Starting Chemo
It has now been 2 months since my initial diagnosis which threw me for a loop but after having my lump removed along with the sentinel node I was feeling pretty positive that I would only need radiot...
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Losing your hair can be a shock , and a real curse when you have just got your hair how you wanted it! I had just managed to grow out colour and was really happy with it, and three weeks later, off it goes.
But as others have mentioned, by the time it came to get the number 2 clippers, I was happy to see it go. Within a few days of starting chemo, my hair felt as if it belonged to someone else, a very unpleasant feeling. It looked OK, but it felt quite alien. I made an appt with my hairdresser to cut it off, bought a wig (great buy) took it with me and walked home with it on for the first time. A neighbour (who had no idea about my cancer to that stage) stopped to admire my new do!! Can't tell you how that helped.
Turned out she had breast cancer a decade ago, wore a wig too, and we got to know each other a whole lot better.
Dread and anxiety walk in the door with cancer, but you can help boot them out. My hair grew back much less grey (after starting chalk white - don't panic!!) and it often starts growing back while you are still having chemo.
Good luck.