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Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 253 | Victor: Don't know my chemo pack as yet. But did you lose your hair?
Sandy
Sandy 56, BOT SCC Biopsy 1/21/09 Stage 3, T3NXM0.
Finished 3 cycle induction chemotherapy 4/7/09. (Chisplatin, 5-fu and Texotere). Re-staged 4/20/09,(very successful.) Will start Carboplatin/radiation 2 Gy/5 days/7 weeks (Tomotherapy) starting May 4th. Finished 6/22/09.
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Joined: May 2008 Posts: 43 | didnt lose any hair from induction chemo. During radiation i lost some on back of neck and facial where rads were hitting.
Tonsil into base of tongue 3to4cm tumor. Giant lemon sized 9cm lymphnode. Squamos cell carcinoma
April 5 diagnosed. June 5 started treatment. Cetuximab Carboplatin Paclitaxel once a week for 6 weeks.Then 7 weeks of radiation plus chemo cisplatin then 4 weeks rest then neck disection was Nov 7 2008
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Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | The typical radiation treatment will blast the hair off the back of your neck and it will slowly return. Mine took almost 2 years per my barber. It will also cause your whiskers to literally fall out like black specs of sand. Below my chin they never recovered and I now save money and time shaving. The ones above my chin came back within a short time post Tx and at first was darker than before.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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Joined: May 2007 Posts: 622 Likes: 1 | With my induction I did loose all of my hair. I do not remember which one of the drugs was the culprit, I do remember that first day of Chemo the nurse telling me "you WILL loose you hair".... yep she was right! 
18 YEAR SURVIVOR
SCC Tongue (T3N0M0) diag 06/2006.
No evidence of disease 2010
Another PET 12-2014 pre-HBO, still N.E.D.
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