askye, I'm glad your supervisor was able to suggest something helpful and is understanding of your situation. So. important.

Connie, I've got the same problem with my hair, so I asked my daughter about Rogaine last night during my hair cut. She said that it will encourage the growth of hair, but they tend to be "baby hairs". Plus, it's very drying, so it's not good if you color your hair. Color fades faster and it leaves your hair rough. Like you, I've got moderately curly hair, so she cuts for the curl and it helps cover up the thinning spots.

My dear friend's mother just got her 3rd test confirming her colon cancer is gone this morning. Chemo and radiation kicked it and surgery ended up not being required. She felt her chances of talking her mom into that were about zero, so major relief on many levels. Whew!

And my co-worker with the stage 4 breast cancer, doing GREAT! She has gone from 97 pounds to 125! Blood tests are wonderful. Her main tumor has shrunk a bunch. I don't know if they are revisiting the surgery notion with her now that she is so much stronger.

So I am delighted to share the good news on the cancer front news.

That's great, Laura! Take that, cancer!

Brilliant news, Laura! Continuing ~ma for them.

That's good news, Laura. Mine is all gone as well, although I am now on the every-6-months derm rotation.

I'm confused by the idea that Rogaine promotes only "baby hairs" -- does that mean the hair doesn't grow out beyond baby hair length? After I had Isaac I had a massive shed, MASSIVE -- I thought I was going hypothyroid again. But then after the big shed I noticed that I had more than the usual amount of baby hairs growing. Stylist confirmed that it was all over my head.

I assume that my hair is thinning as I age, but so far the coarser texture makes up the loss in volume.

Not at all fast enough, but they are making strides in treatment of many cancers that we assumed fatal in the past. Hurry up scientists and make it all gone!

I have massive envy of people with curly hair, as well as those with thick hair. Sigh. Color is my only fun with hair. Maybe I should color it flesh color so the scalp would blend in!

I don't think it works that way, Laura. But I think you are lovely just as you are.

preens Thanks Burrell, and on that note I think I need to get my butt off the laptop and get to the office....

Burrell, that was the impression that I got from my daughter. It encourages new growth, but it's all baby hairs. Whether or not those hang around and get longer/thicker, she didn't really say. But if it continually encourages new growth, then you're always going to have some baby hairs all the time. I guess?

Apparently the diagnosis of Stage 4 is less fraught than it used to be. It's the type of cancer Hubby has that's so worrying, not the stage--though the stage is a serious complication. But he's been responding so well that they've occasionally drawn an extra vial of blood for research purposes. I wonder how much of this is his inherent mutancy, his systems have always been a little odd. I hope no one tries to patent his genes.

re: hair, I'm going to see if I can get my hair just generally healthier, then let the curl do its bit. I tell Hubby that women cut their hair short at my age to de-emphasize the thin spots. He dislikes short hair on women.