Calling all TNs

Cathy:  OMG.  What a series of unfortunate events.  Hope you are doing much better now.

Melatonin/sleep:  I doubled up and ended up having weird dreams.  Seriously--serial murder dreams. I told my DH about one dream that included Clint Eastwood & Kevin Bacon.  DH said I should use melatonin every night, to which I replied, "but it was the old Clint Eastwood!"  I'm finding that sleeping with the puppy, who is very still, is helping more than any supplement.  She's calming.

MBJ:  tell me more.  I hate my curls and want to color.  Did you do all-over color?  Is your hair growing so fast that you have to touch up frequently?

Love the cat pic.  That's one bodacious cat.

Hey Titan! I bet we live kinda close. I live in Ashland KY saw all the Tornado damage on the news.  It is really a miracle that more people didn't get killed. 

Lynne:  I should clarify:  Roman Holiday with a punk twist, since I kind of spike it out everywhere!  My husband loves it and I am getting used to it being super short.

Laurajane & retrievermom:  Excercise aned physical excertion is the best thing for sleep, and melatonin will give you the weird dreams until your body adjusts 2-4 weeks.  The beauty of it is now, if I do wake up, I can eventually get back to sleep!

Retrievermom:  I bought hair dye at Whole Foods 100% Natural and went Brown/Black.  Makes my skin look milky white and vampirish LOL.  It's growing about 1/2" a month so I do have to do frequent touch ups now that I have all of this grey hair!  I used to wait 6 weeks now you can see it in just 2!

You are so welcome.  Love that stuff!  It's a miracle worker on chemo curls.

MBJ- what product is a miracle worker on chemo curls? I want to find of it!!

Sugar:  I don't know if you have a RiteAide there, just the local drug store, ya know? It's Marc Anthony Straight hair cream.  When my hair is still damp I put a good dallop of it in my hands, rub my hands together, run it all through my hair and I can get away with finger styling it and using a comb for my "baby" bangs and it actually looks like a style that I asked for.  My DH loves it!  I have never been able to do this even with my pre chemo hair, so I'm calling it a miracle product.  You can probably get it on line, since everything is on line!

I have some kind of flu virus, but as soon as my nose is no longer huge, stuffy, runny and red, I will post my new hair!

MBJ - we don't have RiteAide here but our Shoppers Drug Mart does sell Marc Anthony so I'll check it out.  Funny..I've been doing the opposite as i've put a serum/balm on my hair that's for curls.  I figured I'd go with the flow, so to speak.  I've never had curls before so I must say I am enjoying them.  That said, I'm going to give the straight cream a try, too, for a different look.  My bangs are now past my eye brows but they curl up and look much shorter.  My new avatar photo was taken in August so they are a bit longer now.  Thanks for the information about the product.

I love hearing about what to do with hair when it starts to grow back. Gives me something to look forward to. I think the Taxol is working for the first time since I was diagnosed in May I can actually feel my tumor is much smaller. It makes me so happy since nothing really changed much after the AC. I get my 6th taxol on Thursday 1/2 way there. I remember reading other people on here being at the 1/2 way point of Taxol and now I am actually here. Yeah!!! No major SE's either. I have been having unusual food cravings though. Scary non healthy ones that I can't resist. Tonight I am having a cheeseburger with grilled onions, smothered in swiss cheese and shitaki mushrooms, baked potato with creme top organic yogurt and a big salad with blue cheese crumbles, olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Weird, I typically don't even like burger. I hope it taste as good as I have been fantasizing about for two days. If I have the energy I might just bake myself a chocolate cake. I've never been a chocolate fan but Taxol has turned me into one big time. I've been trying to eat so healthy tonight will be a fun relapse.

Laurajane:  That's so funny!  Once I had that couple days of metal mouth, I would crave all things protein to the point where I am no longer a vegetarian--I now eat grass fed organic meat, chicken, turkey, turkey bacon.  All things protein.  What I've noticed after all the chemo, surgeries, etc, is that I seem to have great bone/muscle loss!  I just finished the book Forever Young, which is a great resource for diet and maintaining health, especially for women with BC or Chemo/menopause!  I just bought the Chia seeds which are supposed to be all the good of flax without the bad (good if you are dieting, too) and Green Magma which is chock full of good stuff and if you are trying to grow hair, this stuff should help cause it helps build bone & muscle!  I want my health baaaaaaack!

Jenn3:  Blow drying my hair with tons of products was the only way I could control my wavy/cowlicked hair and bangs-until chemo gave me kinky frizz galore LOL!  So I would have to agree with you, in that, with the chemo hair, forget the blowdryer!!!  I miss my bangs and they are now about a 1/2 inch over my eyebrow which is huge!

For those of you dealing with SE's from chemo, the Forever Young book, although very technical, is so informative as to how you can continue to live a long, healthy life.  It made me realize that chemo caused vitamin and mineral deficiencies are largely to blame for some of these SE's and using something as simple as adding Green Magma to a protein drink can give you extra magnesium and calcium and also upping your Vit D3/K1 can also help with those SE's!   I refuse to succumb to BC again and I just wanted to share all this great stuff I am learning that we can do.  Oh, yeah:  Green Magma:  Good for hair, nails and skin!!!

Kad22- Yeahh!!!!! So happy for you. You are Done!!! Done!! Done!!! I love that word "Remission"

Claire and MBJ- For some reason the metallic taste hasn't been that bad on Taxol. I lost over 20lbs on AC. I kind of liked loosing that wieght I have to be careful to not gain it all back. I've ben told the steroids used with Taxol can make me gain wieght? I think I am making up for not eating anything but soup for two months. I only eat organic grass fed also and mainly beans, chicken and fish as protein. I usually gag at the idea of eating a burger. LOL and loving it as we speak. I'll check out that book and the green good for you stuff. Thanks for recommending it. Have a great evening.

Kad22, go all out and celebrate.  You got through it! Congratulations!

Ok,  you  ladies quit losing weight............I am finding every pound!  And it seems each pound is bring friends!!  Chemo/menopause stinks.  I am back to my exercise routine but my metabolism hasn't figured it out yet.

Kad22....congrats on finishing chemo.  Yay for you.
Navy

laurajane:  I ws so inspired by your meal idea that I cooked tonight but my husband had steak and I had salmon!  I didn't know you had a son!  How old is he?

Kelli -  Congratulations that you are done!  I have one more to go on Sept 30th and then I will be done too!.  Together we will all get there.

Since we have been talking about hair recently, I thought I would post this stylish picture that appears to address both problems...