General Chat

Hi Anne,

Just looking in to see how your daughter is today! Nice to see that the chemo wasn't as bad as she thought it would be.

My daughter has had Crohn's for five and a half years, she starts on new medication a week today, so we are hoping that it will work.

Please give your daughter my best wishes!

Best wishes too, to you and your family.

Sallie.

Hi,
Thankyou all again for your messages. Daughter said it wasnt as bad as she thought it would be. she had the chance to chat to the lady next to her and I think that done daughter good to actually chat to someone who is going through the same sort of thing. Daughter didnt want any of us to go with her on her 1st session and she took her best friend who had to wait outside for her (daughters wishes)
Last night she had terrible stomach cramps but as a chrons sufferer that is normal for her so dont know if that was due to chemo or her chrons. Nausea and this morning she said she had a terrible taste in her mouth.
She does it all over again tomorrow.

Anne

i have been sending positive thoughts to your daughter all day
i do hope all went well today xxx

Anne

Sending positive thoughts and prayer to both you and your daughter.

Lindy

Hi Anne
Just read your thread and I am sending Loads of positive thoughts for your daughter as she starts her Chemo.
Our daughter is in remission from Hodkins Lymphoma that she had six months chemo treatment for in 2005, her biggest dread was losing her hair and she was distressed two weeks after the first session when it started to come out , She lost it fairly quickly as she had a chemo session every two weeks and she was very concious of it BUT when it got too wispy she bit the bullet and got her OH to shave it all off and she looked so much better She did get a wig but didnt like it so was happy to to go without it ,She went through the summer on Chemo so bought a summer straw hat to go out in to protect her head more than to cover up .She got quite blasse about her head and said if people looked then that was their problem not hers.
I am convinced that all the positive thoughts that people sent did help her get through the treatment and I am sending loads to you and your family ,as your daughter starts hers
Shirley xx

Done!!

Ann, all the best for today, my prayers and thoughts are with you and your daughter.
The Lady your looking for is "Lin in Sussex". I will e-mail her now, and let her know your looking for her.
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Hello Ann,

I haven't spoken to you before, but would like to wish your daughter all the
very best with her treatment, and that it will be a great success.

Wishing you and your family all the best too.

Sallie.

Dear Anne, positive thoughts and prayers winging their way to you and your daughter, as you wait for the best possible outcome.
Hugs to you both,
Mary

Hope all goes well for your daughter
Carol xxxx

hi anne we have never spoken before but just read your thread and would like to wish your daughter all the best sending prayers and positive thoughts for her and you and your family x

Thinking of your daughter Anne, it is scary for her and it seems that is the biggest fear for most people. Thinking of you too and hoping that this does the trick for her.

Ann
Glos in Tenerife

Hello Anne, just had to pop on and wish your daughter well... and you of course, as it is sometimes harder for the people who love you to be able to do nothing but *be there*... but that is sooo important, believe me.

I have lost my hair twice now... it is about 1 1/2 centimeters long at the moment, sort of like a crew cut, lol... I was lucky, losing my hair was no big deal, what WAS awful was losing it on my pillow and breathing it in... it made me feel ill, so I ended up shaving it myself the first time, one of the nurses did it for me the second time.

I hate wigs, and hate bandana's... I can't tie one or keep the pre-tied ones straight to save my life... so apart from a woolly hat in winter when it was cold, I have gone bare-and bald headed.... had a few stares, but you soon learn to ignore them, and most people tell me how wonderful it looks!!

My chemo was very intensive, and was done as an inpatient each time...... it really was *kill or cure* stuff. But... it didn't feel as bad as I expected it to feel!! My fear of it was greater than the reality.

All the very best, Anne's daughter...... we'll be thinking of you while you kick this cancer into touch!!

Love

Daff xxxxxx

Anne, very best wishes to your daughter as she starts her chemo, and to you who will almost be going through it with her, except for the effects. I do hope she doesn't lose her hair but should it happen, I am sure she will look amazing, those bandanas are very attractive. It might be worth her asking about the cold caps tho as I have heard they work well with some people.
We had a young woman on here a while back with alopecia and I am still in touch with her through facebook, her hair hasn't grown back but she wears hats and scarves/bandanas and looks great.

Positive thoughts for the start of the treatment and the outcome

Lizx

Oh, Anne, been there, done that, got the sister to show for it.

My sis was diagnosed last year with (early) stage III, at the age of 42. She's done chemo, radiation, surgery, and now the bad chemo. She and my mum (in treatment for lymphoma at the same time) have both been losing hair. I'm very glad that neither of them really gives a fig about that.

I want my mum and my sister more than they want their hair, I can assure you! So their hair gets to sacrifice itself in order that I get to keep them.

You tell her that. What you want is more important than what she wants, and you want her, so she loses! ... her hair. ;)

All the best to her. People here have great tales to tell about happy outcomes from similar situations. And so far, I'm one of them!

Hi Anne,

My very best wishes to you and your daughter. Chemo isn't much fun (I've just finished my second round). I found losing the eyelashes and brows more of an issue than my hair. I have a lovely wig - her name is Rapunzel!! The wigs these days are really well made, they have foils and everything.

Anyway, I hope your daughter copes with it all ok (and you do too).

Kind regards
Ali (in Oz)

Sending my best wishes that your daughter's treatment will be successful.

Gwyn

Hi Anne,

Good luck to your daughter. I know that some people don't mind the 'bald' part but others do. Perhaps investing in a wig will help. They have some really authentic looking wigs these days, and it would be an oportunity for her to decide on a different hairstyle. Not much consolation for the chemo but something at least.


Susan
x

Dear Anne from Glos

Hello

You asked about benefits, etc:

This organisation deals with all the pratical things that you may need help and support with.

www.cancerbacup.org.uk

Telephone No: 0808 800 1234
Lines are open Monday to Friday
9-00am to 8-00pm

It is a freephone number.

They provide booklets about dealing with hair loss, benefits,
all kinds of things.

Sending you and your daughter positive thoughts for healing.

Best wishes.
xx

Anne.........I would just like to wish your daughter well for tomorrow and through her journey with this awful illness.
I know that as a concerned onlooker to a beloved family member you travel the path with them as much as you can . I wish you both great strength and humour to get through the dark times .

A friend of my 15 year old daughter was diagnosed with Leukemia a couple of years ago . Poor girl has been through the mill ( lost her hair etc ) but I spotted her on the street the other day , sporting a lovely new head of hair ( and looking fantastic ).

Thinking of you both

Amanda x