Brilliant milestone! Take it easy, lots of Olympics to watch later. So nice to be on the other side!
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Helen, I can definitely remember that feeling - it seems such a long way to go and isnāt even the end. If it helps, in comparison, today (3 weeks and 2 days post last chemo) Iām feeling so much brighter. Almost tearfully bright if that even makes sense? These days will pass for you and it will get better 
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Collected keys, and bought lots of new furniture
staying in hotel as furniture removal not till Wednesday. Itās been tough though, intense fatigue and poonami at 5.30 two mornings running 
but immodium worked on journey down. Last filgrastin last night 
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Hey,
Can I ask how you are getting on with this ?
I had a massive hair shed 2 weeks ago, still got what looks like lots of hair at the back but when I put it up its so very thin, sides are balding & top is very thin & showing a lovely āfryer tuck lookā. Iāve even bought a few scarfs today so I can try & cover up abit as its too warm for my wig & cant wear caps all the time (says the person at the very start of her journey swore she would never do either, strange how we adapt so much)
Bonus is I had my last chemo yesterday, just waiting on hopefully the last ever chemo side effects, which on the hair front, I hope is very minimal.
Hope your doing well, sorry been missing in action have had a tough month
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@ivegotthis01 congratulations on last chemo- thatās fabulous news I forgot there was the last lot of side effects to get through in my excitement!!.But keep focusing on the fact it is the last. Sorry about the hairā¦ Itās all so random. Mine is so thin but growing - so long thin fringe!!.Hang in there. Laura xx
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Hi, sorry for not responding, Iāve had a busy couple of days and my youngest turned 14 today so lots of celebrations 
and shopping 
Iām so pleased with the shampoo and conditioner, I only use the conditioner every other wash as donāt feel I need it every wash, my hair is definitely growing, but Iāve added another item to my desperate wish to grow my hair, I will add a photo and think a combination of everything is really helping ,
Itās called MIELLE and itās rosemary, mint scalp and hair oil I got mine off Amazon but my daughter informs me that itās all over tick-tock and maybe cheaper on the tick-tock shop, this was recommended my our local shop keeper who my other half often chats too and sheās also going through treatment and happily took her hat off to show him her hair growth which he informs me is longer than mine 
her son bought it for her and I love it, I put it on at least once a day comes with a dropper so I can aim it on areas I feel need it most, massage it in, smells lovely and doesnāt leave it looking shiny or greasy and Iām convinced itās also working 
Massive congratulations on completing your final chemo
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Yay, happy new home and last filgrastin 
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Is anyone else experiencing hair loss weeks after Docetaxel ends? My hair has started falling out again 3 weeks and 1 day after my last chemo. Inch long hairs just packing up and leaving 
Iāve also got really bad oedema in my legs. I think itās everywhere in my body a bit as my face looks puffier than normal and my arms and body a little too but I really feel and notice it in my legs. Oncologist said that Docetaxel induced fluid retention is really common and can last for months after the last one and onsets generally after the last one. I hadnāt expected it though and go on hols in a week so am spectacularly gutted to be all puffy and gross AND be moulting again.
Iāve also got diarrhoea still intermittently. I really would like chemo to just stop giving me gifts endlessly now!
@gromit12 Congrats on the house and welcome to Somerset!
@altoan OMG! Imagine if theyād taken that poor lady down to your surgery! Yikes!
Xxx
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Oh no Sarah, not what you want before your hols, did they give you any advice for the oedema?
Regarding hair Iām 3 weeks and 1 day tomorrow so hope I donāt wake up with my hard earned hair on the pillow in the morning 
I do think I might loose some fingernails soon, a nail technician has had a look and thinks theyāve detached from the nail bed, Iām booked into see the nurse tomorrow so hoping she might be able to give me something to help, on the plus side they are not hurting xx
I have a tiny bit of hair growth maybe 1-2mm on an area on the back of my head, the recast is shiny bald a few eyelashes remaining and a few rogue eyebrow hairs. With 3 more to go not expecting any miracles. Iāve been using rosemary oil religiously.
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Iāve no eyelashes or eyebrows, but randomly had a hair growth under my right armpit (would be the numb one) actually had to shave it a couple of days ago. I mean really, whatās that all about!! Xx
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My leg hair is back with a vengeance while my head hair falls out. Sooooo unfair!
Hair growing faster on sideburns too so may well end up looking like an Orthodox Jewish man at this rate given how curly it is. 
Nails have just about hung on.
No advice on the oedema apart from āIt will get better in time but usual things that help wonāt help because itās not like normal oedemaā. Urgh.
I slept with my legs elevated on a pillow last night and I walked loads today. Energy levels are definitely better but still weak but Iāll get there. Just gutted to be so bloated as I was flat stomached so only have bikinis for holiday and this body is NOT bikini worthy this week. 
One positive though. I went out in the sun a few times lately and actually tanned (and Iām naturally auburn so do need to be a bit careful normally). No sign of burning at all. Will still use Ultrasun 50+ on hols but am hopeful I may be able to get a big hit of Vit D for two weeks! Woohoo!
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My eyebrows have definitely almost disappeared in the past few weeks, I think I could probably count them individually nowā:joy_cat:ā¦.But there is a tiny bit of baby fluff on the top of my head today 
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Iāve just been reading the Cancer Hair Care website again, which might be helpful to some of you too - New hair growth commonly asked Questions & Answers - Cancer Hair Care
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Really useful, thank you x
Thanks Anita, like I said before my head is bald and shiny in places so itās reassuring to read about whatās next after chemo finishes. I think I will be a marketeers dream and be buying lots of products to make my hair grow super fast! I donāt about anyone else but Iāve hardly worn my wig I find that with my hot flushes I just want to rip it off!
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Iām the same, sharing with my receding nephew
Canāt bare wearing the wig, just too hot 
Oh fabulous news I think am going to by them all now then & give them a try.
Thank you xx
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Hope you get on ok with your nails, my fingernails are ok but my big toe has become infected they think itās the nail bed moving so theyāve given me a month of antibiotics so not sure what will happen to it.
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