Thanks Anthi - i am beginning to get fuzz in spots but the spots are few and far between and the fuzz can be felt but not really seen. The fuzz is colorless and there are probably on 4-5 hairs that...
but will they grow back eventually? or is this permanent?...
hi kitty - thanks so much for the information. i am also having problems with my nails - do you mean that after 7 years you still have problems with them? pam...
Hi Stepanie! This is encouraging - my hair was also very thick and grew fast. The opthamoligist at my appointment yesterday said he could see a few eyelashes coming back [but those follicles must...
Hello Ellen - did you have any other issues with taxotere? how many years did it take for you to get hair? no eyelashes? eyebrows? I am trying to not panic ... Pam...
Thank you Bernadette - maybe I am just too anxious. Oklahoma summers are very hot and I was really hoping to have some hair so that I would not have to wear a wig. Yes - I did shave my head and I am...
Hello! My Taxotere chemo ended on March 12th - now I am taking daily radiation. I am the only one in my morning 'group' who is not having hair regrowth . I lost my eyebrows/eyelashes on February...
red devil = doxorubicin it is a drug that they actually sit and push through your IV/port. we jokingly refer to it as 'red devil drain cleaner' --- and I am not sure that it is not made by the same...
You are making me smile - yes even at work I have a little fan going all the time because my head gets so hot under that wig and I 'glisten' all the time! Yes, you are absolutely correct - my son...
Thanks Bev - I have raised my son by myself since he was 3 months old - this will be the first time we have been more that 30 miles apart. He has grown into a great young man and he is marrying a...
Anthi - I would love to hear more about the 'cold cap' method - must be very much like the ice in the mouth during the red devil push. I think if I could have done something like that to my head I...
Thank you for your responses. Did anyone have trouble with their nails? That is the most frightening thing to me. My doctor said my nails could turn dark and what I read on the internet said they...
Hi - one suggestion - if you have thick hair - don't shave it like i did. I cut mine short 3-4 inches at first and it does shed but had I not had it shaved I think I would still have tons of hair....
Hello- I have just started taxotere - yesterday. My tumor was 9.5 x 7 X 9cm - extremely large. I had 4 rounds of chemo [red devil] which shrunk my tumor to 1.5cm that was successfully removed along...