Saturday, June 03, 2006

Alopecia

This is a possible side effect of many chemo drugs, including taxol, of which I received two doses, and abraxane, its non-tree-derived replacement which I received this week. I have hair coming out in tufts.

I can run my fingers through my hair and pull out a prodigious amount, and the brush pulls out an alarming amount at once. Should I stop brushing my hair? Should I cut it and watch as the shorter strands snowfall around my head and shoulders? Should I shave it all now? Should I pretend nothing is amiss?

What to do, what to do...

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// posted by Janet Yanosko Elkins @ 5:59 PM

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Was looking forwaard to seeing the new kid on the block with red hair, or maybe rose red but maybe we'll be surprised this weekend.
Did Brian ever show you his pics with a shaved head/

Roger
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We had no problems here. ;-) Of course we could all get wiped out in an earthquake tomorrow too, so power outages might not be such a bad thing in comparison. And you don't see typhoons much there either unlike here where one plowed through a couple weeks ago and shut down my school early. But more on that in a GLH. I need to sleep so I will post this post post haste. Making it a post-posted post


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