Hayley hangs up her Red Anorak

[sarah c]

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[angel-emm]

Thanks Perdita he's still around and he's a figher you have to count your blessings and there's always someone worse off than you.

Now everyone loses their hair to chemo infact it's had the opposite effect on my dad he used to me completely bald on the top of his head and now he has new hair there.

[sarah c]

but did the regrowth of hair for him occur after the chemo stopped?

[angel-emm]

No whilst he's having it. It's growning again now whilst he's having more chemo.

[GloriaW]

For me -and I lost my mum and best friend to metastatic cancer-Hayley is fading as they did, but went from healthy too weeks to go too fast.

And given the actress wears wig, why not show the chemo hair loss.

lost my mother many years ago to bone cancer. When oh when will they defeat it? Well, yes she wears a wig but they would have to put another wig on her as her natural hair would show which is presently dyed blonde too. They'd have to shave her head which I doubt Hesmondhalgh would go for.

Personally I am not in the least sorry to see this character go. Hesmondahlagh played her like a cartoon with all the OTT eye rolling.

[Perdita]

I don't agree with you on this point one little bit, I like her character, always have and will miss her

[LizzyBizzy]

I had 6 doses of chemotherapy for breast cancer last year, my hair started to fall out before my second dose. However, I've met a woman suffering from a different type of cancer who has had 18 doses of chemotherapy and not lost her hair. I think the soaps can have a difficult job handling cancer story lines, in that most of us will relate to people we know who've had it. Until I was diagnosed with BC I had no idea there are so many different grades/stages of cancer. I know from online BC support groups that there can be a postcode lottery regarding treatment. I think soaps have a responsibility [not sure what exactly responsibility I mean though!] how they portray cancer. There will inevitably be someone viewing who has recently been diagnosed, going through treatment etc. When I was first diagnosed I was unable to discuss anything about it without bursting into tears. Other people cope better. I cannot describe adequately the fear I had about what was to happen.

I will miss Hayley, and may not watch the episode when she dies, the story line has already reduced me to tears.

[LizzyBizzy]

I had 6 doses of chemotherapy for breast cancer last year, my hair started to fall out before my second dose. However, I've met a woman suffering from a different type of cancer who has had 18 doses of chemotherapy and not lost her hair. I think the soaps can have a difficult job handling cancer story lines, in that most of us will relate to people we know who've had it. Until I was diagnosed with BC I had no idea there are so many different grades/stages of cancer. I know from online BC support groups that there can be a postcode lottery regarding treatment. I think soaps have a responsibility [not sure what exactly responsibility I mean though!] how they portray cancer. There will inevitably be someone viewing who has recently been diagnosed, going through treatment etc. When I was first diagnosed I was unable to discuss anything about it without bursting into tears. Other people cope better. I cannot describe adequately the fear I had about what was to happen.

I will miss Hayley, and may not watch the episode when she dies, the story line has already reduced me to tears.

[Perdita]

I had 6 doses of chemotherapy for breast cancer last year, my hair started to fall out before my second dose. However, I've met a woman suffering from a different type of cancer who has had 18 doses of chemotherapy and not lost her hair. I think the soaps can have a difficult job handling cancer story lines, in that most of us will relate to people we know who've had it. Until I was diagnosed with BC I had no idea there are so many different grades/stages of cancer. I know from online BC support groups that there can be a postcode lottery regarding treatment. I think soaps have a responsibility [not sure what exactly responsibility I mean though!] how they portray cancer. There will inevitably be someone viewing who has recently been diagnosed, going through treatment etc. When I was first diagnosed I was unable to discuss anything about it without bursting into tears. Other people cope better. I cannot describe adequately the fear I had about what was to happen.

I will miss Hayley, and may not watch the episode when she dies, the story line has already reduced me to tears.

LizzyBizzy, my heart goes out to you, I hope you get all the help and support you need x

[Perdita]

I had 6 doses of chemotherapy for breast cancer last year, my hair started to fall out before my second dose. However, I've met a woman suffering from a different type of cancer who has had 18 doses of chemotherapy and not lost her hair. I think the soaps can have a difficult job handling cancer story lines, in that most of us will relate to people we know who've had it. Until I was diagnosed with BC I had no idea there are so many different grades/stages of cancer. I know from online BC support groups that there can be a postcode lottery regarding treatment. I think soaps have a responsibility [not sure what exactly responsibility I mean though!] how they portray cancer. There will inevitably be someone viewing who has recently been diagnosed, going through treatment etc. When I was first diagnosed I was unable to discuss anything about it without bursting into tears. Other people cope better. I cannot describe adequately the fear I had about what was to happen.

I will miss Hayley, and may not watch the episode when she dies, the story line has already reduced me to tears.

LizzyBizzy, my heart goes out to you, I hope you get all the help and support you need x