Hello,
I have been advised to restart chemotherapy as the immunotherapy hasn’t worked. As the treatment is weekly by infusion for an hour I was going to try the cold cap as I absolutely hated losing my hair during last years treatment which was every three weeks and lasted nearly six hours so I didn’t try it.
Has anybody used the cold cap with Paclitaxol? How did you get on?
Thank you Mary
Hi Mary
Am sorry to hear that the immunotherapy hasn't worked as hoped.
I used the cold cap during my paclitaxel/carboplatin.
I will pop a link - it worked for me. Paclitaxel is the one that tends to result in total hair loss. Carboplatin is more thinning. I can understand that it was really upsetting to lose your hair. For me the cooling cap gave a sense of control back and helped me disguise what I was dealing with.
My feeling was to give it a try and see how I got on. You can always stop at any point and they can turn the machine off straight away. But if you do plan to do it, then do it from the first session.
The Changing Faces of Cancer- Scalp cooling, Hair loss and Regrowth. - Macmillan Online Community
This link is for Paxman.
Jane
I understand. Scalp cooling is definitely worth trying in my opinion. Also one other thing is that I would imagine the dose of paclitaxel each week would be less than the amount they give you on a 3 week cycle- so it may well be that will have a bearing on the success of the cold cap.
Hi Jane, I had my first chemo today using the cold cap. It was fine, nowhere near as bad as I thought it would be. Thanks for your advice 
That's good to hear. First one is always the worst as you don't know what to expect.
