Thanks for your kind wishes. I’ve dodged a bullet and will just be having Herceptin.
Yes, we just have to keep on going. We’ve got this far. xxx
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@whataloadof congratulations! Well done on getting through it 
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@mairead_49 Thank you my dear-you’ll be here very soon too! X
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I literally noticed last night that my eyebrows are filling out again, I feel like that happened overnight! And i have stubble eyelashes, and there’s alot of them coming!
I also find now I dont have to shave as much as I used to, which is a win from all of this shit! 
I feel like I should have asked this of my oncologist at the start of radio, where you would normally see the tan line. I assumed it would be where my cancer had been, but Im not sure if its the light bit i feel like my whole boob is a slightly different colour it might be me trying to see if there’s something there. Which means i havent covered enough surface with the moisturiser.
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@tessie86 it will be your whole breast area I believe at a minimum. Mine is my breast, my underarm, and my chest area, so I cover all of it with the gel. Maybe widen your moisturising area just to make sure, but you could also ask the radiotherapy team if you’re still in treatment
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Maybe its not the light then! Thank you
Morning glitter team
Three appointments for me today 945 (RT), 1230 (telephone) and 630 (CT scan) 
it’s blowing my mind a bit!
@tessie86 glad to hear the eyebrows and eyelashes are coming back - the eyelashes impacted me more than the head hair I think! My other hair is coming back thick and fast everywhere 
just a bit slow on my head - action man style still going on!
@whataloadof congrats on finishing radiotherapy 
Hope everyone has a good day! 
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Just had radio and they said it was normal it was the spill over, I just didnt realise it would be so far off my boob! It is very faint, but just really surprised me.
No one around me even noticed my eye lashes had gone. I knew because I couldnt put mascara on, happened overnight the right first and then the left. So odd.
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@tessie86 I wasn’t sure about how much to moisturise either, I asked radiotherapist who said if in doubt do a bit more, you can never OVER moisturise! She suggested to go up to your neck and a couple of inches below breast.
Xxx
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Well I felt rather judged this morning at RT. I mentioned I’d had to use hydrocortisone cream because I was so itchy, and I got a judgy faced response and told to use it very sparingly as it can thin the skin. That’s absolutely fair enough but if I hadn’t used it, they would’ve had a awful red rash to look at. Not sure whether they would be able to put up with the itching without putting something on! RT session took ages today too and I couldn’t seem to get the breath hold right. Taxi driver taking me home from Bristol has really strong air freshener in the car too so that’ll bring on a headache and I’ll have to shower when I get home to get rid of the smell. They can all just fuckity fuck off today.
Rant over. At least it’s not chemo.
Hope everyone else’s day is filled with more joy than I can bring 
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Oh @Mairead_49 that sounds completely crap, I’m sorry x It’s not like you’re going to be slapping it on. And in fact in the beginning before steroids I was given it for my uber rash (although it just made my poor broken skin burn like hell so I stopped). Boo to them and the taxi driver! 
Oh @Mairead_49 thats rubbish - and I get it with the breath hold - some days it’s fine and others it’s more of a struggle!
It’s ok to have a bad day….hope you’ve got cake! Xx
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Thanks ladies. I’m 2 Cornettos and half a tube of Pringles in so need to stop now 
Right, I’m going to do a meditation to sort myself out and then chill in front of the TV. Tomorrow is a new day!
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Officially in my Christopher Walken stage of hair growth! Legs shaved once since October, 2 weeks ago and back to one armpit shave, lol. Still got a comb over down below, lol. Bloody vigilante chin hairs are back wee feckers won’t give up!
Hair endeth my update
K 
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Haha this really made me chuckle!
And also the same with the comb over lol
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I wanna know how come all my eyelashes and eyebrows have suddenly fallen out, yet my chin and upper lip hairs are back with a vengeance.
Not fair!!!
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@poptart On my way to one of my RT appointments I was vigorously plucking my chin in the front seat! Bloody 360 light in the car showed so many hideous little buggers that were obviously bulletproof to chemo. I was horrified. TF I keep tweezers in the car for chin emergencies. No other hair is as durable…
Grrrrrrr
With you on this 
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Yep I’ve got the bastard chin hairs too!
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@lumpybyebye are you just letting it grow? I’m thinking I’m going to hate this bit more than the bald stage 
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Hi everyone
If anyone would like to be included in our October meet up plans please comment on here so that one of us can invite you to the private group 
everyone welcome 
x x
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