Hair loss, the one thing that everyone automatically associates with chemotherapy. It's the most obvious sign to the general public that something is going on in your life that you'd really rather not...
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Yes, I also decided to be proactive about hair loss and got my hair cut short before the first chemo. I washed all the scarves in my drawer and bought a couple of 'sleeping caps'. And some dupattas from an Indian clothing website. I've got quite a wardrobe of headwrap choices!
My hair started going about two weeks after the first chemo, and I started wearing the sleeping cap so my bed wasn't full of hair.
Now, I tie scarves in all kinds of ways - Simple wraps, Israeli tichels, and I'm working on a Nigerian gele (very big!) for a 60th birthday celebration coming up.
Still, I feel a bit sad about my poor bald head. In the shower each day, I give it a rub and say 'my poor head'. It's enough for me to name the feeling, then it has a place, walking beside me on this journey. We're good friends, my poor head and me. Like the queasiness, the insomnia, tiredness, etc - all my companions on this journey.
Sending love and courage to everyone on the path.
Gillian