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BeauBeau

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BRCA2 carrier - previvor - prophylatic mastectomies

HAIR FOLLICLES ON ICE

The phone lines at Penguin Cold Caps are ringing off the hook, or in business speak, "we are currently experiencing a high volume of calls due to our appearance on Good Morning America". While the producer/supplier of the cold caps was not named in the GMA story, the idea that an icy head cap might prevent chemotherapy-induced hair loss seems to... Read moreChevron
posted 11/02/2010, comments (0)|
BeauBeau

BeauBeau

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BRCA2 carrier - previvor - prophylatic mastectomies

CANCER CANNOT HAVE MY HAIR

It's as if cancer aims to take everything from us - our organs, our body parts, our health, our energy, our confidence, but some women are determined NOT to let cancer take their hair. Women often feel a need to assert some control over their bodies and the many unwelcome changes that come with cancer treatment. Hair loss is often one of the... Read moreChevron
posted 10/26/2010, comments (0)|
CowgirlSuz

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I'm a writer, speaker, journalist, and cowgirl.

It's Just Hair, Darnit!

I pride myself on being raised a cowgirl. My dad was a Texas cowboy, and he raised my sister and I to wrangle horses, shovel out stalls, throw hay bales, and never mind the dirt or the muck. We got thrown off and got back on, we hopped on our favorite quarter horse and rode him around the pasture without saddle or bridle, and we dodged wild... Read moreChevron
Peglove

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Loving Wife, Teacher, Life-Long Learner, Traveler of the World

Wig Tips: When you get your wig you should....

Phyllis says: " wish someone had told me to wash the wig a couple of times to get rid of the scratchiness. I was so afraid it would be hard to restyle that I put of washing it, but it just dried beautifully on its stand (an quart-sized Mason jar). It was so much more comfortable after that. My eyelashes and eyebrows thinned a bit but hung on... Read moreChevron
Debi Friedlander

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Mom, Grammy, survivor!

Didn't get what you wanted for Christmas?

World peace... an end to hunger... a stable economy... jobs for all... health care that keeps people healthy... Whatever you wished for this year, it probably wasn't a box of hair.  But since Debi got her first chemotherpy just 10 days before Christmas she started shedding just after the holiday.  and was into full molt by New... Read moreChevron

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