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  • Forum Post: Keeping your head warm at night when losing your hair

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    Posted 2 months ago
    My Hubby is beginning to lose his hair after his first round of R-CHOP (we're now on day 18) and I'm worried about his head getting cold at night. Has anyone got any recommendations or tips on hats, caps and other methods of keeping your head warm at night? At first I thought a fleece hat might...

  • Forum Post: Keeping your head warm at night during chemo

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    Posted 2 months ago
    Hi, has anyone got any recommendations or tips on hats, caps and other methods of keeping your head warm at night. My Hubby is beginning to lose his hair after his first round of chemo and I'm worried about his head getting cold at night. At first I thought a fleece hat might be a good idea but then...

  • Forum Post: Keeping your head warm at night during chemo

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    Posted 2 months ago
    Hi, has anyone got any recommendations or tips on hats, caps and other methods of keeping your head warm at night. My Hubby is beginning to lose his hair after his first round of chemo and I'm worried about his head getting cold at night. At first I thought a fleece hat might be a good...

  • Forum Post: Re: Hitting a all time low.

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    Posted 8 months ago
    Hello Lousie, so sorry to hear your news... we all get low days, its only natural the little negative voice escapes and torrments us some times. Its difficult to keep it locked up all the time. I am always surpised how strong our bodies acutally are, I have not started my chemo yet, but do get very...

  • Forum Post: Re: My New Wig !!

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    Posted 9 months ago
    hey.... you are looking fab winston, do your terries recongise you with your new look ? I am still deciding whether going wig or for the egg look ! Good idea to plan ahead of time. Huge hugs ever emotional winston xxx :)))))

  • Forum Post: Started losing hair 2 days ago :(

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    Posted 10 months ago
    Day 15 after first lot of FEC and I've noticed I'm losing my hair. I didn't expect it to start so soon. I thought I'd have another week until I started my second treatment. I'm prepared for it, but not emotionally. On the whole I've been ok, but it doesn't stop it upsetting...

  • Forum Post: Just found I need chemo, a mastectomy and then radiotherapy...

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    Posted over 1 year ago
    Hi, I have been recovering from my lumpectomy the past 3 weeks. The pain much better than I thought, and doing well. Had my results from the surgery on Tues this week, only to find the cancer is bigger than they thought, it's travelled to one node. So I'm going to need chemo first, then a...

  • Forum Post: donating my hair to charity

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    Posted over 1 year ago
    hi guys, i got my hair cut yesterday. i had very long, uncolored blonde hair. i had around a foot cut off. i asked the hairdresser if i could keep he ponytail he had cut, because i wanted to see if there was a charity that made wigs for children who had lost their hair because of treatment for...

  • Forum Post: Anyone had bad side effects on Capecitabine (xeloda)?

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    Posted over 2 years ago
    Hi all I am on my second cycle of capecitabine and having been told the only side effects I would probably get were sickness, diarrhea or hand and foot blisters I am very upset to find that I am losing my hair which the oncologist said very rarely happens and am coming out in a rash of ithcy red lumps...

  • Blog Post: hair loss and complementary therapy experiences

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    Posted over 2 years ago
    I had treatment for breast cancer last year. I am also a psychologist in training and a massage therapist and want to hear your stories of hair loss and the therapies you used - what, how, why?? for my research which hopefully will inform others of cancer experiences good, bad, or just indifferent!!...

  • Forum Post: experiences of hair loss and complementary therapies

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    Posted over 2 years ago
    Hi I was diagnosed with breast cancer in October 2009 and spent more or less 2010 having chemo and radio treatment. Whilst I was having my treatment I continued my studies to train as a psychologist. Even though it was a very difficult time for me and I am still suffering the affects of fatigue and...

  • Forum Post: can anyone recommend the best type of wig?

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    Posted over 2 years ago
    hi i am starting chemo next month and have told me to expect my hair to start falling out within 2 weeks of first treatment, so i want to be prepared. the nurse has given me a brochure with a variety of wigs from a local stockist but there seems to be a variety of types, lace, had woven, true2life...

  • Blog Post: 3 down 3 to go

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    Posted over 2 years ago
    Alex had his third session on Thursday and has had a bad couple of days with nausea & fatigue - says its the worst he's felt so far. He was going to go and get his hair shaved short today but felt bad and stayed in bed most of the day. He hasn't had a headache this time. I have been trying...

  • Forum Post: Hair loss - great organisation to help with headwear

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    Posted over 2 years ago
    Hi I would like to tell you about a wonderful, morale-boosting visit I had on Monday this week. My hair loss came a bit sooner than I expected after starting FEC 75 (on January 12th 2011) and although I'd made a few enquiries about scarves etc, I hadn't done much about it. Then, when the...

  • Forum Post: Mantle Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma

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    Posted over 3 years ago
    Im 33 and just recently got diagnosed with Mantle Cell Lymphoma. Initial shock can be overwelming. Especially with a wife of 13 years and two girls, 12 and 10. I just started my chemo treatment regiment, R-CHOP version called MEGA-CHOP or CHOP-ICE. It was a treatment designed by the Nordic Group. A little...

  • Blog Post: Progress so far....

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    Posted over 3 years ago
    Hello Mac World Things are going well with Pats so far. First lot of Chemo was ok, was scary as no one knew what to expect. It was quite a surreal experience just to accompany someone! Surreal but not in a bad way, was actually a remarkably calm experience for Pats. The nurses in the Medical Day...

  • Blog Post: Wondering why I have never written a blog before...?

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    Posted over 3 years ago
    I am well and truly on my way on this cancer journey now & I cant believe that so far I havent written a blog.... I suppose until now I have managed to keep myself very busy & havent really had the time to. Now just about to start my 3rd Cycle on Chemo Im in the house a great deal more &...

  • Blog Post: Hair today, gone tomorrow

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    Posted over 3 years ago
    Funny week so far. i'n feeling much better and able to most things I want to do, but looming in the back of my mind is the 2nd treatment due next monday. I think that it is harder to go in for the second dose as I now know how ill I'm going to be. My hair is steadly falling out. It is also...

  • Blog Post: Cherry now broken ;-)

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    Posted over 4 years ago
    Friday 6th November Can't wait any longer. Chemo appointment is 1.30pm but after my blog, it seems like I'm just pacing up and down the house, waiting for the minutes to drag on by until it's time to leave. Sod it. Hop into the car. Pick up my friend. Drive to the clinic. Arrive at 12...

  • Blog Post: Today's the day...

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    Posted over 4 years ago
    First chemo today. Really nervous. Seem to have been able to drag out the process for as long as possible. However, no escape now. It's today. First the surgery. A few weeks of pain and recovery put it off. Then IVF. Another couple of weeks of daily injections and absolute trauma on 'egg harvesting...

  • Blog Post: Hair Regrowth

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    Posted over 4 years ago
    I wondered whether anyone has tried a product called N****n, marketed as a volumiser and regrowth agent/follicle booster suitable for chemo baldies? [I won't print its full name as I'm aware the site rightly takes a dim view of gratuitous advertising, but it's so hideously expensive that...

  • Blog Post: Effect's of Chemo

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    Posted over 5 years ago
    Well sat here at 2.59 am and playing bingo on line and not winning as usual (lol) because my head is racing like hell worrying about the effects of chemo and loosing my hair again why!!!! i just dont know after all its only took 32 years for me to get it back with alapicia (sorry bit of self pity...
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