Tag: chemo hair loss

Written by dekemaba

An account I daren’t post — at the time

I am going through my blogs here as on my old community page on LotsaHelpingHands. The account below of my side effects 5 weeks after I started chemo in 2022 stayed on draft. I wrote it, reviewed it, decided it was too whiny, and published a gratitude post instead. Which I was…I am… grateful. But […]

Written by dekemaba

Hair today, gone tomorrow

Almost. One of the most intriguing side effects of chemotherapy is hair loss. It’s the one that I have had the most controversial (I think) comments about before it’s even begun. Some comments I’ve gotten include: I probably won’t lose my hair and thinking I will is negative thinking, or even if I lost some […]