Chemo day tomorrow

Oh wow I didn’t realise this was a wig just seen your further comments. You look amazing

Keep on with the cold cap, I’ve heard a lot of people say their hair grows back when they come off EC and continue with the cold cap. 

Good morning Sparkle. I'm sorry to hear about your hair, must be quite disappointing after trying the cold cap. I'm still unsure whether to when I have my first session tomorrow. I'll be having 3x EC then a change of drugs. Just need to get started now. Hope you're feeling ok. 

Good morning Sarah. Your wig looks great but it must be horrid to be losing so much hair. I'm still undecided about the cold cap but need to make up my mind before first of 3 x EC tomorrow. Will then have 3 more session on different regime. How have you been feeling on the chemo? I'm pretty anxious about it but just need to get started now. 

Thankyou so much, knowing I won't look a complete wally helps. Happy to help with wig buying!

Thankyou, there are some great ones on Amazon.

Morning, thankyou.

Sounds like we're having same treatment regime, I've got 2nd EC today. I felt same as you, just wanted it started, actually felt happier once it did.

I actually felt alright, bit nauseous the next day but I took a pill I was given and it went. The steroids mess your sleep up so I was tired until I stopped them but then sleep went back to normal. Make sure you go to bed a bit earlier, as I was awake for a while during the night.

Losing my hair has upset me but I have thick wavy hair so hope I can hide loss for a while, got nephews wedding in a couple of weeks.

Be kind to yourself and when you're struggling think what you would say to your bestie and say it to yourself, make sure you reach out to loved ones and remember you're not on your own.

Take care

Good morning ladies....I hope all your chemo goes well over the next 48 hours. Not the most pleasant of times but hopefully the reactions you have will be minimal. I was glad the anti emetics were working well. They don't always and there is unfortunately nothing you can do....no matter how many times you try changing the prescription.....if you are prone to reacting. Never feel guilty for however you react. That's very important......you are you and you will get through this treatment but there isn't a right or wrong way.....

As for hair.....if you feel you can cope with the cold cap and it isn't causing you stress or fear, then try it. But losing your hair is a very small price to pay for usually successful treatments. There are some very nice turbans online which can be matched to outfits and they are fashionable. My hairdresser advised against a wig because my natural hair was straight and fine and a wig would look obvious. I decided against a cold cap as I got a lot of vertigo headaches previously so when my hair started to pull about three weeks into EC my OH shaved it. I was without hair for about 8 months. Mine....probably because it was so fine before....took a while to regrow but it still needed cutting back into shape exactly one year after my OH had shaved it. Losing it feels enormous, I understand that but time does pass and it will regrow just as the treatment will pass too.

It is 10 years since my treatment. There have been a number of tweaks to make treatment easier but often it works well and I have been clear of cancer since Nov 2015. 

Take care all of you and I shall be thinking of you as your treatment begins/ progresses. 

Love Karen

Godd morning everyone on this thread.

Just wanted to share ... my daughter completed two years of treatment in February, 22 chemo cycles, 15 radiotherapy sessions and 3 surgeries. She started with 4 x EC. She did cold  cap but was one of those it didn't work for. Had lost more than 80% of her hair before cycle 3 and decided to give up and have the last straggly bits removed by her hairdresser. She wasn't comfortable with a wig but acquired a large wardrobe of chemo headgear (Etsy is great) from sporty to sparkly.

None of this is easy. Sometimes she was too poorly to move from bed to the sofa. But she got through it, and so will all of you.

Two years on, her hair is as thick as it ever was, a shaggy chin length bob. She's back at work full time. Still some side effects, but stronger every day. She climbed Ben Nevis a few weeks ago!

Very best wishes for successful treatment for all of you. Have faith, you can do this.

Wow your daughter really went through it. I'm only having 7 cycles at the most so I know I'm lucky, then mastectomy. I just need time to process, losing hair is small price to pay plus it means I can be adventurous. 

Take care