Hair !

Hi Notme, I had lumpectomy and lymph node clearance surgery on 4 August. Like you one of my worries was my hair, do I go ahead and get my colour or do I cut it shorter in preparation for chemo?? In the end I was included in the Oncotype-DX clinical trial and I didnt have to get chemo. I'm now waiting on a phonecall to start radiotherapy in the next few days. So my advice is not to jump too far ahead, take one day at a time. You may not need chemo. All the best for your surgery and treatment.

I had bilateral lumpectomies and lymph nodes in June and radiotherapy in August. I needed my hair colour done too before my op. I decided my op was more important and to be honest I felt like I had an alien inside me. I decided to leave my hair until I started to feel like me again. I wanted it to feel like I had treated myself and was looking forwards, I finally had my hair done last week, I had gone very grey so decided to embrace it and instead of blonde highlights I embraced the grey. It feels like a different me but then this year has made me a different me. I can’t say what is best for your treatment just telling you how I felt and hope it helps you xx take care xx 

Thanks both it’s such a trivial dilemma really in comparison to what we are going through I might just hold off untill

after mri ! Will have have more answers by then? Or will it not be till they have taken it out that we will know what the plan is ? I just feel like I don’t know much about anything x 

Hi Notme 

Ive a lumpectomy and lymph node “thing” (words escape me this week) on Monday week and I’m getting my roots done today.  It does seem trivial in the grand scale of things but it’s also really important to keep your mood up.  I got my brows done too and I might even book in for one last underarm wax.  You do whatever keeps spirits up, the bleach will be away from the roots slightly by then x

My view is do what makes you feel better.  Its a crap time and if that helps you then do it xx