SZwanetz
bleunote's Cancer Blog
September 27, 2008
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Hiya Everyone,
Looks like today is the day! I bought a pair of bussers and am about to give myself a crew cut! Lord, give me the strength. I waited until eveyone left the house as not to upset them. It seems that losing my hair is something everyone around me can’t handle. Excuse me, but how do they think I feel. They say encouraging things, like you’ll be sexy bald, but they can’t handle the everyday hair loss. So strange. Anyway, that is why I have elected to cut it off while everyone is out. I wish I had some fun dye to color the remainder with.
My tumor hasn’t shrunk that much, or as much as I thought it would. Do they shrink rapidly? Is it just mine that is taking so long to shrink. I’m getting worried.
I hope everyone is well. I have been feeling tired the last two days, but I feel good today escept for my stomach -it’s upset a lot.
Thank you all for letting me check in, slip away for a few days into the abyss and then return again.
Sonia
Thanks for your support -
Sonia, Good luch with the hari thing. Mine started coming out so I went in the shower and scrubbed the rest out after buzzing it off. I too put it off for a while, but noy was I relieved to finally get it over with. Once it’s done it’s not so bad. Now my daughter says things like I am so used to you bald it’s hard to remember what you looked like with hair. Although tramatic in it’s own way (we sure depend on our hair a lot…just look at all the commercials), I don’t acutally mind now. Much easier to shower, get ready in the morning, etc. And it is wonderful when camping in the wilderness (no hair to bother with). So, now I can’t say I’m having a bad hair day, since they are all no hair days. Hope you too can see the positive in in and as always keep your chin up! ZGood luck to you in your treatment. That too is not without it’s ups and downs!
I was speaking with an old gentleman at the hospital the other day and I was reminded of something I heard a while back, “God only made a few perfect heads; the rest He covered with hair.”
Hi Sonia,
It is amazing how different it is when people lose their hair. I lost ALL of mine in one day. That morning I noticed it was beginning to come out. We lived on a farm in the country so my late husband and I went to Fayetteville, NC, to a wig store to buy a wig. My hair kept coming out by the handfuls and was gone by the time we got home. This was in 1994 and I had twin daughters who were juniors in high school and a 30 year old son. My bald head didn’t bother any of them except for my youngest (by 7 minutes) daughter, Cheryl. She could not bare to look at my head. I always wore a turban or the wig when she was around. The rest of the time I just went bald. It felt so much better that way.
I have heard quite a few times what Brad said “God only made a few perfect heads; the rest He covered with hair” so be proud of your bald head.
My thoughts and prayers will be with you.
Hugs,
Joyce In NC
Ya it takes a while not to wory though if the tumour was completely dead today it would some time for your body to take out the trash so to say. Take heart that it is not getting bigger they say arrested development is a very good sign.
Good luck Sonia!
You’re a beautiful woman inside and out. Hair or no hair, we are all beautiful and strong ladies fighting ugly Cancer. Please remember that.
Hugs,
Yuyu
Well no more hair in the food. LOL
Hug Sherri
I taught first graders and we had a daily “head check” when I took off my cap. Some children couldn’t handle it and I just told them to turn around so they wouldn’t see. When the hair started growing back, this was a very exciting time for my kiddoes to watch the process. Summer came and summer went and then I returned to school with a full head of hair (though not quite as thick). My former students were thrilled. It was a great year for teaching and learning about life.
Enjoy the savings from hair colors, perms, cuts, and hair products!
Hey bluenote,, so you took up the courage to cut your hair,, ok girl,, good going,, funny is’nt how things that affect you seems scare people.
We all need to forgive them for them things that happen like that,, usless someone goes through the experience that you are going through ,, they will never know what it truly is all about ,, and not that i wish for them to experience that because i most certaily do NOT,, But it is good to see the courage that you have to do this and it takes courage.. you can be so funny ( dye) gosh i could just see your family walk in and seeing you like that ,, what a surprise hehehe..
You say that your tumor has not shrunk,, as for mine it never totally went away and i knew that i would need more chemo, but i got a tip from my doctor telling me to take 1000IU of vitamin “D”
It helps to the fight cancer, and it slows it down.
So anyway i started taking 8000 IU per day ( 1/2 in the morning and 1/2 at supper time and we have noticed that the cancer is still growing but at a much slower pace.. than way it gives a chance to regain my strength for the next fight.. It has only grown 2 millimetre every 3 months and so it has been over two years since i last finished my treatment and the oncologist is waiting for it to reach 1.5 centemetre before i have chemo again..
All i can do is thank God for me having chemo,, because there was a reason for that to happen to me, and know what i have been so happy that because of it i was able to share and help other people…
So take very good care of yourself and keep up the good fight .. God bless Ray
Hi Sonia,
I could not image how you feel. Our femininity is so attached to our hair. Although I haven’t been through Chemo, my hair has thinned out from the extreme stress. Did you watch Sex and the City? Samantha went through her wig period when she has chemo. Why not experiment with a bunch of different colors and styles? Maybe it would be fun. Please keep the updates coming.
Love
Kathleen
Oh Sonia,
That must be traumatic to have your hair fall out in clumps. I would buzz my head too, if I were in your shoes.
Hair or no hair, you are beautiful.
Sonia,
I hope the buzzing was an easy process for you. Also, I would eat a lot of leafy greens to speed up the shrinking of the tumor. I would not worry too much as you have only had 2 doses. Also, everyone has a different response and each persons body works at its own pace. I truly believe in chemotherapy as well as a diet full of greens. I ate every green food short of the grass in my yard.
Melissa
Well, at least you got that part over! Good luck to you with your chemo and treatments. I don’t know if you will be wearing a wig or scarves or whatever. I found a lot of different ones on headcovers.com
I am hoping for the best for you and will keep you in my thoughts!
Sonia,
Try a product called Green Miracle. You can purchase from www.ultimateliving.com. I swear by it. The creator is a 20 year breast cancer survivor. It tastes terrible but I drink it twice a day.
Melissa
hi everyone,
losing my hair was hard, but i got over it. i bought a wig before all was gone. now i buy a wig every 3 or 4 months, new style, new colors. good luck.