More Tips (and a Shopping List) for Getting Through Chemo

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Thank you, NewNormal44, please stop by often and share your journey.

I would like to add something for those of you going through chemotherapy... many of the chemo meds will make you lose your hair. A lot of us chose to buzz and/or shave our heads at some point. Since a lot of you will also be looking at getting wigs, save some of your hair. It's good to get a few samples of your hair for color comparison purposes. All you need to do is save around an inch-wide section of your hair. Cut it off at it's longest place, and if your hair is ombre, keep the color section you want matched. Then just tape it onto a blank white piece of paper. Most places that you can order wigs from online have consultants that will help you find the right color if you mail in your hair sample. They look at the wigs you are considering purchasing, and find the right color match to that manufacturer.

I didn't do this myself but read about it on a few wig websites. I wish I knew beforehand as those online color pictures are very hard to tell what they will actually look like, and each manufacturer calls them something different. Anyway, I hope this helps!

I kind of hate the title.... But this book was recommended to me by my nurse navigator, who said it had been recommended to her by several patients. And I have to admit, it has a lot of practical info and tips that I'd not come across elsewhere:

"Chemo: Secrets to Thriving" (From someone who's been there), by Roxanne Brown & Barbara Mastej

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I just had a friend diagnosed with breast cancer and remembered this list from when I went through it all in 2013.  It was so helpful..so here I am copying and pasting to email to her.  

This is a very informative post and I can see why mods pinned it but it IS from 2008 and the information about soy is out of date.

Our understanding about soy and phytoestrogens as a whole has changed since then and it is not flatly contraindicated, not even for ER+ patients.

It's a bit disconcerting to see out of date info in a pinned post.

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Great information! Do most eat light before chemo? looking for pointers on which foods 12 hours to 1 hour before treatment as my first will be next week.

maybe it doesn't matter, just curious...

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This was super informative tread, I really thank you all for the valuable information!

Bumping... So many good tips.

Agree, great, great tips.

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