I am late in posting this picture from Christmas week. From the left, there's me with my "hair", then Needa who lunched with me at chemo (and makes the best chicken pot pie), then LD, who knitted umpteen awesome hats for me way down in TX, and KS, who coordinated all the meals you brought us and she drove me to the hospital to have #3 (oh and helped Needa and my other buds paint my kitchen the same day.) Merry Christmas!
Today is the day after Day 14--the official day when my white-cell blood count should start heading back to normal. Of course, #3 played with a "coughing girl" at Awana, it was reported to me. And of course, #3 now has a runny/stuffy nose...so we'll see. But even if, I think we'll conquer it.
That being said, here's the current situation: No hair, but lots of little pricklies--that don't hurt anymore. They're not new. They're what refused to go! Here's to the tough hair that hung in there, no matter what! Yea tough hair!
My fingertips are all touchy. Like each one has been tapped well with a hammer. I'll be glad for this one to go. Fingernails are tough and cracky.
Tongue seems to be on the mend. I gorged myself at my mother's last night on lasagna and garlic bread and halibut dip and cocktail weenies and a great salad brought by Aibrean with goat cheese and cashews and craisins and sliced pear--good heavens--I'll have to post that recipe. Also, salsa tasted tomato-y to me yesterday at lunchtime. That was a shocker. Maybe I won't have to keep drinking limeade.
My right eye twitches all the time--how that is related to chemo, I don't know but it never did it before and has done it consistently throughout.
My GI system is not totally itself yet either, but definitely tolerable.
So far everyone, to a person, loves my "hair". Everyone says I look way younger. Okay, so I looked haggard and aged before. And I always thought a pony tail took off ten years--might have to rethink this.
So today's poll is...what color do you think my hair will be when it comes back??
3 comments:
Kind of a shock to check the blog and see a picture that is familiar. Good shock though -- made me smile. And double-yea to the tough hairs that stuck it through thick and thin! I think the rest is going to come in closer to brown than red. Either that, or flaming red :=).
Hope you and the animals are enjoying the big thaw! It was 70-something here today. I had to turn on the AC in the car on the highway. I know, it's cruel to tell you that, but at least it's warmer there now. And if I keep telling you Hoosiers how warm it is here, maybe someone will come visit! ha ha
Love,
LD
All good news!
Your hair will be hot pink!
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