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  • bdavis
    bdavis Member Posts: 6,201
    edited March 2011

    Lago... yes, I fear you are right... I will get all that unwanted hair back too... but a girl can hope... I think that we ladies are due some golden nugget at the end of this journey... Wouldn't be great if at the end of chemo we got long fast growing locks in the color of our choice, no leg, pit or bikini hair and a well groomed brazilian... oh and youthful skin and strong sex drive... oh well... here's hoping.

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  • bdavis
    bdavis Member Posts: 6,201
    edited March 2011

    Oh and 4 TX down, 2 to go.

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  • tracie23
    tracie23 Member Posts: 598
    edited March 2011

    Bdavis, How are you feeling after 4 tax? I hope you are doing well.

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  • lago
    lago Member Posts: 17,186
    edited March 2011

    bdavis the sex drive comes back. I mean I'm not 20yo anymore but the drive is just fine now.

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  • marjie
    marjie Member Posts: 1,134
    edited March 2011
    lago - I am glad to hear that!!  I will let my DH know tooWink...
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  • lago
    lago Member Posts: 17,186
    edited March 2011

    Your DH might not be as happy to hear about the full brazilian going away. Might have to be the present you give him for being such a great husband.

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  • tracie23
    tracie23 Member Posts: 598
    edited March 2011

    I love not having hair there..... my luck I will be gray down there too.... Foot in mouth

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  • Linda-n3
    Linda-n3 Member Posts: 2,439
    edited March 2011

    Lots of discussion about the hair regrowth today! .... my mother said she never got much regrowth in the pits after chemo 18 years ago, but I guess I missed out on that gene.... seems like the legs and armpits came back more than ever, coarse and dark... that was one blessing during chemo when I didn't have the energy to shave I didn't have the hair.  I am on wig #2, first one was longer, a little more blond, got tired of it as I usually do this time of year - needed a "new do" and got a short sassy auburn/red style.  Everyone gave rave reviews!  But I am planning an even SHORTER "cut" in another month if I continue to grow, will be back to my natural color which I have not seen in over 30 years, and VERY short as I plan to ditch the wigs for spring/summer hot weather.  Just looking for ways to keep folks on their toes around here! Cool

    Saw my MO today, was happy to report to her that the nail pain is FINALLY getting better,  and my BRAIN is finally working again since I ditched all meds except vitamins and ambien, but unhappy to report the neuropathy in fingers and teeth not greatly improved. We had another discussion about tamoxifen, and I have agreed to begin again at a very low dose when I start feeling much better, i.e. able to be up and active more than 10-12 hours without a nap after 6 hours up, and got to have some improvement in the hot flashes.  They have been leaving me nearly passing out, and she said "yes, some people get debilitating hot flashes." DEBILITATING just doesn't even BEGIN to describe it!!!  Yell 

    I am so grateful to all you ladies who have shared your experiences with me and encouraged me, and now I am happy to support and encourage others who are just beginning the SE battle.  Some days are not so bad now, some days are even good, and I actually am even optimistic that things will continue to improve (dour Scotsman that I am!).  Blessings and peace to you all today.

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  • Linda-n3
    Linda-n3 Member Posts: 2,439
    edited March 2011
    Look, I'm talking again and can't shut up!  Wink (sorry....)
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  • marjie
    marjie Member Posts: 1,134
    edited March 2011

    The hot flashes suck big time!!  And chemo brain??  ....... It's hitting full force now - I put something in the oven and that's it, completely gone from my memory until I am wondering what the awful smell is Undecided

    Hopefully you won't see me posting that I have managed to burn my house down!

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  • christine47
    christine47 Member Posts: 1,454
    edited March 2011

    MGB,

    Fantastic news!!  I do trust everything will be ok, check back at the end of the summer, maybe I will have hair?  No, I will have hair!!

