To my patient who is going to lose her hair from chemotherapy

<p>"I understand that the biggest fear you have about going through chemotherapy is losing your hair. I just want to tell you. You will be fine. Trust me.</p> <p>I know it’s barbaric. Why don’t we have medicines to treat cancer that will not make you lose your hair in this day and age? Strange, right? But science has its limits. Work is being done on finding such drugs, but we are not there yet. If you Google “forced standing,” a black and white picture of a girl from a couple of hundred years ago pops up who is being forced to stand, by tying her neck and arms with ropes to the ceiling and walls. Her head is slightly slumped over to one side as if she does not want to stand. The caption will inform you that this is actually how clinical depression was treated at that time. Perhaps if someone is depressed and is lying in bed all day, forcing them to stand up would somehow cure depression. When we look at that picture today, it seems like a scene out of a horror movie. Whoever I have shown that picture to has gasped. But at that time, this treatment was likely endorsed by some, if not all, psychiatrist societies of the world. Human history, after all, has no deficit of theories and rituals that were popular at the time but later considered abhorrent.'</p> <p><a href= "https://www.rochesterregional.org/physician-directory/i/imran-farhan" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Farhan S. Imran</a> is a hematology-oncology physician who blogs at <a href="https://didiask.blog/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener nofollow noreferrer">Did I Ask?</a></p> <p>He shares his story and discusses his KevinMD article, "<a href= "https://www.kevinmd.com/2021/11/to-my-patient-who-is-going-to-lose-her-hair-from-chemotherapy.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">To my patient who is going to lose her hair from chemotherapy</a>."</p> <p><strong>Did you enjoy today’s episode?</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.kevinmdpodcast.com/rate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rate and review</a> the show so more audiences can find <strong>The P