Chemo here I go!
Hi everyone! Just came from my first oncology appointment - Chemo starts next Tuesday! My schedule will be the very standard four cycles of AC - over 12 weeks, 3 weeks apart then 12 x weekly taxo...
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I forgot that you asked about hair loss as well... I had cold caps for the first 2 AC but developed a large bald strip across the top from ear to ear that I couldn't hide. That brought the tears. So, I decided to forgo the caps for No. 3 and got a No. 2! Strangely enough, although the onc said that my hair would be gone by Day 10 of treatment 3, I've still got a fine fuzz but my hair has always grown slowly so I suspect that has something to do with it. I'd shave it but I'm scared of cutting myself. I have lost a lot of eyelashes and my eyebrows are almost gone - that is what I hate more than losing the hair. I've got that bald face chemo look - a bit like a turtle, I always think. If they had cold patches for eyebrows and eyelashes, I'd have gladly put up with the pain...or maybe not.
A bonus of chemo brain I think is that while I know the treatment is crap, it's a bit like childbirth - it's hard to look back and capture just how lousy I felt each time. It's all a haze.
I kept a chemo diary with AC to show the onc. I think he must have found it useful because he always asked to keep the printout. I divided it into day by day and into symptoms (usual and new).
A bonus of chemo brain I think is that while I know the treatment is crap, it's a bit like childbirth - it's hard to look back and capture just how lousy I felt each time. It's all a haze.
I kept a chemo diary with AC to show the onc. I think he must have found it useful because he always asked to keep the printout. I divided it into day by day and into symptoms (usual and new).