So glad you are doing treatment - you are doing this for your dad, for yourself, and the fact that you have friends helping you should tell you the one thing you need to know... people love you and care!!!! remember this. Hugs to you. I agree... taxol, is the one that will cause you to lose your hair, but as quickly as it falls out, it will grow back. My poor friend who has peritoneal cancer (manageable, not curable) has had her chemo changed 3 times, each time she loses her hair, but then within a month or 2 she has sprouts coming back in and its curly hair. It's interesting with radiation my hair all along the back of my neck fell out, and grew back in - I had about an inch and a half of growth within 3 mos after treatment, but the funny thing is it came back in black and curly, where before it was gray!!! and wavy to straight. I went today to get my roots touched up and the hairdresser said it's weird your hair here all up the back is black.. but the rest is gray! so rads comes back in full color, but the loss from chemo it comes back in a normal color ( gray if you're gray...) , my friend's has come in gray every time. anyway my point... it will come back quickly... push for the clinical trial (Erbitux? is that the trial?) you will get through this. Hugs.