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ladym13

OMG Marion...That is SO awesome...I can't wait, just the thought of having a ponytail would be like finding out I won the lottery....I CAN'T WAIT!!!!

You look amazing...thanks for sharing your pics, gives me something to look forward to:)

Char2010

KatherineNaomi - I love your photos and the progression.  Your hair is definitely coming in nicely.  Congratulations!

Marion - Great pony tail and I love your bangs.  My hair is about 2 inches long but the front is shorter and no bangs to speak of.  So I continue to wear the wig.  Was hoping to have longer hair by now.

nikola

KatherineNaomi- lots of hair for 7 weeks. You have good coverage. Thanks for sharing.

Marion - I a hoping to have so much hair one day. I am 12 weeks out.

KatherineNaomi

Thanks all!! I'm not using Nioxin but do take Biotin, 5000mcg per day.



Marion - You look amazing!!

TreadSoftly

Katherinenaomi - ditto on what the other ladies have said - good hairgrowth and coverage, nice strong colour coming in too!!

Marion - Im 51 wks into hair regrowth so a few weeks behind you.  I keep trying to put my hair into a ponytail but the curls are just too mental!!  My hair looks shorter than what it actually is because of all the curls...  do you straighten your hair every day?  Have your curls lessened/loosened at all?

MBJ

KatherineNaomi:  You are so beautiful--Lovely pictures of your progression!

Marion:  I was just able to put my hair in a ponytail, then I cut some more of the chemo damaged/bleach damaged hair off.  Maybe in another 3 months I will have that length again.  Looking good.

ebann

On Abraxane 2nd treatment and still no tingling or feeling like someone is pulling on my hair like last time. I was wondering any of you ladies on Abraxane and how soon did you start losing your hair on it? Got a wig and some hats so prepared. I got rid of my wigs & scarves, hats from last time. Who would of thought. Everyones hair looks really nice. I remember getting my eyelashes and eyebrows back that was so exciting for me. The thought of going through this again just makes me sad.

Have a blessed Merry Christmas!

MBJ

(((Elizabeth)))

Anonymous

Ebann - (((((HUGS!)))))

kelben

Elizabeth (((((((hugs)))))))

DiDel

Marion I have hair envy!! When I go to the gym I have got to pull it back in 5,000 bobby pins and barrettes I can't wait for a real pony!

Diane

poodleluvbug

Marion-I too can't wait until I have as much hair as you! I have full coverage-about 1/2 inch right now. I never wore bows or headbands before cancer, but now I am obsessed with hair accessories and I keep buying them! I am totally going to wear a bow in my hair when it gets long enough! I want to try to "girl" up my short hair...don't want anyone calling me Mr.! Isn't it funny that now my whole adult life is divided into two parts...before cancer and after cancer...BC and AC. Merry Christmas everyone!

bubbalu

Bubbalu here:  Okay, I'm giving in to the Nioxin.  Have used Biotin 1000 for a month and see 'some' new growth and changes but, Nioxin seems to be working so well for so many of you I'm ready to try it.  Question?  Which ones do you use?  There are so many different shampoos, conditioners, and treatments for thinning hair.  We who were bald need which one?  Please advise and a very Merry Christmas to you all!

nikola

Bubbalu,

I am not using Nioxin but I am using Biotin 5000 twice a day.

Merry Christmas to everybody

DiDel

Merry Christmas to All!! Hope everyone has a wonderful safe holiday weekend!!

Diane

MBJ

I use the Nioxin 4 for severe loss and because I dye my hair.  I think 2 is for those who don't dye their hair with sever hair loss.

MBJ

A very Merry Christmas to all of you!

dutchgirl6

Merry Christmas to everyone.

pumela115

Hi Ebann, I just thought i would let you know i lost all my hair (shining head) the second week on AC.Started Abraxane and my hair started growing. I only have 2 treatments left and my eyebrows and eyelashes are growing like crazy and on my legs darn it, but the hair on my head is coming in nicely, gray but it still is growing. So maybe you won't lose yours. Good Luck and i hope it doesn't come out for you!

Pam

LtotheK

I'm reporting in and also reaching out for support.  I am 14+ weeks PFC and really have a weird head of something purporting to be hair.  About a month ago, I buzzed it to get what a friend here calls "squirrel fur" off.  Then, it's been SLOWLY filling in, so I have a covering, but it's fine, dry, and downright yucky!  I had a lovely head of soft, somewhat wavy light brown hair with a Cruella shock of grey, and boy,you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone.  They've paved paradise with something approximating a geriatric rat pelt.  It's about 1/4 inch long, would be longer if I hadn't buzzed, but not by much.

