So today did not go as planned. My oncologist, Dr. Metcalf, was sick today. He has rescheduled my appointment for Monday at 2pm.
I did some research today however and there is some amazing new stuff out there for chemotherapy patients. I found this website which is very interesting:
http://penguincoldcaps.co.nz/public/default.php?page=1
These people have developed a cap that you wear only while you get your chemo treatments and up to 80% of the people that wear one DO NOT lose their hair. The cap has to remain at a certain cold temperature which keeps the drugs from affecting your hair follicles. The patient has to have a certain type of cancer and it will only work on a certain list of chemo drugs but its still nice that some people are coming up with ways for people not to lose their hair.
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Hi my wife used these caps and they worked. She only had some thinning of her hair as it said. She lost all the hair on her arms & legs etc but not the hair protected by the Penguin Cold Caps.
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