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Won the wrong lottery
Hi, 1 in 8 and I wouldn’t win Tatts but I’ve won an early diagnosis triple positive gremlin. Surgery was a little over 3 weeks ago. Clear Margins and negative in the sentinel nodes - another win 🙂...
Hey @HillTop_Dreamer
Lots of people who haven't been through chemo say 'its only hair' True statement and it's easy to be sanguine unless it's yours that is going to fall out.
Being bald ain't my preferred state, but I've done it twice now--both times losing waist length--and it hasn't killed me. And I guess that's what it comes down to; hair or potentially life saving treatment. Cold caps weren't an option and I'm not sure I'd have bothered even if they had been available. It suited me better to just own it and get on with it. But then, I am a bloody minded old battleaxe at times.
Regarding the potential rads burns. There is absolutely no guarantees either way what will happen until you finish and I don't know that summer will make much difference to the level of discomfort. If you do get burns they won't last for long anyway.
PS, wigs are fun if it's not too hot to wear them and there is some satisfaction in realising that if men can do bald, we can too. Mxx
Lots of people who haven't been through chemo say 'its only hair' True statement and it's easy to be sanguine unless it's yours that is going to fall out.
Being bald ain't my preferred state, but I've done it twice now--both times losing waist length--and it hasn't killed me. And I guess that's what it comes down to; hair or potentially life saving treatment. Cold caps weren't an option and I'm not sure I'd have bothered even if they had been available. It suited me better to just own it and get on with it. But then, I am a bloody minded old battleaxe at times.
Regarding the potential rads burns. There is absolutely no guarantees either way what will happen until you finish and I don't know that summer will make much difference to the level of discomfort. If you do get burns they won't last for long anyway.
PS, wigs are fun if it's not too hot to wear them and there is some satisfaction in realising that if men can do bald, we can too. Mxx