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12 Month Scans

It has been a while since my last update. Here's what happened since then... In mid April, April 17th to be exact, I had my one year scans. Good news! I'm still showing no evidence of disease. It was a longer appointment than usual because I had a few questions to ask. I'll discuss a few of these below. I asked about my hair or lack thereof which I am a little bothered by. My hair is normal on the sides, but never got any thicker on top. It's really noticeable when I go outside with the sun out. Baldness runs in the family so my oncologist thinks that losing my hair to chemo accelerated the balding process. My hair isn't going to get any thicker than what it is now. When it's really short it doesn't look bad, but when I let it grow in I look aged. I'll just have to keep it really short from now on; problem solved. I also asked about where I stand now with having one year of clear scans. In my case he put me at a 70% chance to beat it when I was f...