Shedding

[clsisold]

In three weeks my Eddie Munster look has melded into William Kunstler in his declining years and now my hair has thinned so much there’s no weight to it so after a night of sleep I wake looking like Don King

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[tapupane]

Hi there, awesome site. I thought the topics you posted on were very interesting

[clsisold]

Thank you, I really appreciate your telling me this.

[sealwhiskers]

How is the treatment going, apart from your hair? (I'm sorry if you don't want me to ask, just tell me to buzz off if I'm too prying)

[clsisold]

Oh no, there's no problem with your asking.

Yesterday was my second treatment so there are only two more to go but they do seem to take forever. I was at the Infusion Center for almost 7 hours yesterday. I’ve chosen to use a communal room instead of a private bed - it's physically far more comfortable sitting in a reclining chair for 6 hours than sitting in a bed with my legs dangling over the edge of the mattress for the same amount of time.

I am tolerating this chemo well and I feel so fortunate because it would just be horribly depleting to be nauseous all the time. I don’t know if the effects of this treatment are cumulative, I certainly hope not since I haven’t had any of the extreme side-effects that all the brochures mentioned and I have resigned myself to the possibility that I may never have natural hair again.