Re: Eyes/

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If you are done with chemo, why your eyelashes and eyebrowns are starting to fall out..? aren't they suppose to grow back..? Mine did, after chemo. I hope all will go well for you, you are in my prayers. Lu wrote: Hi Lizzie,It depends what chemo you had. I heard 7-8 weeks for the side effects to go.I had Adriamycin & Cytoxan - last dose Jan. 25. It took 3-4 weeks for my taste buds to start going back to normal. I think I'm seeing some patches of hair on my scalp, but my eyelashes and eyebrows are starting to fall out and my fingernails have black spots. I also think my vision has gotten worse, but I'm waiting for another month or so, then will get an eye checkup. - Frieda Vasco wrote

on 3/6/2006, 11:27 AM: Thank you very much,How lond does it take for the chemo to get out of your body? Lizzie__________________________________________________

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Hi Lu,

As I told Lizzie, even though the chemo is done, it takes a while to

pass through your system.

I thought it was 7-8 weeks, but Lizzie's doctor says a year!

I was prepared for my eyelashes/eyebrows to fall out because that seems

to be the experience with women in my cancer discussion group who took

Adriamycin.

Thanks for thinking of me.

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Lucilla wrote on 3/6/2006, 1:57 PM:

If you are done with

chemo, why your eyelashes and eyebrowns are starting to fall out..?

aren't they suppose to grow back..?

Mine did, after chemo.

I hope all will go well

for you, you are in my prayers.

Lu

wrote:

Hi Lizzie,

It depends what chemo you had. I heard 7-8 weeks for the side effects

to go.

I had Adriamycin & Cytoxan - last dose Jan. 25. It took 3-4 weeks

for my taste buds to start going back to normal. I think I'm seeing

some patches of hair on my scalp, but my eyelashes and eyebrows are

starting to fall out and my fingernails have black spots.

I also think my vision has gotten worse, but I'm waiting for another

month or so, then will get an eye checkup.

-

Frieda Vasco wrote on 3/6/2006, 11:27 AM:

Thank you very

much,How lond does it take for the chemo to get out of your body? Lizzie