My story started in early December, 2003. I was drying off after a shower and I noticed my right nipple was inverted and my surrounding skin was puckered. I later found out they call that "orange peel" skin. Having my suspicions but being scared to find out what it was, I waited to see my regular doctor till an appointment I had already scheduled on 12/20/03. At the end of my appointment I asked him to look at my breast to see what it was. He started me on anti-biotics because it could have been an infection and he didn't want to scare me for nothing. We made an appointment for a mammogram anyway. When my appointment came up, the machine was broken and we had to reschedule. The mammogram was inconclusive so they did a sonogram and a needle aspiration biopsy and made an appointment to see a cancer doctor. Well the biopsy came back possitive for anti-inflamatory breast cancer. The doctor said that kind is always classified as a 3B stage cancer, 4 being the worst. He said I had no choice, I had to go through chemotherapy and have a Modified Radical Mastectomy of the right breast. I had the surgery on 9/24/04 and was started on Arimidex in November, 2004. It will be 5 years 9/24/09 for the surgery and 5 years for the Arimidex in November, 2009. My cancer was estrogen driven, maybe from HRT.
My only problems are my hair is very thin, practically non-existent on the top. I also have controlled high blood pressure with medication and thyroid/parathyroid problems with medication and the Arimidex gives me hot flashes. I'm on other medications for the hot flashes. Does anyone have any help for thinning hair? I've tried many hair volume products, nothing seems effective.
Whitesboro, TX