This is blind Gabe, who is very happy finally to be completely finished with the side-effects from his radiation treatment — and best of all, he is cone-free now! You can see the hair loss on his face from the radiation field. I had emailed a photo of Gabe's face several days ago to his oncologist at WSU, Dr. Janean Fidel, so she could see if this looked "normal." She emailed me to say,
"This does look pretty normal. Gabe seemed to be a late bloomer with his reaction in that it all developed after he left." As for regrowing of the hair, she said,
"It will take awhile and it may not all grow back. It tends to grow back lighter in color and sparser in texture." Dr. Fidel added that in the areas that had the worst effects — near the corner of the eyes and along the suture line in Gabe's case — hair may not grow back. But everywhere else, she said, "It will start to grow soon — it won’t be complete for 6 months or so."
Gabe is just relieved that in the meantime, he still has all that luxurious hair to cover his big ears!
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