Hi All,

I have posted here and there on the forums. I was diagnosed with breast cancer in April. MRI found a second cancer lump in the same breast and CT found a third which I'm just assuming probably will be cancer. I also have lymph node involvement but no further spread. I had my first cycle of chemo on 20th May and next one is 10th June. 
 

Before I started this I had waist length hair, I had it cut into a short bob and today finally shaved it (sort of). I donated my hair which made me feel better about cutting it. 
I noticed some mild shedding the past week but on day 17, 5 th June the shedding got worse. This morning (day 18) I shed a lot of hair. My hairs quite thick so you couldn't really tell but I didn't want to cut my hair shorter when I felt *** after my next chemo. My breast nurse said the hair loss typically gets more significant  after the second cycle. 
 

I actually feel quite relieved shaving my hair today. I'd cried a lot over doing it despite knowing it was coming. It's about 1cm long and my head no long has that weird feeling when the hair falls out. I can honesty said I feel good after doing it and I'd been dreading it. It feels like it's just out of the way now and I can prepare to be fabulous and bald lol. I've got a wig on order and plenty of nice hats. 

I just wanted to share this in the hope in may be informative/help others going through the same thing.