Day October 21, 2016 Minor Side Effects Of My New Chemo Drug, Abraxane and Check Out My Doppelganger!

My response to anyone who asks me how I am feeling for the past several weeks has been, "If I weren't bald, I wouldn't even know I was undergoing chemo!" This round of drugs is much gentler on me than the first cocktail. However, today I have noticed my first negative side effect of the 'easy' chemo drug and, although it's not complaint worthy, I do feel it's good to document.

So my mouth tastes constantly like I'm sucking on metal! All food tastes metallic, and my mouth is more dry than usual. I might even be a little more tired than usual, but it could also be from over activity.

The good news is that the new meds don't seem to be causing as much hair loss as the previous ones and I do believe my hair is starting to grow back in! In fact, I decided not to shave my head anymore and my head hair has been growing now for the past 4-5 days so I have a nice peach fuzz feeling head again and I will just keep it that way and let it grow in more to see how it looks. I started noticing this after a 3 month cessation of all hair growth. I actually am starting to get armpit, leg, and all ;) hair, too! I laugh to think how so many compliment me on my baldness and I even received this photo of my 'doppelganger' from a friend's dad who said that he thinks my baldness looks so good, that I should just keep shaving my head even after it starts growing back in!