Is it possible to undergo chemo and not lose hair?

11 years 5 months ago #43400 by CatherineH
Hi Kenny... Welcome to the forum. Hope you are doing well following your RC in May. Hope you are well on your way to a new ponytail by now!

Hope everyone in this thread is doing well, too!

Best wishes... Catherine

TURBT 1/21/10 at age 55
Dx: T2aN0M0 Primary Bladder Adenocarcinoma
Partial Cystectomy 2/25/10
Vanderbilt Medical Center
Nashville, TN

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11 years 5 months ago #43397 by KennyFXR
I hear ya Mike! I'm an old biker that had hair to my waist and chemo for nine weeks before having my bladder and prostate removed this past May 2012. It's grown back even thicker than before. Like you say small price to pay and only tempory. Think positive!!!

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11 years 9 months ago #42294 by RBH
:) I haven't had hair on top of my head for 35 years.

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11 years 9 months ago #42290 by mmc
Based on your avatar, I see no hair at all! :D :woohoo: :silly: :blink:

Mike

Age 54
10/31/06 dx CIS (TisG3) non-invasive (at 47)
9/19/08 TURB/TUIP dx Invasive T2G3
10/8/08 RC neobladder(at 49)
2/15/13 T4G3N3M1 distant metastases(at 53)
9/2013 finished chemo -cancer free again
1/2014 ct scan results....distant mets
2/2014 ct result...spread to liver, kidneys, and lymph...

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11 years 9 months ago #42283 by RBH
I had three months of bi-weekly MVAC chemo , and though my hair and beard thinned some, I didn't lose it all. The most surprising effect was that my beard is no longer anywhere near as curly as it once was. :)

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11 years 9 months ago #42256 by mmc
It is not permanent hair loss if it does happen. Small price to pay.

Age 54
10/31/06 dx CIS (TisG3) non-invasive (at 47)
9/19/08 TURB/TUIP dx Invasive T2G3
10/8/08 RC neobladder(at 49)
2/15/13 T4G3N3M1 distant metastases(at 53)
9/2013 finished chemo -cancer free again
1/2014 ct scan results....distant mets
2/2014 ct result...spread to liver, kidneys, and lymph...

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