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Hair may grow back 2-3 weeks after the last chemo dose (may be longer in some individuals), although do not expect the same quality of hair your wife had before. Hair whch grows back may be of a different texture and color. During the first 2 weeks after chemo, a mop of soft fuzz resembling hair, but normal hair may start growing at a faster rate in a month's time.
As for your last question, the prognosis for leukemia varies, depending on the form. In general, patients with chronic form of the disease tend to live longer than those with acute forms. The average survival rate for patients with chronic leukemia is about nine years. By contrast, only about half of all patients with acute myelogenous leukemia survive five years. For acute lymphocytic leukemia, the survival rate is even less.
Please do not lose hope and continue supporting your wife. Medical progress has greatly improved the prognosis for leukemia over the past thirty years. Surgeons are becoming much more proficient at bone marrow transplantations. As a result, more and more patients face the possibility not only of remission but also a cure.
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