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Diagnosed with breast cancer & primary lung cancer: Next steps?
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@bdurel - I think that's an excellent choice. I bet it will feel nice and cool this summer, too. for me, it was traumatic having my long hair come out. if I had known I would lose so much hair, I would have cut it shorter preemptively. fingers crossed you'll love your new style and that you won't lose any hair.
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I just read this. I had long red curly hair my whole adult life. 40 years. I got Taxol/Carboplatin and my Medical oncologist suggest i just cut my haor. Cold capping does not always work. Easy for others to say that. I had asked after hoe many infusions would my hair would fall out. I had 12rounds, for 12 weeks. The 2nd week i had my hair cut to my shoulders. One week later I asked my sister to do very short. I had 2 wigs. One i just saw picture on Facebook and it looked good. Many people thought i cut my hair. I WORE HATS, IT WAS COVID TIME AND I went to headcovers.com and bought rosette hats. Beanie caps. It looks 2 years about for my hair to hit my shoulders.
Ha in Sept 2023 i was diagnosed with MDS. My hematology oncologist said i would not lose my haor. HA HA. My nurses there said yes, you will. I had a bone marrow transplant and the chemo was melphalan. For just a minute i ask God if he was kidding. Lose my hair twice? Yep, I did, but for fun, a nurse said to me 26 days past transplant i may not have red hair because of my donor's blood cells. Ha! 2 years after it is red curly to my shoulders.