Cynthia: The Bald Facts
“After all,” I said. “It’s only hair. If I don’t like it, it’ll grow.” That was before breast cancer. Continue reading →
View ArticleBaldly Forward
All that running, yoga and those “grass drinks”, as my boyfriend calls them, didn’t stave off old age or disease. But chemotherapy did stave off my hair. Continue reading →
View ArticleShirley: The Taxoterrorist
I didn’t believe them. I was in shock. This can’t be, I thought. I was told my hair would return. Four years later I can say they were right. Continue reading →
View ArticleShirley and Sanofi-Aventis: Facing off on Facebook
I started writing letters to Sanofi-Aventis, manufacturer of the chemotherapy drug, Taxotere. I wanted to see if they would cover the costs of my wigs for life. They said they were sorry, but they...
View ArticleMy Hair or My Life?
Why are we trying to split hairs with a bunch of bald ladies? After nearly a year of surgery, chemotherapy and radiation, they just want to return to some kind of normal. Instead, they’re diagnosed...
View ArticleKathy: So Much Loss
I last saw my hair in all its glory in 2006, and I have regretted hearing of Taxotere ever since. Continue reading →
View ArticleTaxotere Doesn’t Discriminate
We’ve banded together as bald breast cancer female survivors. We found each other via this site and our numbers continue to grow. I have always wondered about the people who don’t find us, are...
View ArticleLise: Finding the Colour Again
The painting details my receding hairline, the ghastly thin hair, my lack of eyebrows and eyelashes, the impact of the permanent disfigurement of losing my thick, long blond hair from FEC D (FEC T)....
View ArticleMichelle: The inconvenient truth
If you were told that you needed to have chemotherapy to combat cancer, what is the first thing that would most likely come to mind? After the initial shock of the diagnosis, you would most likely be...
View ArticleChristine: This is not as easy as people think
Those of us who have experienced chemotherapy for breast cancer can no doubt recall all too well, the horror of the loss of our hair. For most women, this initial distress gives way to eventual...
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