Remember that haircut I gave myself a few days ago? It was all for naught as my hair started to fall out yesterday big time. I have very thick hair, so it could take a while, but baldness here I come.
Apparently, the first round of chemo I had in May was not toxic to hair follicles, but the more recent one was. I have mixed feelings about being bald. People stare at me (not that I get out much); strangers walk up to me and tell me about how they had cancer; I am somewhat vain and prefer to have hair, even though I wear it very short.
On a bright note, Marty and I went over to a friend's house for dinner last night which was a nice treat. I even managed to stay up past my bedtime. The new anti-nausea medicine I'm taking seems to have solved my morning-sickness woes, a big plus.
Take my hair, I don't care. Just let me feel good.
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Let the hair going down the drain represent dead, old cancerous cells making room for new growth of healthy cells.
I am happy you got to get out with friends.
xo-lea
Well, you know what everyone says, the hair will grow back, and of course it will, but it's always hard when you lose it. Glad you had a nice dinner.
There was a young woman at the grocery store who had very obviously been through chemotherapy. She was freshly bald with her port on display. I smiled at her and went on my way, remembering how much I hated being stared at, but I could see all of the people in her immediate vicinity glancing at her nervously. She handled herself like most of us do, ignoring everyone and going about her business. I was still irritated on her behalf, but that's my own hangup.
You're beautiful with or without hair and like Ronni said, it will come back.
Argh, I so disliked being bald, and wearing scarves, and having well-meaning strangers come up to me and bless me or tell me about their travails. I felt like I had no privacy, as if I had a sign on my head- "She's got cancer!"
This too shall pass.
try Steve Martin's arrow-through-the-head, people are going to stare anyway, but it should discourage the comments ;)
I like Lea's visualization a lot. See ya, old cells.
Like Ann says, some will be uncomfortable seeing another bald lady soon. They don't like their bubble threatened, which one, I guess, can understand. But some are plain weird about, like Ann says, which is a shame.
Glad you're feeling better.
Jim
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