1st Chemo and scalp cooling
Tomorrow I have my first (of 4) cycles of AC chemo. i know everyone reacts differently but was wondering when the side effects generally kick in? I am hoping to work throughout treatment. also did a...
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Best wishes to you as you start out on your chemo. I had scalp cooling with my FEC treatment and I can say that I still lost pretty much all of my hair. Apparently most women do on FEC but not sure about AC. I stopped the cooling after the second cycle as the hair was gone so there seemed little point. However, I did resume it for my 12 cycles of taxol and the hair did start to grow back whilst on the treatment. However, I did find the weekly scalp cooling to be very grueling. My oncologist had prescribed me lorazepam earlier in my treatment so I started taking some of that on the day and basically it helped me to pass out during the ordeal. Worked for me!