Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow?

In my chemo class a month or so ago I was told that if I were going to lose my hair I'd lose it two weeks into chemo and that it would all just come out with one stroke of the hand....

That would be tomorrow.

Yesterday, however, I was looking online at TAXOL SIDE EFFECTS and there I read that hair loss occurs 96% of the time and it can be thinning hair or complete loss and it said to expect to start seeing the loss after 3-4 weeks of beginning chemo.

I'm really glad I found that information online because had I made it past tomorrow without any significant hair loss I would have (probably incorrectly) assumed I was in the clear.

Now, as it stands, I'm even more expecting to lose some or all of my hair (96%?!?!?!  Those are not good odds....) and I'm looking online for knitting lessons and stocking cap patterns.  Who knows?  Maybe I'll become a prolific knitter who donates extra caps to cancer kids....only to have my caps rejected by an ungrateful, sobbing woman at a chemo class (inside joke).

So, if you have any suggestions for knitting lessons or stocking cap patterns, I am taking all suggestions.  I don't think I'm going to get a wig, and I think for the most part I'll just be bald, but for warmth I'd like a few cute stocking caps at my disposal and why not learn a new skill set in all of this?

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