I had my hair cut short to make future fallout easier to manage. My oncologist said it may just thin out until the next series of infusions. My hair started falling out 8 days into my Taxol (Paclitaxel) infusions.
It certainly thinned out. It looked like I had a white baby chick on top of my head, only much sparser.
It was no big deal to me, but I kept checking just to see if any more would fall out. I like to be prepared.
Two days ago I had my second dose of Andriamycin and Cytoxan. My husband came up to me and said, I think your hair has grown and asked me if I wanted to have it cut anymore. I put my hand up to my head, touched my hair, and felt something fall onto my neck. I ran my hand through my hair and, you guessed it, it was falling out–and I mean, FALLING OUT.
I went to the kitchen trash can, ran my hand over my head and it was like snow falling down. I guess this is the start of the next few days or weeks. Luckily I have dogs to blame for the build-up of white fur on the floor!
