Reply With QuoteMy son lost his eyebrows and lashes but it was closer to the end of treatment.
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Hi,
My husband was released from hospital today! He is doing so much better! He still can't keep down any solids, but soups are staying down so we are concentrating on that for now.
He's gotten 3 doses of Emend for the start of Round 2 next week. We also have 10 days of Neupogen injections to be given about 10 days after Round 2 starts. I am hoping that the Neupogen will keep him healthier for the next round. Luckily, he's not squemish like me and he can give the injections himelf.
He's also shaving his head today because the hair started REALLY coming out. I am secretly glad most of it came out at the hospital....and not in my house. Am I horrible?
Question for those that lost hair - did you lose your eyebrows and lashes? He's still hanging on to his and I wondered if they will be gone too?
Thanks for all the advice and support.
Jen
Wife/Co-fighter of TC patient
Diagnosed - 2/27/09
O/I - 3/3/09
Stage 1A
NSGCT - predominantly EC
Blood markers normalized
2XBEP done May 25, 2009
Doing FANTASTIC!!
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My son lost his eyebrows and lashes but it was closer to the end of treatment.
Son Jason diagnosed 4/30/04, stage III. Right I/O 4/30/04. Graduated College 5/13/04. 4XEP 6/7/04 - 8/13/04. Full open RPLND 10/13/04. All Clear since.
Treated by Dr. Rakowski of Midland Park, NJ. Visited Sloan Kettering for protocol advice. RPLND done at Sloan Kettering.
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Welcome home! Glad the nausea is more well-controlled and you're back in the comfort of your own familiar surroundings.
Reese started Emend this past cycle, and that made a big difference with his nausea. We will definitely be counting on it for round 3, as well.
He still has his eyebrows and eyelashes (and most body hair, although it's thinning) and is half-way through cycle two. He lost the hair on his head a few days before beginning round 2.
Cara, wife to Reese
Orchiectomy 10/08
Stage 1A, EC/seminoma/yolk sac
Surveillance 11/08 - 3/09
CT scan shows 2 enlarged nodes by aorta/vena cava
2xBEP 1xEP (pulled bleo on last cycle due to lungs) started 4/6/09
6/6/09 ALL CLEAR
8/4/09 1st official post chemo surveillance A-OK!
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Hey Jen,
Welcome back home and rest well(both of you) for the next round as you and hubby keep kicking cancers butt!!!
Best,
Zsolt
Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another; "What! You too? I thought I was the only one." - C.S Lewis
“Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.” - C.S. Lewis
Mass found 11/20/08
Left I/O 11/25/08
Pathology: Seminoma, Stage 1
Surveillance: All Clear since
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Never lost my eyebrows and only lost most of my hair after end of second cycle.
Originally Posted by Spanky2
Hi,
My husband was released from hospital today! He is doing so much better! He still can't keep down any solids, but soups are staying down so we are concentrating on that for now.
He's gotten 3 doses of Emend for the start of Round 2 next week. We also have 10 days of Neupogen injections to be given about 10 days after Round 2 starts. I am hoping that the Neupogen will keep him healthier for the next round. Luckily, he's not squemish like me and he can give the injections himelf
He's also shaving his head today because the hair started REALLY coming out. I am secretly glad most of it came out at the hospital....and not in my house. Am I horrible?
Question for those that lost hair - did you lose your eyebrows and lashes? He's still hanging on to his and I wondered if they will be gone too?
Thanks for all the advice and support.
Jen
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My eyebrows and eyelashes thinned out a lot, but I did not lose them completely.
I lost all my body hair by cycle 2.
One thought on the Neupogen. My doctor gave me Neulasta, which I was told does the same thing as Neupogen - but you only need 1 shot per cycle, instead of 10 shots per cycle. Ask your doctor if they would be willing to give that instead.
Manoj
09.29.07 - visit to ER with severe pain
10.08.07 - Dx with TC
10.10.07 - Rt I/O. Dx - 90% EC, 10 % yolk sac tumor, less than 1% immature teratoma & choriocarcinoma
11.21.07 - (day before Thanksgiving) NS RPLND @ MSKCC
11.28.07 - Return back home, recieve lab report. 86 lymph nodes removed - all clear. Begin Surveillance
04.10.08 - 2 cm nodule detected in lungs
04.28.08 - Starting 4XEP
07.03.08 - 4XEP complete
end-Sept - CT Scan scheduled
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I lost all hair, what was left up top -- and body hair- (including the hair in my nose- which then ran a lot!)
Stay hydrated, and beware of bone pain caused by the Neupogen.
Stage III. Embryonal Carcinoma, Mature Teratoma, Choriocarcinoma.
Diagnosed 4/19/06, Right I/O 4/21/06, RPLND 6/21/06, 4xEP, All Clear 1/29/07, RPLND Incisional Hernia Surgery 11/24/08, Hydrocelectomy and Vasectomy 11/23/09.
Please see a physician for medical advice!
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