Chemo

I am sorry you are losing your hair - it can be so hard when it is falling out, even if our wigs are beautiful. It is usual to have some tenderness and tingling when our hair follicles are damaged by the chemo. Once our hair has fallen out completely, it stops. It also settles over the days after chemo, before the next one. It can sometimes feel a little more comfortable if you wear a soft bamboo hat so nothing pulls on your hair. I hope the discomfort passes soon. I think it is almost easier when the hair is gone, watching it fall was the worst part for me. Some say shaving our natural hair gives us back control over our hair loss and helped them. I wasn't quite ready for that and waited until it was almost gone to trim the hangers on! x

I think I would feel exactly the same ad you , thankyou for your reassurance it's most helpful ad you think your on your own don't you x

You may find cropping it short will help with the scalp tenderness. I couldn’t face shaving my head but I found cropping it short made it more comfortable and also reduced the shedding hair problems 

It does feel like a lonely journey until you hop on to this forum and find all these other people going through the same. It is so hard to lose our hair, but the losing was the hardest bit. I actually like my wig and it is so much quicker and easier than the real thing! You are definitely in good company here xx

Thankyu yes I took your advise and now I haven't had the tenderness today, xx

It does help me a lot to know what other people are going through, i had my second chemo yesterday and must say I'm not too good today think it's knocked me a bit , after 1st chemo I had a good appetite , none today , wondered if everyone cycle  different x

I think it can vary cycle to cycle. Chemo stole my appetite, especially EC. My oncologist told me to treat food like medicine and eat small amounts every couple of hours. It was a mind over matter thing and I wasn’t always successful! But I tried. I hope your appetite returns once the chemo is flushed out of your system xx

Today I'm back to eating normal which I'm pleased about  I  am having EC  too, thanks for info x