Iām four weeks on after finishing mine and I ended up more āburntā than Iād anticipated- keep a good eye on it and youāll be fine. I wore a white t-shirt every day with no bra for 3 weeks, (did the same after surgery too when the confounded dressings wouldnāt stick to my skin) figured if there was any break in the skin any weeping or anything would show up on the white cotton. Wore latex gloves to fair slap on the moisturiser at every opportunity , Iām a bit strange, I canāt stand getting lotions and stuff under my fingernails! Iāve peeled this last 7-10 days and itās now just looking like just that part of me went on holiday and had a wail of a time .
Enjoy your celebration, whatever you do and enjoy the relax of not going to hospital every day, itās great! Xx
This is my hair growth after finishing chemo 18th oct. Itās darker than before but lots of grey mixed in more on the top which i didnāt have before either lol. I donāt mind though. X
@debi1 wow it has grown so much!!! Thank you for sharing, mine is very sparse at the moment but I just finished a week ago today so your picture gives me so much hope x
So on the same page as you and my boys are both in 6th form so itās so hard to give up work financially. A sabbatical would be so good ā¦. Iāll keep dreaming x
@pipspops thank you for your message and good to hear how you got on after radio.
Also thanks to everyone who has sent messages.
An area of skin where my burn is broke this morning. Went in to see the breast radiotherapy specialist today who was brilliant. Iāve got cream and these weird pink dressings so fingers crossed this sorts it as I donāt want any more delays x
@galdiolus - my chemo finished on 18th Nov. My hair started growing back a few weeks before I finished. (Btw my hair has always grown quickly). Itās definitely not the colour it was when it came outš
Just to reassure you - I finished my EC dose dense on the 21 nov (I had taxol then DDEC) and I only started seeing regrowth on my hair line about 2 weeks ago and now itās growing quite fast. I cold capped and am still shedding everyday so canāt see much growth through my very thinning hair on my head but have quite obvious growth around my hairline (if that makes sense) . I am 8 weeks post chemo. My eyebrows and eyelashes have come back also in the past two weeks Xx
That does help. I am so willing my hair to grow. I stroke my baby soft, hairless arms and legs hoping to feel stubble but none yet. I didnāt cold cap.
Im 3 weeks behind you. So maybe in a weeks time?
The good news is u donāt feel the toxic feeling I have had for the past 6 months from chemo. So I think it is leaving my bodyā¦
Just checked my photos and the photo I took was only a week ago ( 10th Jan) of my regrowth so maybe not even two weeks ago more like 10 days it started appearing. Everyone is very different and the dose dense EC certainly did a number on me! I have lost so much hair since the end of chemo in fact I lost loads even yesterday.
The regrowth is actually where the cold cap didnāt reach!
Great news on finishing radio relax and catch up on yourself now x
Iām on day 9 of abemaciclib andā¦ā¦ not wishing to jinx itā¦ā¦okay in every respect so far. Everything Iād read said within the first week to expect āupsetā, so thought I was going okay. However, oncologist said expect āchanges if it affects youā between days 10-14, so could well be the calm before the storm! Fingers and neuropathy toes crossed that it stays calm
Dry skin possibly more in evidence on my face and scalp, but that might just be the time of year, house heating etc.
@kerrylou1 congratulations on finishing radio . Itās so nice not going to the hospital everyday!
I start on Abemaciclib on Tuesday - Iāll let you know how things go. When do you start? @pipspops its good to here that you have been ok to date, fingers crossed it stays that way for you. I read/ was told about the side effects that can happen!
Iām also having my first Zoledronic Acid infusion on Tuesday so next week could be interesting!! Xx
, Iām a bit strange, I canāt stand getting lotions and stuff under my fingernails! Iāve peeled this last 7-10 days and itās now just looking like just that part of me went on holiday and had a wail of a time 
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but all still ok.