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  • bdavis
    bdavis Member Posts: 6,201
    edited March 2011

    Tracie... feeling good... thanks

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  • lago
    lago Member Posts: 17,186
    edited March 2011
    tracie23 I think you will have to wait a few more years to get the gray down there and it happens very slowly starting mid 40's. I don't have that many and didn't get any new ones… now on my head I got more grey.
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  • Slainte
    Slainte Member Posts: 152
    edited March 2011

    I am 9 weeks out from last docetaxel and my hot flashes are still going strong, my sex drive however is not :((. And sex is painful too:((. Hope this improves soon.

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  • lago
    lago Member Posts: 17,186
    edited March 2011
    Slainte if sex is painful talk to your onc about it. If s/he dismisses it then talk to your gyno about it. If sex is painful it makes sense your libido would go into hiding. I've had the pain and now it's resolved.
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  • Fighter_34
    Fighter_34 Member Posts: 834
    edited March 2011

    What is everyone doing about the hot flashes?? I get at least 2 or 3 a day. And my legs have finally stopped feeling like I ran a marathon. Literally stopped last week.

    Hang in there ladies...

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  • tracie23
    tracie23 Member Posts: 598
    edited March 2011

    My hot flashes have calmed down I get a few a day but they are not super intense like they were.

    Fighter how long since your last chemo? My legs still hurt so bad. 

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  • lago
    lago Member Posts: 17,186
    edited March 2011

    My flash aren't too bad and when I do get them it's mostly between 2-6am. I think I sleep through a lot of them. Certain foods trigger it too but I don't get that hot. Never sweaty.

    You might consider getting a fan by your bed.

    A personal hand held fan for your purse might come in handy:

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  • marjie
    marjie Member Posts: 1,134
    edited March 2011

    Fighter - I can't wait for my legs to stop hurting!!  Glad to know that maybe it will just up and stop one day soon....here's hoping!  How long have you been out of chemo?

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  • lago
    lago Member Posts: 17,186
    edited March 2011

    The legs will stop hurting. I'm now 95% there. 10 weeks from last chemo AND 29 days on Anastrozole (generic Arimidex) and still getting better. I started to notice it about week 5 post chemo. Then it keeps getting better every week.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited March 2011

    Thanks gurls for the cheer  :)))   We all have to kick ourselves so hard in the ....

    Have looked at the directions on a Rogaine box before bying and it warned to no use in case of bald spots..... I'm so terrified of any type of drug now.  Will definitely get the high dose biotine and keep searching 'til the cows come home.

    Have posted earlier that I'm thinking of having the unwelcome visitors on my face transplanted on my scalp   Yell

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited March 2011

    Oops, chemo brain, wrong forum !!!!!!!!!!

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  • lago
    lago Member Posts: 17,186
    edited March 2011
    MGB I'm having no issue with the women's rogaine (generic walgreens). I had used it before but stopped on chemo started again when chemo stopped. I only use it once a day although the directions say 2x a day. It works a little too good if I use it more than once a day.
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  • tracie23
    tracie23 Member Posts: 598
    edited March 2011
    MGB since the hair is not growing yet you should just wear this , I got it at chemo chicks.comI'm Too Sexy For My Hair - Chick-a-tude Tee
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  • lago
    lago Member Posts: 17,186
    edited March 2011

    Shouldn't that read I'm too sexy for hair?

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  • tracie23
    tracie23 Member Posts: 598
    edited March 2011

    it does read I'm to sexy for my hair????

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  • marjie
    marjie Member Posts: 1,134
    edited March 2011

    Getting back in shape with my cats, lol!

    Photobucket

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  • Omaz
    Omaz Member Posts: 5,497
    edited April 2011
    marjie - OMG those cats are huge!!!!
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  • christine47
    christine47 Member Posts: 1,454
    edited April 2011

    Those are the biggest cats I have every seen!  My cat is 8-9 lbs. They must be easy going to let you pick them up like that.

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  • Omaz
    Omaz Member Posts: 5,497
    edited April 2011

    marjie - what are their names?

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