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Wife Just Diagnosed w/ ES SCLC - What Can We Expect?

Lung Cancer | Last Active: Aug 20, 2022 | Replies (222)

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@merpreb

Yes, of course, I had forgotten. Ask the Cancer Center what they recommend as far as wigs go, also her hairdresser might have a line on some and the American Cancer Society (go online for contacts) have them for free.

You can call her Immersion person (you probably can get this from your Oncologist's office) and see if the chemo causes hair loss. I came within one minute of shaving my head. My friend and hairdresser came to my house and just before she plugged in her buzzer she asked me if I was sure that my chemo would cause hair loss. So I called the immersion office and spoke to my nurse and she said not always. Tada! And I had long hair at the time.

When I had chemo(2008) there wasn't any immunotherapy yet and chemo worked well for many many people so please don't be discouraged about her test results. There are many people who have yet had their results match up with an immunology medication. Researchers are working very hard to discover new results!

Lung cancer research and positive results have been more positive and saved so many more people within the last 5 years or more than most other cancers! And I consider mine chronic.

I hope that you get good news about wig availability and that if Liz needs one it will make her feel good. I had a couple of friends who had cancer when I did and they painted their heads! There are beautiful scarves and cute hats too.

These are just a few examples
https://www.headcovers.com/headwear/
https://www.tlcdirect.org/pages/headwear
https://www.tlcdirect.org/search?type=product&q=%20wigs*
wigs :
https://hatsscarvesandmore.com/
Good luck.

Merry

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Hi Merry...I did not lose my hair but I had my wigs just in case as hair loss was definitely a possibility. Having them gave me a feeling of preparedness and power over the beast. I still have them....

Merry - thanks for the info!!! Liz told me she had planned to use scarfs, if necessary, all along.... She cut her hair pretty short before any of this started and she has not seen any loss as a result of the radiation treatments to her skull area. We will meet her immersion person next Thursday at the Cancer Treatment Center for her first Xgeva & B-12 injections.