Taxatere and permanant baldness

Hi everyone, as you can see from this title Taxatere has made me permanantly bald.
I finished tax in Jan '05 and still cant go out without a wig or scarf.
The company SA know about me and others that its happened to but refuse to help us with the finacial burden that this 'kept secret' has left us with.
i have had a written letter from them admitting that it does happen but thats it.
I am starting a campaign against them for financial help (scalp treatment and costs of top quality wigs etc for rest of my life) and would like to hear from anyone else that this has happend to.
Oncologists are still NOT informing patients that this is a possibilty and this is WRONG. We should be warned -i was told my hair would grow back and never gave it another thought.
So, please if you have had this happen to you please contact me.
For any doughters if you give me your email address i can forward their letter to you - it is in french though.
Shirley X

The drugs company do not tell oncs that it might happen so unless they see it to one of their patients they dont know it happens either. SA also changed their wording last year after it happened to another lady in the USA but when it happened to me it didnt say this.
Having been left with a large financial burden the least this company could do would be to supply my wigs - because if its true what they say that its only 4 or 5 women it wont brake their bank will it. On the other hand if its more than that..............
So what are they scared of?

I have had a recent email from my onc saying that sinse he reported my case there has been more cases of it happening all over the world. The more this drug is used the more women will have this disfigurment.

Your question is difficult to answer, had i been told it might happen but highly unlikely i possibly would have thought 'it wont happen to me', if i had been told it will definatly happen than no i wouldnt have had it and asked for a different drug. This happend when i was a young 47 and you cant imagin the grief its caused me, how i cant live a normal life and how its affected my self estime. I feel so ugly and nothing will change that apart fom my hair comming back.
The sooner SA realise i am not going away the quicker we can sort something out because believe me i will be shouting it from all the roof tops!!!