Cooling cap

@NelSky go to the menu, in top corner, and you’ll find ‘inbox’. Go there, and that’s how you send private messages. Send it to @kezmusc, as she’s the one who has the dos and don’t s list for the cooling cap. @Mazbeth tagged her so she could see your post 🙂

Thanks Nelsky, I wasn't familiar with those particular Chemo drugs.

@Abbydog TC is the type I’m having taxotere and cyclophosphamide. 

Hi @NelSky

Thanks for the tag @Mazbeth.  <3 Sorry for the late reply. I have been on holidays:)  Absolutely the cap is worth trying if it's available to you.  I had great success with it.  I have a full walk through do's and dont's that I can send you.  Just send me a pm if you are interested.
xoxoxo

Hi @NelSky, I've just finished (July 20) 6 months of chemo and did the cooling cap all the way through. Phase one was 4 sessions of AC and then 12 weeks straight of Paclitaxel. My hair definitely thinned out alot, especially in the first phase but I did manage to keep most of it and at no point did it look so thin that it needed shaving.  The cap was really cold for the first 5 to 15 minutes but after that I didn't find it painful.  It does add a bit of time onto your treatment though.  I would definately do it again although I'm never going to have to :)
Good luck with it.

Hi @Nelsky, I was going to have 4 rounds of TC every 3 weeks if I had decided to do chemo. I asked my onc about the hair loss, and he said that with those drugs I had a smaller chance of losing hair. He said I would be able to do the cold cap if I wanted.  So there’s a good chance the cold cap will really work 

Dear Nelsky,
I'm sorry but I'm not sure what you mean by TC. What is the abbreviation for?
I did EC which is Epirubicin and Cyclophosphamide x4, then Paclitaxel x12
I'd still try the cold cap. You've got nothing to lose.
I didn't use conditioner, I hadn't heard that that was a good idea. It couldn't hurt.
The nurses did it all. But I did sometimes encourage more water.
I read somewhere that curly hair may need more water.
It conducts the cold. 
If you do it don't pull the cap off fast, there could be icicles. Then you wait a few more minutes.
I don't think that there is a lot of info on why it works or doesn't.
One thing for sure is that you will leave Chemo with wet hair. Take what you need to sort your hair out especially if you don't go straight home. My hair is curly, so I did add some hair product.
I saw ladies using Cold Caps with long and short hair.
Let us know if you go ahead and how you go. 
We'd love to hear from you, on how you go with Chemo anyway.

Hi @NelSky I would definitely give the cap a go for sure. As the girls have said, just make sure it is a firm fit. I wet my hair before I got there, but the nurses had a kit - water spray bottle, Moo goo conditioner etc. The nurses were great and really supportive of me having a go. You can YouTube information/tutorial so you are prepared when you get there. 

With so few treatments I would definitely give it a go. 

Thanks for all the wise words XX My treatment is 4x TC every 21 days. It’s a short course so I’m told. Has anyone had cooling cap success with this type of chemo ??