Baldie 😊

Me too!

You are both gorgeous! I think I'll be joining the club very soon.

stunning!

Thank you guys. You look great. Makes me not so worried about the whole business of losing my hair, when that comes. The wig options sound like a bit of fun. I'd rather have my hair, but if not I'll probably go for a Cher in 1970 kind of look.

>Z<

I was a little shy the first time I stepped out but I decided to rock it and the response has been pretty positive, although I have been called "sir" twice, lol

You all look fabulous! I haven't lost my hair, yet. and started chemo April 13th and I was honestly was just telling my husband that I view the bald head look as a medal of a warrior. I think the world needs to see beautiful bald heads of amazing woman fighting a hard fight. I planned on going bald, ordered some cute hats to protect my head from the elements and my 10 year old girl has washable markers to decorate my head, but otherwise I was going to be proud. My chemo dose was upped 2 weeks ago and the shedding is getting bad, so I am prepared for it getting worse after my dose this week, but we shall see. Either way, I am ready and will be proud if my head goes bald.

Linda, I didn't begin to loose my hair on Taxol until about the fifth infusion, which makes no sense. I had some expanding bald spots so shaved, and darn if it stopped falling out! This is nothing like A/C which I did the first time around. I do miss my nose hairs and have to carry tissue everywhere. Good luck!

*susan*

Thank you Susan and Helen. I read in the Taxol prescribing info that a mere 13% of patients will not lose their hair. Could we be amongst that 13%? Wishful thinking maybe but time will tell.

Helen - I anticipated much worse SEs with Taxol but really apart from fatigue and some nausea, I'm doing well.

Wishing us all chemo gals the best, bald or not.

My 3 year old grandson said I looked like Mrs. Potato Head and proceeded to give my bald head lots of kisses.

Now on Ibrance/Letrozole. The first hairs to come back were on my chin..really? Cruel.

Linda,

I had three rounds of Taxol after I was first diagnosed but unfortunately did not respond to it. I did start to lose my hair after a couple of weeks but jumped the gun and had it shaved. I recalled my experience with CEF in 2001 when it came out in clumps. I had it shaved at that time as well with no issues. This time I had a lot of stubble which did not want to fall out causing some issues with infected follicles. The stubble never did go completely which makes me think it would not have fallen out completely.

Sandibeach, I also thought it was a cruel irony that when I switched to Arimidex and Ibrance the first hairs to come back were my whiskers! Those I did not miss. Hair slowly coming in but very patchy. I sort of have the old man bald pattern going with little on the top, more on the sides. Sigh...

You gals are gorgeous. 

Susan, so glad taxol is much better than expected. HelenFaith, 2.5 miles is excellent. Keep going. Sadiesservant and Sandibeach, my hair started growing on my cheeks after TAC chemo. Very strange it was. Illimae I still get called "sir" all the time. I may need to get a wig to put a stop to that.

I get addressed as "Sir" a lot. I hate that! Does anyone have a good come back for it?

I have been rocking the bald look for the first time ever, in this last month. I'm not quite "proud" enough to share my photo yet, but am definitely inspired by you guys who were brave enough to post and share. I am still adjusting to the new look. I find it most amusing how much my bald head looks just like my dad's!

I was called sir by a cashier at the grocery store recently by a guy (late teens/early twenties), I didn't have a great comeback but did laugh and say "I guess the lipstick and big tits didn't give it away, huh?". He apologized a lot, lol

All of you inspire me! I wish I could like or cheer for each of your posts. As for the ladies being referred to as "Sir" I don't have a a great comeback, but for me it just confirms that some people just don't make direct contact with the person they are connecting with.

Stay beautiful ladies!