September 2024 chemo starters

Stupid question, how do you moisturise your scalp without getting it all matted up in your hair?

@magl @sharilou i might be a Londoner but im no southern softie lol im from good northern stock, my Grandparents both sides from Newcastle and Co Durham. My mam was born in Sedgefield.
:joy::joy::joy:

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Zainab :heart: I found eyebrow stencils on Amazon and was shown how to stipple dark brown eyeshadow on using a small stiff brush through the stencil, took a few goes but I got there and looked natural. The other thing you could do if you are up to it is go into boots a lot of the beauticians in there help out at look good feel better sessions and will happily help show you how to apply brows :heart: also you can book your look good feel better sessions through your local Macmillanā€™s at your trust :heart: :two_women_holding_hands::heart:sending hugs :two_hearts::two_hearts::sparkles::sparkles:Shi xx

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I live in the South West now and Iā€™m afraid Iā€™m rapidly succumbing to Southern softiness. I do get very homesick for the North East though.

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Luckyfuck1 :heart:fab photo thanks for posting youā€™ll be helping so many who read the forum but donā€™t necessarily join who are considering cold cap :heart: your amazing :two_hearts::two_hearts::sparkles::sparkles:Shi xx

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Sorry luckyduck1 :face_with_peeking_eye: my autocorrect was very bad above Iā€™m so sorry :face_with_peeking_eye::two_hearts::two_hearts::sparkles::sparkles:Shi xx

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Thanks Shi will have a look.x

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Unfortunate typo there. :smirk:

:face_with_peeking_eye:it was autocorrect :face_with_peeking_eye:Iā€™m :face_with_peeking_eye::two_hearts::two_hearts::sparkles::sparkles:Shi xx

Zainab :heart: might take you a few tries it did me when I used tge stencils but got there after a few times, I got stencils that had 3 different shapes to one sheet and just got a multi brown brow shadow set so I could try different shade when doing brows to get best colour that looked most natural, you do need the little stiff brush though to stipple on through the stencil :+1::heart:hope this helps :heart::two_hearts::two_hearts::sparkles::sparkles:Shi xx

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Beautiful countryside :heart_eyes:

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That did make me lol ive been called worse :joy::joy::joy::joy:

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:kissing_heart:luckyduck1 so sorry for autocorrect error :face_with_peeking_eye::two_hearts::two_hearts::sparkles::sparkles:Shi xx

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Hi
Its a bit like hair gelā€¦where there is hair. I dont have very much left so i smooth tge balm onto my head and then just comb whats left of my hair with a wide tooth comb. It drys really quickly and Ive found it stops the itching x

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Haha I donā€™t feel much like a tough northerner nowadays :rofl::rofl:

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Does anyone on EC/filgrastim (I donā€™t know which causes it) get awful rib and sternum pain? Iā€™m still really struggling with it, my entire rib cage is sore and tender to touch. It affects my breathing but I think thatā€™s just because it hurts when I inhale so Iā€™m not completing a full breath.

Itā€™s driving me up the wall!

Im on that combo, but no. I believe the fligrasrim can do that though. The worst ive had is pain in my back, pelvis but it didnt last long.
I hope it eases for you.

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A little blog I wrote

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Iā€™m on those and Iā€™ve not had pain. Apparently youā€™re supposed to take the drugs out the fridge half an hour before being administered which I havenā€™t been doing so mines going in cold I dont think itā€™s right or wrong but Iā€™m not changing nowā€¦ā€¦

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@sharlou I only had bad pain on my 7th injection in the lower back. Do you take an antihistamine b4 ?

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