Sorry chaffinch hope that did not sound flippant meant to add hope your spots are healing and less painful x
Glad it’s not me just me with a thing for marmite on toast!
As I’m still feeling a little queasy I’ve been limiting myself to what I’ve tried. God apple was bland. Oxtail soup want too bad though. Taste buds are definitely on their way out.
Lactulose worked a treat for any of you wondering ??. Just a shame I sent the message meant for my husband to my quiz team ???. Could make for an interesting start to this evening if I make it out.
I have to say that your posts are keeping me going, much love to you all x
Dizzy I have realised by putting things on here relevant or not is a big help
So apologies in andvsnce for any rubbish I post
Glad your sorted ? lolo and I am sure the quizzers will be pleased to know too ???x
That did make me laugh ?
Don’t worry SueW didn’t come across as flippant at all and even if it had there’s nothing wrong with that ?.
One of the great things about this forum is our shared humour in a difficult situation ?
Hi Shi
No offence to take!!! Always just grateful when anyone responds to my ramblings. Hope they let you out of Casa NHS very soon ???.
On my way into work (late but hey, hair trauma!!) Actually still looks quite full, bouffant even and maybe a bit better than of late, as I allowed myself the luxury of a blast of cool hairdryer. Figured I didn’t have much to lose. There’s still a hint of 7 year old girl who got plasticine stuck in her hair and hacked at it with the safety scissors but hey, ho.
Sorry if my morning posts today have been a downer for any of my fellow cold cappers but forewarned is forearmed. Not sure there’s anything we can really do to prevent the matting but at least if you know it might be coming it’s less of a nasty surprise.
Have a good day everyone
? Bakewell xx
Yehhh dizzy had a ? I bet you feel better for that. I’ve let jay68 know you’ve been, wanted to share your joy, because it is joyful when you finally go and a relief ?Sue, I’ve just bought some cheap wigs while I go through this and plan on getting nice one when I’m through chemo. Some of the 60’s bob ones from dressing up shops are suprisingly good these days and look a bit Vidal Sassoon/Mary quant ish and don’t look like a wig at all, so from rapunzel to what ever I feel like, I’ve also got some nice turban type hat things a la liz taylor in the 60’s and plan on styling them out too. I got some glitter lips to sparkle up my lips too before I started chemo, so when I feel like it, I can glitter myself up, hey whatever gets us through right?and you are all wonderful and have helped me so much while I am here in casa nhs, thank you ???
shi xx
Thanks cherry bakewell ?glad your hair sorted. Crumbs we forget we all had a plasticine moment in childhood, mine was hubba bubba bubble gum ?and sharing all experiences helps us all navigate as best we can through chemo time and with the great May starters guiding us too, we’ll get each other through this and rads and for people still waiting ops and those recovering from ops and anything else ???love and sparkles everyone shi xx
Bubba bubba for me too!!
I’ve chopped my curls to a few inches short on top and about an inch everywhere else to minimise upset at hair loss, I’m hoping the cold cap works but even if it does it doesn’t sound too effective.
I wish I was a sparkly girl but I’m a bit more checked shirt and trainers. There seems to be lots of lovely things I could try but I’m not sure I could carry off. I’ve been brave and got a really beanie I like but after that I’m stumped.
I’m gonna have to face it sooner or later ???
Hi dizzy, M&S have got some nice headgear in, like baker boy caps which looked good, I was eyeing one of those up, bit of change from beanies. Nothing wrong with check shirt and trainers, I’m not always a glitter maniac, even though none of us chose this, it gives us chance to explore being a chameleon of styles and what ever suits us on any given day is fine, because as long as we can make ourselves feel fine we’ll get through and when anyone’s having a wobble, then we are all here to help each other through.???shi xx
I’m definitely taking this as a chance to experiment with new looks. I’ve never been particularly girly, only wear makeup for our annual Christmas party and rarely wear skirts or dresses. I’ve had my hair cut into a pixie style and am hoping for some good makeup tips at Look Good Feel Better course next month. Will have some fun with hats and scarves over the winter. The scarves are surprisingly easy to tie in fun ways. I have a drawer full of different ones and charity shops have loads of them really cheap. I bought a couple of warm winter hats from a charity shop yesterday although one of them does make it look like I am channeling my inner John McCririck the ex channel 4 racing pundit! It’s so warm though. I’ve given up worrying about what people think of me ?
I’m definitely a sparkle girl…my life isn’t complete without a bit of glitter but as Shi says checkshirt and trainers are fab too…it’s just my trainers have glitter on ?
Love this forum too…it’s so helpful being able to chat to people in the same boat!! Xxx
All of you and the May ladies have been my lifeline while I’m in casa nhs, luckily I managed to get a signal, but before I could get the signal it helped so very much just reading and seeing how everyone was doing and recovering, keeps the hope going. Love and sparkles ??shi xx
Morning ladies
? Thanks for sharing your hair raising stories this morning 
glad you made it to work with a smile. I am chopping my hair on Wednesday ready for trying out the cold cap on Thursday - thanks to everyone’s advice on here. I have my favourite Pinterest cuts ready to show the hair dresser - am aspiring to a Michelle Williams pixie cut but have a feeling I will end up looking more like wee Jimmie Krankie! Still I can at least aspire to Hollywood styling ?
Finalising my shopping list - funnily prunes have just moved to the top of the list!!
Hope everything goes well today Jencat ??
Hello everyone! At work today so bit busy. Jencat, hope today goes well for you. Not sure if you’re done yet, but just to say thinking of you!
Karana, hope you’re doing ok today. This bc and chemo stuff certainly knocks our confidence and makes us emotional!
Washed my hair this morning (day 14) quite a bit of hair from my head, nada from anywhere else (going to be a bald gorilla ?) ?
Hope everyone else is having a good day!
I read somewhere you can keep leg hair… for everyone whose had the op havecypu all got your electric shaving lady shaves? No more nicking hubbies bic razors to do our legs with as read that any nicks and cuts anywhere can bring on lymphedema, just thought I’d mention it, but bet everyone knows this already??shi xx
Cherry, I feel your pain! As a fellow curly I am so so glad I had it chopped short. Mine was very long and used to get matted, always struggled to get a comb through it. That’s the good thing about curly hair though you can hack at it without anyone noticing! Dizzie good job on the ?Front! I’m sat here at working laughing my head off reading all your posts, getting some funny looks!
Shi, yes I’m post op so know about the razors, hence the hairy gorilla! Might have to invest in an electric shaver but I can’t do underarms with that. Itried once and it was painful! Not supposed to use razors on chemo either as risk of cuts and infection 
Being blonde and very fine hair I never been particularly hairy and even armpits was just a quick spruce about every 2 months
Shaved my legs in July before holiday and not grown back yet you may think this is lucky but it does make me wonder if and how quickly my actual head hair will grow back after finishing chemo x
When I get home i’ll Tell you which lady’s have I got, does underarms a treat, I just struck lucky when I bought it. Still casa nhs today, I had hoped to get Home today. Jencat hope you got on ok today. ???shi xx
I have long straight hair so there is not going to be anyway to hide the hair loss once it starts. I’m getting a bit of a prickly sensation in my scalp today and wonder if it’s getting ready to go? I just need a couple more days for my wig to be cut, hats to be delivered and I was going to have my hair cut short on Friday if it lasts that long. I’m also not a sparkly girl but have ordered myself some makeup and pampering things and am going to look on it as an opportunity to experiment. Not sure if said experiment will end well or badly but either way I’m sure it will give my friends and family something to smile about xx