Help! Need to decide between Paxman or Penguin cold caps SOON!

mccarts · September 2021

Hello! I will be starting chemo about September 28th. I am receiving a second opinion on September 22nd and will need to make a decision within a day regarding which hospital to use AND to use cold caps or not.

I am curious if anyone has done carboplatin and Taxol and used cold caps.

My first opinion said I would be doing 12 weeks of chemo.4 cycles of: Week 1 Carboplatin and Taxol Weeks 2 and 3: Taxol Repeat four times.

If you have experience with this regiment, what was your success and with what kind of cap? Success meaning how much hair did you keep? Your overall opinion about the process? Were the side effects manageable?
I would appreciate any help in this matter. It's a huge decision!!

I have access to Penguin Cold Caps at hospital #1 and Paxman and Penguin at hospital #2.
What is your opinion of using Paxman vs Penguin?

I like the low(er) maintenance of Paxman, but I don't know it's success rate.
Thank you!

Shannon

MinusTwo · September 2021

I did not cold cap but I know there are lots of discussions about it on these threads. I saw it constantly in the TCHP threads, and in the concurrent chemo threads. Maybe check the search option on the left.

mccarts · September 2021

Hello! What is TCHP and how do I find it? I looked and searched, but not really sure how to or what I’m looking for.

Thank you

exbrnxgrl · September 2021

TCHP= Taxotere, Carboplatin, Herceptin, and Perjeta

Use the search function. I found that most threads discussing this chemo were either in the chemo forum or HER2+ forum so if you you restrict your searches to those forums you should get quite a few hits. Take care.

mccarts · September 2021

okay, thank you

MinusTwo · September 2021

Thanks exBRN

Help! Need to decide between Paxman or Penguin cold caps SOON!

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