MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN 40-60ish

Barbe - You have such a great way of saying things - right to the point - no messing around.

YaYa5, don't get too worried with the chemo.  I am Her2 + and almost done chemo, one more to go on July 25.  I had DD AC and one Taxol and then swithchec to Taxotere, and am getting Herceptin with the Taxol/Taxotere.  It's not a walk in the park, but it's doable.  If you have to do it, you'll be fine. 

Reesie and Barb1958, that is funny (but unfortunately true!).  I can't believe I just lost ALL of my eyelashes and eyebrows, but my leg hair is growing back.  UGH!   And I lost weight during chemo and now I have to buy all new bras because it is all in my boobs!  BC is not fair.

well, annettek, when you get to my age, you'll notice that ALL the hair you lose because of aging, just moves right to your chin.  it's so annoying.  if i have to do chemo at least i won't have to do the magnifying mirror/ extra strong glasses to be certain i've plucked them all.  always a good side to everything, right??

for those of you who are her2 positive, do you remember your ratio numbers?  your IHC and/or FISH numbers in terms of her2?  i'm trying to get my mind around chemo and whether or not i will have it. anyone her2 positive who didn't take chemo?   i have two path reports and my IHC report doesn't rate the her2 with + or ++ or +++ (or it's hidden in the report somewhere!)  it looks like my onco won't be back now until monday.  ugh.  another wait over the week-end.  

thanks for the feedback.   

Barbe1958 too funny and true

A belated response - I have this site on favorites and it opens correctly at the last page I read every time.

As for chin hairs - I've been doing electrolysis for some time.  Skin too sensative for laser according the my derm doc.  And I hope my rogue breast hairs are gone since the BMX but that remains to be seen.  I think my hair growth has accelerated witht the addition of Fish Oil & Vit E to my diet.  The bonus is the stronger nails.  Since I'm 67, I'm definately "ish", but read regularlay & appreciate everything you ladies post.

I have been laughing at the chin hair comments, too!  I had a recon using  lower belly sin and fat and have a couple of rogue pubic hairs that show up on my new boobs every once in a while.  I hadn't thought about laser hair removal, I need to look into that.  There is one place on my left boob, right at the cleavage where the hairs tend to be quite dark.  I wouldn't mind losing them, not that it's a real issue.  but it is odd to catch myself shaving my legs, then my arm pit then my chin and then my boobs! 

So funny we are chatting about chin hairs as I got out my super-magnifying mirror last night and took out two of them.  Cmb, I also got a pair of the pink ones shortly after chemo, but sometime last year they flat out disappeared!  I could blame a teen aged son, but since I don't have one anymore, and it's only DH and I  in the house, I would have to say I must have dropped them in the wastebasket.

This discussion on chin and pubic hairs has me laughing

Ya notice it's "Miss Annie Jones"...like who'd marry her!!!

I must say - I find it interesting that our near-vision seems to decline at JUST the age when we really don't WANT to see detail in our faces. That said, every time I DO manage to focus on my face, I find a new thing I don't want to see. My skin changed a lot during the first year of Tamoxifen, and now it's found a new normal that isn't too bad. Sadly, though, instead of chin hairs, I periodically find hairs on my CHEEK. I have always had a lot of "down," and now, hidden in it, I'll periodically find a couple of LONGER hairs that are darker! Do I need that? NO.

One more "cancer and hair" comment. I, too, periodically have "rogue nipple hairs." And after I had radiation on the left, that breast went a loooooooong time without any. Now a few very pale ones have started to periodically sprout up. I am almost happy to see them - anything that seems more "normal" is kinda good... 

Anyone ever see that comedienne, "Mrs. Hughes"? She points out that when you are growing up and you get your period, you are becoming a woman. But, she says, no one tells you what you are becoming when you go through "the change." "I'm turning into my father!" she says... 

Coleen 

Hi ladies, lurker here.  I can relate on the facial hair. I've always had some, but I think I have more now on Tamox.  It's blond, but longer than I can ignore.  I usually just leave it because I don't want to have to shave, but once in a while, I get sick of being fuzz-faced and I shave it.  This is what I feel like: