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AllyJay
7 years agoMember
Hi there @LisaJHM...agree with the above. As it happens, I had hideous morning (all day and all night) sickness with all my three pregnancies. Was hospitalised and put on a drip to keep me hydrated. Middle pregnancy I went from 117 pounds to 92 pounds in sixteen weeks. I had the same chemo as you AC followed by taxol and herceptin, and the first thing I bought was a big plastic bucket from Kmart, expecting to upchuck day and night. Got every other side effect, but my dear old bucket remains a virgin. Never threw up once. The point of my rabbiting on is this...just because pregnancy caused severe vomiting does not mean chemo will do the same. Different causes for both. As for hair, I used to sit on mine as I had grown it since age 11. Made the impending hair loss my own family gig. My daughter and daughter in law brushed and plaited it one last time. My husband of 37 years cut the pigtail off, and my son shaved me a #2 Marine buzz cut. My (at that time) 14 month old grandson cheered from his highchair. Very big issue for me, but my lost hair was under my terms, not the cancer. Hang in there, bald and bold can create it's own positives.