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Staph

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1. I had what is called the sandwich treatment.
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 02:40 PM
Aug 2015

Chemo / radiation / chemo, over a period of eight months (endometrial cancer).

I had my hair chopped down to a couple of inches long before the first round of chemo, because it was down to my shoulder blades and I didn't want to see the really long stuff scattered around the house. The huge wads of hair in the shower were traumatic enough. I didn't lose it all, but it was pretty sparse. (I didn't mind losing my hair so much as losing my eyebrows and eyelashes. I looked like a scared rabbit! And I loved not having to shave legs and armpits.)

It started to regrow within a couple of months after the last chemo. It also came in curly, just like my dad's hair, though mine had always been string straight. It's also a bit thicker than before -- I was starting to develop old lady's thin hair, but now it's thicker than it has been in decades.

Cut it. Don't cut it. It's your choice -- whatever makes you comfortable.


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