I have not been very good at updating my blog lately and promise I will update it more often. I have started chemo and my first round of 16 was last Friday January 9th. Expecting the worse I came out of it with no side effects this round. Although I was told that each time it may get worse I am thankful that this week I felt great! Thank you for all the messages and follow ups asking about how I am doing. I am doing great and even went out snowboarding for the day yesterday. I am trying to find activities I love to do and exercise as much as I can through this as it is proven to help with side effects. If anyone would like to head to the mountains please let me know!
I started my first round of chemotherapy using the cold caps to prevent hair loss. I am using a company who is based out of the UK but has a representative from Winnipeg. Cold Comfort Canada is a cold cap that is attached to a machine that cools the hair folicles at a constant temperature at -4 degrees throughout my treatment. This allows the medicine to not reach the frozen folicles and has potential to save the hair. There are many factors to this working including the medicine that I am on but will be using this as long as it works! I have to have the cap on my head for about 3 hrs each treatment. I also am icing my fingers and toes which has helped to improve nail change and prevent neuropathy (nerve damage). I will be updating my process throughout my treatment however to learn more I have added the Cold Comfort Canada website as well as a video on how the cold caps work. The video displays a different company however it is the same idea. I will be adding more information about the specific machine I am using throughout my treatment. I would like to thank Cold Comfort Canada for coming to my first treatment and teaching us how to use their machine. They have been extremely kind and will be happy to update everyone throughout the progress!
http://www.coldcomfortcanada.ca/
I started my first round of chemotherapy using the cold caps to prevent hair loss. I am using a company who is based out of the UK but has a representative from Winnipeg. Cold Comfort Canada is a cold cap that is attached to a machine that cools the hair folicles at a constant temperature at -4 degrees throughout my treatment. This allows the medicine to not reach the frozen folicles and has potential to save the hair. There are many factors to this working including the medicine that I am on but will be using this as long as it works! I have to have the cap on my head for about 3 hrs each treatment. I also am icing my fingers and toes which has helped to improve nail change and prevent neuropathy (nerve damage). I will be updating my process throughout my treatment however to learn more I have added the Cold Comfort Canada website as well as a video on how the cold caps work. The video displays a different company however it is the same idea. I will be adding more information about the specific machine I am using throughout my treatment. I would like to thank Cold Comfort Canada for coming to my first treatment and teaching us how to use their machine. They have been extremely kind and will be happy to update everyone throughout the progress!
http://www.coldcomfortcanada.ca/