it's not successful on FEC.
Hugs for a relatively ok day. xo Melinda - It does seem like a lot comes out - I kept mine to monitor it (yuk, I know). The test for me was whether it was noticeable. I ended up after No. 2 with a fairly wide strip across my head from ear to ear which I found quite obvious and distressing - no combover possible. That's when I decided that it wasn't worth continuing. I was really only doing it to lessen the distress for the kids and their response was overwhelmingly to stop trying if it wasn't working. I think it did ease them into it, though.
If you do stop, there's lots of videos out there about how to tie great scarves and you may find a wig library in your area which makes it cheaper (I wear a wig maybe once a week so it really may not be worth spending a lot of money on one). - Yes im surprised at how much has come out so 1 more round and i will decide..xxx
Trikki2 - I gave up the cold cap after two infusions. Too much hair came out and what was left was a brittle dead looking mess. Now I love my new short do and am going to keep it for at least a year! Best of luck for tomorrow. K xox
- Best wishes for round 2 xx
