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Hi Glynnis. 

Great to hear from you.

I'm happy my hair is growing back but I told the drs as long as the chemo still working.

I'm glad you mentioned about the nails I'm on wk 6 tomorrow n I've noticed faint black lines on my thumb.is it from sunlight.

I try to protect myself from the sun n usually have an umbrella on me but how bad is it if we get caught out in the sun?

I have major fluid retention and have pit on excessive weight hungry all the time ??as a fitness junky pretty hard to deal with

Thank you i count my blessing that I'm doing great.

I hope you continue to be doing well xx

Thank you for your welcome I'm so glad I joined 

Have a fab week xox

Hi Tracey thanks for the reply.

Glad that your treatment is over yay.

The drs n nurses said I must have good hair folicals so again i am thankful.

I've had really great nails too untill lady week or so now I look like smokers fingers lol.

I hope all is going well for you xx

Hi Kat welcome to the site, everyones treatment is so different and we all have different side effects. Family and friends are great but this site gives you something they can't give you and that is support from people who know what it is like. It is good you are travelling so good, take carex

Hi Kat, I had 4 treatments of AC and 12 Taxol, I finished on 21st September, yes my hair started to grow back at about the 6-8 week mark of taxol which was great it is now about 1/2 inch to 3/4 inch long/ short haha. my side affects started about dose 10 of taxol, fingers and toes sensation went funny and my nails have black in them across the middle that appeared about a week or so after finishing, had to take nail polish off as was going for surgery to remove lymph nodes so the sunlight got to them and I had some fluid retention which started about 2 weeks after finishing, nothing I could cope with so was all good, I hope the rest go well for you. Glynnis ????

Hi Kat, and welcome to the network. Sounds like you've gone through heaps so far, very proud of you for coping so well. When I was on docetaxel I had lost all of my hair anyway. I'm 2 months down the track from my last chemo, and I just have hair coverage on my head, it's dark thank goodness, and my eyebrows and eyelashes are on the way back. My fingernails delaminated, but I didn't lose them thanks to ice gloves. My main issue with docetaxel was bony any joint pain. I took panadol with a panadeine during this time, and that did the trick. Hope that you are through it all soon. Sending you a big cuddle, Trace ??????

Hi Kat

I can't help with your questions as I have had different treatment. I just wanted to say welcome. This is a great site for information and support. All the best. Karen xox