I know some gals have a full head of real hair by now, and I'm trying to be patient.  But I'm also trying to ascertain whether Taxotere did permanent damage.  The waiting is just brutal.  I forget who, but one lovely gal here supported me by saying it wasn't until month 5 that stuff really took off for her.

I'm currently on fish oil, D, and B vitamins among a few others, would love to not have to add anything else in but am open.  I never thought this would be the case, but it's really wearing on my self esteem.

hrf

You would know if the Taxotere had inflcited permanent damage. Sounds to me like you are fine because you have a full head of "something" that is growing. In my case, from the beginning, it only grew in patches and even then, not much. I could tell from about week 8 that something was seriously wrong. I'm sure you'll be fine from what you describe.

Marion

hello treadsoftly,

yes, I do straighten my hair. I used to do it everyday (I had to buy one those tiny travel flat irons in order to do it properly), but now I only do it once every 3 days.

My curls have loosened a bit but it is due to length and weight.

So right now, after 56 weeks, my hair texture is not back to normal (it's still curly) but my hair color is (it is no longer growing back grey).  

LtotheK

Hrf, that is so kind of you to help me and let me know your experience.  It will allow me to relax and move on, and for that I am really grateful to you.  I am angered and sad at what you have been through with your hair, mostly because no one but us can understand how difficult all the treatments are.  I feel like each of us gets stuck with at least one nasty reminder, whether it's chemopause (that'd be me) or neuropathy, or hair issues.  It's a lousy reminder they just don't have this sucker well figured out.  I hate Pink October, because it really softened the whole attitude about this disease. Proof in point: family members who were all surprised at all the little things you don't know unless you go down this road.  No one could believe it took three months in my case to get any hair, or that I probably will be in permanent menopause.  And I have to live with the fact that in a couple of years, I'll probably be told the chemo was unnecessary.  Uh...I think I'm a little depressed about it all today....being around healthy family members makes me feel like I'm on an island.

MBJ

MHP70:  I was so shocked and dismayed how some people just brushed off my BC as not a big deal anymore!  Ignorance is bliss.  I hate pink everything--it paints an illusion that having BC is not a big deal when in truth we are forever changed. 

Hope everyone is having a lovely Christmas and I hope 2011 is better for all of us!

hrf

I agree. BC is still a big deal. We lose hair, breasts, ovaries .... suffer permanent nerve damage, lymphedema and other things. People don't understand. And for those who ask me, they don't really want to hear when I tell them the truth.

cc4npg

Ignorance is definitely bliss.  People don't want to know about this side of things.  It's depressing and they don't want to hear about it.  They'd rather live in a pink fluffy world where nothing, or at least most things, don't affect them.  BC is anything but pink.  I understand way more than I ever really wanted to now on how others feel with certain diseases or other things they have no control over.  Before I went through this, I honestly don't think there was any way to understand it even if I would have tried. 

I'm halfway done with TC now, and have lost most of my hair.  I actually have hair still though, like a newborn, so I don't know if that means it'll start growing back sooner or what.  Hair on my arms and legs, eyebrows and lashes, are still very much attached, as is the baby fine hair on my head.  Definitely looking forward to seeing growth like many of you have already seen, but I know I'm not there yet.  It's helpful to read the posts here though.. knowing it won't be long before I'll be taking pictures of my growth.  I love seeing pictures of hair progress!

bubbalu

Nikola:  My PCP won't let me take more than 1000mg a day.  Said to wait a month and if it slows growing in up it to 2000mg.  Wonder why?  It's safe isn't it, I mean your body throws off what you don't need.  I guess I'll ask the girls at the salon that sells Nioxin which number I need.  Probably 1 or 2.

MHP70:  I'd say as long as you have something, even fuzz, your not going to suffer permanent hair loss.  I'm 7 months post chemo and mine didn't start back until 2 months after then it's been fuzz for several slow months and is now looking like I might get some hair someday.  I think I'll be one of the ones to have hair by one year or so.  Very slow for me, very thin in many spots but those spots have really really short hairs in them.  I'm on 1000 Biotin and rosemary shampoo and conditioner daily considering getting Nioxin.

kelben

Being around healthy happy people is hard for me too.  I am definately depressed today.  My hair is growing in but very slowly.  I finished TC on the 15th of Sept.  Maybe a cave on a mountaintop for a year or two would be helpful....hmmmm

MBJ

Kelben:  Last year this time I was in the middle of chemo and I just didn't celebrate anything.  Hoping you great health and lots of hair in the new year.

LtotheK

It is so helpful to hear the stories of the "old-timers".  I think it's probably totally normal that first holidays after breast cancer are hardly snow angels and mistletoe.