Penguin Cold Caps

Catherine,mine was only taxol but I have heard that TC chemo regimes tend to get good results too. I was very happy with my outcome and I hope you get similar results

I love the way you put that. Yer, it is only hair. xo

Hi Catherine,

I haven't used them but have heard about them. I asked my oncologist about it and he said they can work but not completely. He said you will sill loose hair in patches so I didnt think it was worth it. I rock the bald head and love it. Its only hair and it will grow back. Just embrace the change.

thanks for responding. cheers :-)

Hi Catherine

I have written a few posts about my cooling cap experiences so if you click on my name you should be able to see those along with some photos of before and now. I am currently halfway through my chemo program. I have had 3 rounds of FEC so far and about to start three rounds of T. I still have hair but it is a lot thinner than it used to be. Strangers wouldn't know the difference and I have started wearing a hat to cover the bald spot on top. Have a look at my photos anyway.

Good luck

x-S

Hi Catherine, I had scalp cooling for my chemotherapy.  I did find it painful so took ativan/ lorazepam with each chemo and that made the process very comfortable.  Other ladies having scalp cooling at the same time didn't find it uncomfortable and seemed really relaxed.  My hair did thin.  I cut it very short ( No. 2 with the clippers) because found it distressing to find my long hair falling out.  I did buy hats and scarves to wear but only wore once.  Got lots of compliments about my short cut.  My hair started growing back in the 5th month of my six months of chemo and has thickened up very quickly.  I think it was worth it.

I had 3 fec and 3 taxotere trearments. The cold cap was part of my chemo which i had in a private hospital so covered by my private health insurance and no additional cost.

Angie, was it just taxol that you had? Mine is going to be docetaxel (which I think is the same as taxol) and cyclophosphamide.

Called TC. Did you have that combination?

thanks Angie, that's very helpful! :-)

Hi Catherine , I recently wrote about my experience, you can read my post here 

https://www.bcna.org.au/online-network/members/angiesg/blog/my-scalp-coolingcold-caps-experience

It was a positive outcome for me. I'm now 5 weeks post my final chemo and the shedding has stopped. I went and coloured and cut my hair this week too and it now looks like it used too, yes it's thinned a bit but hardly noticeable

the first 15 minutes was the hardest, after that I was ok

its effectiveness does differ dependant on the type of chemo you have. It worked well for Taxol which is what I had

Best of luck with it

Angie