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Must-haves for chemo
Hi all. I am about to start chemotherapy next week, fortnightly for 8 weeks and then weekly for 12. There is SOOOOOOOOOO much out there about what it will be like, what the side effects will be, what ...
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@imy65 the hankies are a great tip. I lost all my eyelashes (they all ended up in my eyes!) and brows too on the taxanes and my nose ran all the time... I have large strong glasses frames that covered up my lost eyebrows. I gave up on wigs too, hot, itchy and complicated.... I got some hair caps on temu, basically they are a cap with fake hair attached. I had some fun with them as they are about $10 each, I got them in all different styles and colours so I could have lots of different looks (no one had ever seen me with black hair before!!). As a dear friend said to me if you don't have hair you might as well have some fun!!
@imy65 the hankies are a great tip. I lost all my eyelashes (they all ended up in my eyes!) and brows too on the taxanes and my nose ran all the time... I have large strong glasses frames that covered up my lost eyebrows. I gave up on wigs too, hot, itchy and complicated.... I got some hair caps on temu, basically they are a cap with fake hair attached. I had some fun with them as they are about $10 each, I got them in all different styles and colours so I could have lots of different looks (no one had ever seen me with black hair before!!). As a dear friend said to me if you don't have hair you might as well have some fun!!