Recent diagnosis and new to the group
Good afternoon. My name is Jenny and I was diagnosed with Grade 2 cancer in my right breast on the 17 April. I had lumpectomy surgery on 4 May and a PET/CT scan last week as cancer cells were detect...
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Good morning Jenny
congrats on the results! Such a 😅 relief! You may wish to consider creating a new discussion for this topic.
i was 58 when I had chemo and my oncologist tells me with AC and Taxols, I would lose majority of my hair even with cold capping. So I decided not to cold cap. I am 59 now. My hair started growing back 3 months after chemo. The hair loss was everywhere including my eyebrows and eyelashes (it didn’t bother me at all).
I purchased 2 sets: one from Amazon and the other from aurora. The Amazon one (pictured below). I preferred the ones from Amazon as they stay cooler for longer. You will probably have found several discussions around the icing on this forum. Some of the ladies are still active and others are not too active online. I actually emailed some of them with my questions and several did revert to answer my questions and help me out. My oncologist says it is Taxol that may cause neuropathy but I experienced pins and needles even when I was on AC. But as I was told it was Taxol that may cause neuropathy, I started icing only during Taxols. If I had the chance, I would start icing even when on AC.
congrats on the results! Such a 😅 relief! You may wish to consider creating a new discussion for this topic.
i was 58 when I had chemo and my oncologist tells me with AC and Taxols, I would lose majority of my hair even with cold capping. So I decided not to cold cap. I am 59 now. My hair started growing back 3 months after chemo. The hair loss was everywhere including my eyebrows and eyelashes (it didn’t bother me at all).
I purchased 2 sets: one from Amazon and the other from aurora. The Amazon one (pictured below). I preferred the ones from Amazon as they stay cooler for longer. You will probably have found several discussions around the icing on this forum. Some of the ladies are still active and others are not too active online. I actually emailed some of them with my questions and several did revert to answer my questions and help me out. My oncologist says it is Taxol that may cause neuropathy but I experienced pins and needles even when I was on AC. But as I was told it was Taxol that may cause neuropathy, I started icing only during Taxols. If I had the chance, I would start icing even when on AC.
Post chemo, I did developed pins and needles but my hubby thinks that if I didn’t ice, it could have been worse. Hubby also brought ice every week to chemo. My hubby helped to change my gloves when it’s no longer as cold. I didn’t have a port or PICC line. The infusion was through my right hand, so we were not able to use the gloves but my hubby put those ice packs( purchased from Woolies and chemist warehouse) on my right hand. I believe the icing helps as I can tell the difference in the level of neuropathy between My left and right hands.
I didn’t purchase any gloves for my hands as my centre has them and they were happy for me to use theirs.
will drop you a private message closer to the date when we are in Hervey Bay. 😊. And we can meet up if you feel Ok during chemo. Chemo was extremely tough for me so I hope you will do better than me.💝
I didn’t purchase any gloves for my hands as my centre has them and they were happy for me to use theirs.
will drop you a private message closer to the date when we are in Hervey Bay. 😊. And we can meet up if you feel Ok during chemo. Chemo was extremely tough for me so I hope you will do better than me.💝