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I had no idea there was anything going on with my colon.  I did have abdominal cramps and random fevers over the past few months (classic colon cancer symptoms), but these are also chemo SE's, so I never suspected a thing, and since I'm under 50, never had a colonoscopy or other reason to worry about it.  I went to the ER on January 2 in extreme pain, thinking I had a cranky ovary, but when they did an ultrasound, they decided it wasn't an ovary, but perhaps diverticulitis.  ER doc ordered a CT scan, and boom - a 6 cm mass in my colon that had been there who knows how long.  Luckily (miraculously), all 33 lymph nodes they took were negative, and the tumor was contained within the colon. Waiting now for oncotype test results to see if I will need chemo.  The other bright spot is that it is was not at all related to my BC - my greatest fear at the time when they gave me the news.

thanks, ks and Michelle.....guess I'll be going shopping today!

Mizmarie, I had colon cancer 14 years ago, then my BC DX this past October. I assume you've already had your colon surgery, since you mentioned the nodes...Just wanted to encourage you. I had  annual colonoscopies for 5 years after my surgery, then every 3 years and now every 5 years. All have been clear since the surgery. I didn't have chemo or rads after the colon surgery, since it was "in situ" or contained. Hope you don't have to either. Keep us posted. Thinking of you...

I don't have chemo curls yet. Still waiting for more hair. And waiting, and waiting, and waiting. I've convinced myself that it has stopped growing. Where is the hair growth thread? Or, in my case, the hair no growth thread!

mizmarie, I am so sorry to hear this...

Thank you all for the encouragement - I'm healing nicely and finally starting to come out of that dark place we tend to go when we are dealing with bad news....  I won't know for a couple more weeks whether more chemo is part of my future, so for now, I'm letting go of it.  I did read that hair loss is a "less common" SE with the standard chemo regimen for colon cancer.

 In the meantime, my hair is growing nicely and in another six weeks I may a Jamie Lee Curtis thing happening....  Hard to believe someone would wear that style on purpose, although she really rocks that look.

MIZMARIE: Hang in there. Hoping you get encouraging news.

I have the facial fuzz plus long chin whiskers! My armpit hair is growing as is my leg hair. Hair growth on my head is doing pretty good except top middle front! Really, where I want it most! Feeling fat, no boobs and a bald spot! My self esteem is shot! I think my face is fuzzier than the bald spot! It has been 3 months!!!!! I should have more hair! I am way behind most of you. I would post a picture but it is not pretty.

Mizmarie.....wow, sorry to hear the crap news. It seems you had these two cancers simultaneously and did not know it correct? This is the first time I heard that Onco testing is done on all tumors. I thought that was for breast only for some reason. DUH!

Please fill us in as to your score. I'm always interest because I had a score that was through the TOP. You are in my prayers and we are hoping for the best.

The reason I'm here today is that I"m 4 years out and I had posted that eye lashes and brows stopped dropping at 3 1/2 years after the usual every three months. Well, I noticed

last week my eyebrows are GONE. Lashes are hanging in there. How weird is that? Guess I'll have to get out the old pencil again. Ah, the gift that keeps on giving and giving......... 

MizMarie---  so sorry hear about the colon....  My aunt had colon cancer and didn't lose any hair during her chemo so hopefully you will not have to deal with that with everything else on your plate.

My hair's been growing since 9 months.  I've colored it twice.

This is what I do to manage the curls:

While very wet,  I put leave-in conditioner, but not one that softens the hair too much.

Then I flatten my hair like a back-to-front combover and dry it that way, using my hands and fingers to flatten it forward.

 When dry, I use my fingers to push it back towards the crown.  It's straight and thatchy.  I put a little light finishing paste on the top and pull the hair so it is thatchy and stands up.  

I vote for the spa day.  I had a facial, mani-pedi, mini massage and hair cut (if you call it that). Felt like a new person.

Bak94  --  give it time.  I am 5 months PFC and have full head coverage, but it is only 3/4 in long.  If only our hair would come back as fast as it fell out