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This message has been edited. Last edited by: Dr Vinod K Joshi,

Tried, Failed, permission denied - Boo Hoo- Help! Fran.

Looks like Trev's had some luck! Click on the 'plus' icon under the lower right side of the album to bring up the 'upload file' window. So no crying now. Try again.

Thanks Dr. Joshi!
Trev... Great Hair!
Pauline... That's some major marks you have there. I wish i'd let people near me with a camera when i was at my worst now. Notice my poorly ones were taken when i was out cold! I wish i'd kept a photo diary now so i could show how things have come on- from 9stone 10lb to 6stone 10lb & the baldy hair!

You look great in your pics Chelle. I am horrified how young you are to have this happen. I feel young but know my real age!
Major marks- I think I got off lightly actually when I see the scars some have. But the red veins are now appearing on my back neck which also had rads. Recently my small neck scar has developed a little row of red veins and for some reason that has upset me more than all the rest that go to my cleavage.

It's hard keeping a diary online when you just want to take oramorph and sleep time away, so I did mine after 2 weeks just by making hand notes in a book. You have to write it up soon though or you lose that freshness of memory.
Trev you have alovely head of hair.

Hi Chelle
Great to see the pics of you and your man. You look great. I know we all have our own image of ourselves though and no matter what anyone says about our appearance, we KNOW the REAL me, how we like to look. Keep smiling, you're gorgeous.
Hi Pauline
I have read right through your diaries and really couldn't see much in the way of the spider veins that are such a concern for you however this pic shows them up. Like you say, a small price to pay and obviously the methods you are using to conceal them really work well. You may not be as young as Chelle, Pauline but you too are a very attractive woman. Go girl!
Re Trevor's 'hair'.
It has been such a hoot! So much laughter has resulted from him wearing his 'wig'. I made it up as I knitted and of course now he wants an assortment of colours.
We had a great laugh when the oncologist told Trevor that the cisplatin wouldn't cause hair loss ~ all this AFTER Trevor shaved his head to save the falling hair mess. Laughter is great medicine.
I take my hat (if not my hair!) off to you all.
Cheers
Deborah

Great
Thanks
Dave and Sue

Deborah,

The Cisplatin does cause some hair loss. Not all of your hair, just about 25% of it, all over. So Your hair gets really thin, and it's very strange when it starts to grow back. I looked like Bart Simpson for a while. My hair is jaw length now, and I've had strange layers for the last 18 months as the hair that fell out has been growing back.

Nice Pics Dave & Sue!

Deborah,
As Jenni said, i too lost some hair with Cisplatin, i'd say about 30% of mine, all over. & then i lost from the ears down with R/T. As you can see my hair before was long, thick and curly. So i blocked the plug hole many times!
I'm too scared to "do a kylie" & get it cut the same legnth all over. So it looks like i've had an undercut! short at the back underneath, long and stragly over the rest. With like a thick dense undercoat, like a sheep dog or something! I'm hoping to get a 'proper' hair cut at christmas.
The new hair is an even tighter curl than i had before. So i'm hoping as it gets longer it'll pull it down. Or else i'm going for an afro!

Michelle you look beautiful, and Pauline and Sue so nice to see you are 'real' people and I just love Trev's hair!

Seeing Robert's gunge on his neck brought back memories. I think the smell in particular of feeling one was going off so to speak was one of the worst aspects that I recall. No fun feeling you are decaying! I don't think the general public have a clue what radiation treatment does to people.

Just wondering what yarn was used to knit Trev's cap. Fun idea. You should put up the pattern. I think humour is one way some people deal with this best.

I'm not sure what yarn I used for Trevor's 'wig', Pauline, some fluffy thing. He has selected some more colours and that yarn is called Moda Vera Jazz. It seems to be packaged up for a craft store we have down here, they are nation wide so I guess the yarn is just something generic, packaged differently for different outlets.
I hope to get another wig knitted up over the weekend and I will do a pattern as I go because there has been a huge response to it from a craft site my niece belongs to. Could this be my moment of fame?????
Robert, that neck is a beauty! Look at you now though ~ not a sign of anything.
What you people have all been through is horrendous and you are right Pauline, unless faced with the effects of radiation, one can have no idea what it entails.
All I knew about it was that chemo always sounded like the 'better' option just by the different stories you hear about the radiation. Having said that though, I just thought it gave you bad sunburn and could be detrimental to bone. One thing is for sure, I'd love to travel in time and be two months down the track so that Trevor didn't have it ahead of him.
Deborah

Jenni and Chelle,
Thanks for the 'warning' about the hair. I think it was pretty empowering for Trevor to shave his head. Our son had cancer and he had cisplatin and adriamycin and his hair was all gone within a couple of weeks of the first dose. Pretty powerful stuff.
Chelle maybe you should step out of the circle and have a totally new look and then work your way back to your favoured 'do'. That way, perhaps you'll have more even growth.
Deborah

Hi All

Love Trevs Hair

Michelle both me and Sue commented on how pretty you are

Great to put a face to the members

Regards

Dave and Sue

Thanks folks!

Gosh, Robet had a nasty reaction! I had patches like that, but not to that extent!

Dave & Sue,
Sue you look stunning! I love a reason to get dressed up!