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Wendyej
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Hi, I am about to start chemotherapy and herseptin treatment on the 3rd of January, I have her 2 positive breast cancer with a 2ins tumour leading off the multiple others,stage,2/3, I am so scared about all this and what the side effects are going to be. I have spoken to my consultant and it sounds very bleak. I'm having 6 sessions and maybe surgery. My question is has anyone else been through the same as this and do you have any advice please to help.

  • Offline in reply to 66kimmy

    Hi, I'm so glad to hear you took control,, it's a hard decision to make but when it's done you have controlled the situation, I hope it didn't cause you to much stress and anxiety, it did with me for a while but enjoyed shopping for head wear after,, Iv lost my eye lashes over the past few days ,now that feels weird.

  • Offline in reply to Wendyej

    Oh was so emotional whilst my hair fell to the floor but i felt better once it was done .... and then it took a few days before i could look at myself.   I still have my eyebrows and lashes but lost hair every where else ;-/ 

  • Offline in reply to 66kimmy

    I took my mirror out of my rm and wouldn't look in one for a few days,, I have got used to it now,, quite looking forward to seeing how it will grow back,,, my hairdresser suffers from alapesha and I never knew, her wigs are amazing, when she came to do my hair she took her wig off,, it was such a surreal moment and an amazing thing for her to do 

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