Did you lose your fingernail during chemo?? I didn't,but they sure turned ugly.

How are you doing now?? Hope i don't have you mixed up with someone else,but i don't think so.

Hope things are going well with you.
Kathi

Oh! i didn't know that you lose your fingernails after chemo. Learn something new everyday, huh?

Imagine the look on my face, as my jaw hit the floor, after my dad had his last kidney removed. It came to me as a shock when I realized he wouldn't pee anymore.

I was blessed to keep my fingernails, but the toenails are a different ugly thang alltogether. I've been thru 2 chemo and radiation treatments.

Sorry you lost your nails, Kat. I can understand it, tho, with everything you've been thru.

Luv ya, Kiddo

yeah, chemo and total body radiation. LOL moonie!
kathi... bone marrow/stem cell transplant in Aug.
doing okay

Hugs to you,.

Warm hugs and lots of best wishes.

I didn't realize that one could lose their nails due to the treatments either, Kat. Not just the things you can't do but the sensitivity of the fingertips would be a huge adjustment. Will they regrow? You certainly are going thru the ringer, sweetie. Big hugs to you.

Sorry,Kat Wa. Will they grow back?

I didn't realize it either, and I'm glad you posted this, Kat. Later in the winter, when my fingertips are covered with frostbite from Raynaud's, and I start counting the number of fingernails I'll lose, I'll think of you and all you've been through and I won't be tempted to whine, even to myself.

At least I hope I won't. :-)

Oh gosh, I did not realize that you lose nails from Raynaud's either. And then they regrow, Alisande?

Kat, you never cease to amaze me. Keep on LOL!

Lynn, what happens is that the nail gets damaged at the base, when it's still under the skin before it emerges. So when it grows out and becomes visible, it's all deformed. If the damage is bad enough, the nail will fall off. Usually only part of the nail will fall off. It's an attractive look. :-)

Most years my fingernails and fingertips look normal only for a few weeks in late summer. Because we've had such a warm autumn, my fingers--all ten of them!--look normal right now. This is unusual. I'm enjoying the sight, knowing it won't last.

I sort of know the feeling Kat. I have always had long nails, but when one breaks, I can't pick up anything!

When I lost a lot of my hair from my inhaler this spring, I started using the supplement Biotin. Most of my hair is back and my fingernails are growing like crazy! Maybe you can check with your dr. about taking it. I get mine at Rite-Aid or GNC but mosy anywhere with a pharmacy will carry it.

Tami...who is so very glad her friend is doing so well!

I took Biotin when I was pregnant, my hair and nails got very lush and grew like crazy.

Sorry that you're having to cope with this, Kat WA ... along with all of the other stuff. The big problems aren't the whole of it, are they?

If it's a needle (or other slim metallic thing) ... will a magnet work?

ole joyful

Kat, I'm another one that didn't know you could lose your nails. Aren't your fingers really sensitive without them? I appreciate your sharing those things with us. We never know when we may be going through what you are, but at least you will have us better prepared. Plus you're a great role model for attitude. I don't know if I could be as brave as you.

As i said my nails didn't fall off but they were grey striped,and red spots,yet they were very strong,and i'll never figure that one out.I actually used one of my nails to screw a screw back into something that had become loose.

Now that chemo is over,my nails are no longer discolored,and they grow but are very soft.I was going to try the biotin,but when i read the label it had soy in it,and i have to steer clear of soy as well,so i didn't buy it.

Kat ,i hear ya,when it comes to picking things up,i told DH the other day when i went back to work years ago after having kids,i got the job i applied for because i had good finger dexterity,now i have trouble picking up the pills i have to take!!!

Hope your nails come back nice and strong,and your hair too if you lost it.
(((((((((((((((((KAT)))))))))))))))))))))))
Kathi

i'm looking at the top of my desk just wondering how i'd pick up that dime or any of a hundred things i daily need...

your courage under the rad "gun" is amazing...i used to lay there and count the number of seconds the machine was on...nothing remotely like a body scan, i'm sure...

as expressed earlier, thank you for sharing with us...i believe we have to get informtion out..then everyone won't be so scared of the unknown...(((kat)))

(((Kat)))...you're still my hero...

nah... it's no big deal! Alisande, I have no pain, per se. Only when the old nail ripped off from the bed! They are a little tender around the bed.
lol I feel badly for all of you with ranauds.