Cold Cap Experience
You can see I'm back with a vengeance... I was offered cold caps at the same place I would be having the chemo, at no extra cost or runaround so I decided to give it a go if I could tolerate it. I'm ...
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Oh @onemargie those are such kind sweet words. Thank you.
Accepting help was the first lesson I was schooled in with this illness. Raised to be fiercely self-reliant and independent, it goes against every fibre of my being! But from my diagnosis onwards every medico I met urged me to accept help. I also have an old friend, who's been through a trauma of a different kind, who put the hard word on me to accept help. So I do. It makes me very uncomfortable but I do. I am currently well supported.
My father-in-law is OK-ish for now but a recent decline is noticeable. I shall be in touch for advice if/when the time comes. Thank you.
Pleased to say I am quite happy with my appearance bald! Haven't quite had @Zoffiel's guts yet and marched about hatless. But did drive the car hatless today for the first time! Later at the supermarket a couple of adults really stared at me. It was most uncomfortable.
@sister this shitstorm is five years long now, I'd like it to stop...
Chemo 3 tomorrow (first one with no cold cap). Filled with dread, and the nightly cloud of misery is descending. Dexamethasone on board so sleep will be elusive. Wish me luck ladies. And good luck to all of you.
Accepting help was the first lesson I was schooled in with this illness. Raised to be fiercely self-reliant and independent, it goes against every fibre of my being! But from my diagnosis onwards every medico I met urged me to accept help. I also have an old friend, who's been through a trauma of a different kind, who put the hard word on me to accept help. So I do. It makes me very uncomfortable but I do. I am currently well supported.
My father-in-law is OK-ish for now but a recent decline is noticeable. I shall be in touch for advice if/when the time comes. Thank you.
Pleased to say I am quite happy with my appearance bald! Haven't quite had @Zoffiel's guts yet and marched about hatless. But did drive the car hatless today for the first time! Later at the supermarket a couple of adults really stared at me. It was most uncomfortable.
@sister this shitstorm is five years long now, I'd like it to stop...
Chemo 3 tomorrow (first one with no cold cap). Filled with dread, and the nightly cloud of misery is descending. Dexamethasone on board so sleep will be elusive. Wish me luck ladies. And good luck to all of you.