Hi Yibby,
I’m from the August thread. My theory is you get the white chemo hairs first, then the dark chemo ones. That makes your hair look grey. Then, eventually, your own hair comes back. My hair looks grey too. It should be light gingery brown. Still waiting for brows and lashes, although they have started to come back. Can’t see them, but I can feel my lashes.
Margaret
Hi Margaret!
I was walking around with grey hairs poking out of my head…OMG I was like come on now give me a break…at times I saw the funny side to it then there were times I didn’t wan to look in the mirror. I’ve a bit of brows hardly any lashes though…my God mother said I should get some fake ones…yeah right LOL
I’m wondering what my hair would look like when it grows back…I’m so counting down to November to finish the herceptin treatment …am so tired and my body is so stiff!!!
How have you been handling the hot flushes and sweats?
Yibby
Not handling hot flushes and sweats! I have my prescription, but my armpit and arm are so sore I just can’t face the thought of all that. At the moment, I am as sore as I can cope with. And less than 50% of the tumour was mildly Er+, so I don’t really I understand why I need to.
I am going to buy one of those very expensive mascaras where you paint your tiny lashes with white paste and then mascara over the top, and voila - you have lovely long lashes. At least that is what I am hoping for. 
Hello September Ladies. It is with extremely great sadness that I post that we have lost a member today. SDFMEG - Margaret Pt passed away peacefully this morning at 4am. Her daughter Ella had the awful job of relaying the news to me. I am absolutely devestated. I had been speaking to her online only about 10 days ago, just before I went in for my DIEP on Monday, and I received a card from her Friday wishing me a speedy recovery. I only got out of hospital yesterday and had intended to call her this afternoon. Margaret went into hospital Sunday evening and deteoriated very rapidly. A brain scan confirmed it had spread to her brain and doctors advised that it was very aggressive and a matter of minutes. She passed away peacefully this morning with her family at her side. I am totally shocked and so, so upset. This is just awful awful news. I am not sure yet what the funeral arrangements are - the family may want to keep it private. I had hoped to meet up with her later on in the summer when we had finished all our treatment and enjoy some time with her in Devon. I have posted in the In Memory section. Devastated. Words cannot express the grief and sorrow I feel. Emma x .
Spookymoo - this is terribly sad news.
Margaret has been a good friend to me through Facegroup - offering me support and hugs through my own problems, and I tried my best to cheer her along too. I hadn’t realised she was unwell enough to be admitted to hospital. I know all along she didn’t feel her cancer was responding as it should to treatments, and diagnosis seemed to vary.
I hope she was spared the worry of knowing it had moved to her brain, and didn’t suffer a long drawn-out deterioration. I will always remember her kindness to me.
Like you… I was hoping one day to meet up with her. We planned to do so when all our treatments were settled and the sun was shining… but no set plans had been made. I wish I had indeed met her in person to give her a hug.
Please do keep us informed of any commemorative plans.
Thanks for letting us know.
June 22
I’ll let the ladies on the Facebook September Sapphires know too, if that is okay.
June
It’s the first time in ages that I’ve been on here and I can’t believe the news. Shocked and upset doesn’t even cover it. I’d like to send a card at least. Go to the funeral but not sure what we can do here!!!
Emma what can we do?
Joan
Spooky how sad, i sent her several posts and messages too. poxy cancer xxx
Hello everyone. I have just receieved this message from Ella, Margaret’s daughter.
“We would prefer a donation to a charity and would be grateful if we could be let know which although we don’t mind which anyone chooses. Flower are still welcome though. Friday after next at 9AM (Friday the 24th on May) we have arranged to have the funeral. It is not going to be a religious one - we are going for a Humanist one. Mum is going to be cremated. It will be at Barnstaple crematorium and we have tried to arrange things in a manner than mum would approve of. We are yet to decide on a venue for the wake. We have decided that clothing is going to be whatever anyone feels comfortable in but if anyone can’t decide then something bright would be good (a nice splash of colour). Thanks xx”
I am happy to help co-ordinate this but understand if you would like to send a donation and flowers individually. It would be nice if we could send some from “The September Sapphires” and if we could get some bright ones / sapphire coloured I think that wold be appropriate. Also I think we should nominatge Breast Cancer Care as the charity. All of us benefit from their help and Margaret was such a prolific poster on the forum it seems appropriate to me. If you would like to add comments or have any ideas etc please PM me. I am sure I have Margaret’s address so can pass this on for those who would like to send cards etc directly - please PM me for this.
I will post in the In Memory section that if people want to contirbute etc to PM me directly so that I can co-ordinate responses etc. Hope this is ok Em x
I am sorry I don’t know why this has posted so many times. Can the mods delete some? Sorry. x
The really sad news about Margaret has shcocked me to the core. I always looked out for her posts as she seemed to
have so much wisdom and advice for everyone. Her family should be so proud of all the support she gave to everyone on these forums. I agree that Margaret would approve of donations to BCC.
Lol
Hi just been diagnosed with recurrence at site of original tumor This time 17mm, previously 14mm. In shock. Did everything right. Took my Tamoxifen religiously. Was ILC, clear margins, no nodes. Great prognosis. Now i face Mastectomy, Chemo and more hormone therapy. Which is fine but i why? I want a bilateral.but consultant said to think carefully as not particularly necessary. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Only diagnosed today. In shock cant believe I am here :-((
Hi jo
My first diagnosis was in Sep 2012. I had lumpectomy in October. 6mm clear margins. 5 weeks of rads and then Tamoxifen.
You must have all but put it behind you now, what a b@#%@d! are you having chemo this time as you cant have rads again? Xx