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Thank you so much for your interest in Comfort Beanie Chemo Hats.

Comfort Beanie Chemo Hats can be reached in several different ways: phone, email, website, and social media.

You can reach us via phone at 918-557-0969.  Texts are answered much more promptly than phone calls, so text is the recommended form of short communication.

Should you need to reach us via email, you can do that at jamisullins@gmail.com.

You can also find Comfort Beanie on Facebook and Instagram under our business name, Comfort Beanie. 

Comfort Beanie was created by Jami Sullins, a breast cancer survivor.  She created Comfort Beanie Chemo Hats during the most challenging time of her life, during her cancer battle.  Comfort Beanie Chemo Hats was created out of her disappointing search for headwear that was both comfortable and cute when she lost all of her hair from chemotherapy treatments.

Jami found a lump in her breast which prompted her to reach out to her primary care doctor.  Her doctor scheduled a diagnostic mammogram which led to an immediate ultrasound and subsequent biopsy a week later.  It only took another week for the results to come in.  It was at that point that she received her diagnosis: Triple Negative Invasive Ductile Carcinoma.

Just a short twenty-one days after her diagnosis, she was in a surgical room having a port placed in her chest.  That port was used to administer 16 rounds of chemotherapy, namely Taxol, Carboplatin and Adrimycin also known as “The Red Devil.”  On top of that, she had to return to the clinic numerous times during those treatments to receive  additional fluids to her system after becoming extremely dehydrated.  But it still didn’t end there.  She received 16 treatments of Keytruda, an immunotherapy drug, in hopes that it would reduce the chance of recurrence since the likelihood of that is extremely high for the type of cancer that she was diagnosed with.

During her treatment, she experienced several side effects including nausea, emesis, skin dehydration and extreme dry skin, mouth sores, body aches and pains, and of course hair loss.  What most people don’t realize is that when someone loses their hair from chemotherapy treatment, it is not just the hair on the top of your head that is lost.  Most patients who experience hair loss experience it everywhere: nose hair, eyebrows, lashes, leg hair, arm hair, hair EVERYWHERE (if you know what I mean).  All the hair goes.  The worst is the nose hair!  Most people don’t realize how important nose hair is in stopping your nose from constantly dripping, but also blocking out things like pollen and other irritants.

Of course the most recognizable side effect from chemotherapy is the hair loss on the top of the head.  Jami started losing her hair just three short weeks after her first treatment.  When the hair loss started, it went quickly.  Jami had always kept her hair short.  Most recently, it had been styled in a royal purple mohawk or pompadour style.  It was her signature.  When it started to fall out, she made the decision to take the clippers to her head and just let it all go.  Her daughter stood by her side (figuratively) and shaved her head at the same time while they Facetimed each other since she lived a few hours away at the time.  It was at this point that Jami’s journey to find some head coverings began.

Jami first tried ball caps but she found them to be uncomfortable, especially those with the metal knob at the top of the head.  That knob would irritate her sensitive scalp.  She also tried several other hats that she already had in her wardrobe collection, but found that those did not fit anymore.  She hadn’t realized how much space hair takes up in a hat for sizing purposes.  

When the hats didn’t work out, she moved on to scarves and bandanas.  She had numerous options that she had so often worn to tie back her hair previously.  Without the presence of hair, the bandanas took on a completely different look.  She couldn’t quite decide if it was the look of a pirate, a biker, or just someone up to no good.  Regardless of the look, it wasn’t what she was going for.  When she tried the scarves, she was able to find a few cute ways to wear them but they would tend to slip and slide, often sliding completely off her head because she had no way of pinning them in place.  

Next came the wigs.  Wigs were not anything new to Jami as she had played around with adding a fun wig to a certain look or outfit in the past.  But things were different now.  That little bald head sure was sensitive and the wigs were anything but comfortable.  On top of the sheer discomfort, the wigs were itchy and hot.  It isn’t fun at all to be sweaty, but just imagine your head sweating under the weight of some artificial hair.  No good at all!  Wigs had a time and place, but it was clear that they were not going to be the answer to every day head wear.

The only thing left to try were beanies and turbans.  After ordering quite a few from different vendors, she never found one that completely fit all her desires for something to wear every day.  Of all the turbans she tried, Jami felt like they all were “too mature” (ahem…they made her feel old).  That was NOT the look she was seeking.  Many of the beanies had exposed seams which again irritated that super sensitive scalp.  Some of the beanies she found were made of very cheap fabric which did not hold up well in the wash.  Then many of the beanies had elastic in the back, which, of course, irritated that sensitive noggin.

Jami knew the only thing left to do was to create the perfect beanie herself, and she did just that!  After months of trying different fabrics and playing with different patterns, Comfort Beanie Chemo Hats was born.  Comfort Beanie Chemo Hats is proud to offer a stylish and comfortable beanie.