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Hair loss
Sitting here with tears streaming cos my hair has started coming out in big clumps. I'm on day 19 since start of chemo so I've been expecting it but that doesn't make it any easier. I feel overwhelmed...
It's very confronting to lose your hair., that's for sure. I remember watching one of those 'real crime' shows and the person doing the photo identikit drawings said that they always started with the hair as it was generally the thing most noted by the witness and also that it was very characteristic of the person being depicted. For me, I felt totally stripped of my identity as I'd always had very long hair (I sat on mine) and was known as either 'Dave's wife, 'Kate and Jesse's mother', or 'the lady with the long hair". Upside, it provided a good place for my grandson to draw with his textas, and I got a free and also pain free Brazillian into the bargain. (My first and only), and my underarms have never again needed to be shaved. Chemo in 2016. Good luck with your ongoing treatment, and remember, we all get it.