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PennyK

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10. I can relate!
Thu Aug 18, 2016, 09:39 AM
Aug 2016

I'm in Florida.
I don't wear my store hair around the house, ever. And not to chemo. My head seems to be slightly larger than average (?), so even though I got a few hats, the only headcoverings I like are big loose scarves made of cotton gauze. I have one in black and one in navy, and when I don't feel like wearing the wig, one of those goes on my head.
Check THIS out! I made a few of these. Easy and fun. Look under Scarf techniques, T-shirt wrap. http://lookgoodfeelbetter.org/beauty-guide/new-hair-looks
After I shaved mine off (the wig lady did it for me), the stubble felt super coarse, and bothered me when I put my head on my pillow at night. I had to cut it even shorter on the sides. Some wear a "sleep cap" at night.

Oh! Have mints and hard candies for chemo, bring drinks, have lip salve...you may feel dry. My lounge is quite chilly, so even here, I always wore long pants, socks, and a comfy cardigan or jacket. They will probably have blankets, but I got a really gorgeous cotton-knit one on clearance at Barnes & Noble that I love.

Do you know if you're going to get Neulasta? It's a shot you get the day after chemo, and it stimulates your bone marrow to produce white blood cells (the chemo kills them, and this helps to build up your depleted resistance). And it's VERY expensive.
Hand sanitizer is your friend.

And always pee before they hook you up! Which reminds me, did you get a port?

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