 "OCF Canuck" Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 5,260 Likes: 3 | Losing hair is normal from radiation not the chemo - I lost it all below my ears across the back of my head and it thinned on my left side up to the crown - that side not only got rads on my neck but my tongue. It grew back - I finished in may & by August I had enough hair to put extensions in.  yes be careful with the pills. If it is going into the tube ask if its available in liquid form. Hugs...
Cheryl : Irritation - 2004 BX: 6/2008 : Inflam. BX: 12/10, DX: 12/10 : SCC - LS tongue well dif. T2N1M0. 2/11 hemigloss + recon. : PND - 40 nodes - 39 clear. 3/11 - 5/11 IMRT 33 + cis x2, PEG 3/28/11 - 5/19/11 3 head, 2 chest scans - clear(fingers crossed) HPV-, No smoke, drink, or drugs, Vegan
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