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You know you're on chemo when...
Hi everyone,
I thought I'd start a thread to try and find the funny side of chemo, as I truly feel as though I've had my funny bone removed. Usually my sense of humour is what defines me and gets me through the hard parts of life. I don't know how you all feel but I've struggled to find myself in the last 6 weeks since my journey began, and now as I approach my 2nd chemo treatment, I could do with a boost by people who are travelling a similar road to mine.
So I'll start off, and I hope you can share your funny experiences with me....
You know you're on chemo when... you do your hair with a lint remover.
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You know you are on chemo when you plan that as part your day tomorrow you are going to do your face up and make your stage 2 hair cut all nice; then take a happy snap for the album!!!!!! This is to pass on to your sisters who haven't seen you since you did stage 1 haircut and BEFORE ou do the BIG SHAVE. So this will be the B4 photo. :-) LOL
Mich x
Hey Joey
You know you are on chemo when you manage to vacuum the whole house in one day. One room, rest, next room, rest, next room, resssstt, next room, resssssssttttttt, next room, zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. There goes today.
That was a big win for me and I did give myself a major hi five girlfriend.
Take care, live a little, love a lot but laught even more.
Mich x
You know you are on chemo when the excitement of the day occurs in the toilet. WooT! And your taste buds decide to knock back a glass of champagne.. and you get sick of the sight of water.
You know you are on chemo when the excitement of the day occurs in the toilet. WooT! And your taste buds decide to knock back a glass of champagne.. and you get sick of the sight of water.
- You know you are on chemo when you are putting your makeup on but don't know where to finish putting on your foundation and you just keep going to the back of your head so you don't get a makeup line!!!!! Bwahahahahah
- You know you are on chemo when you are putting your makeup on but don't know where to finish putting on your foundation and you just keep going to the back of your head so you don't get a makeup line!!!!! Bwahahahahah
Not everyone loses their hair on chemo. I was initially petrified of losing it.. I was told you may not. My hair thinned over the time; depends on the type of chemotherapy, I think.
I bought a wig, but only wore it once !
I wore a cap and it was summer, so was not too bad.
Looking back I did look a bit pale and had less hair, but....
I got through it, with support from family and friends. Remember it is Ok to ask for help.
Time passes... All the emotions that come out of the box on diagnosis.. can settle back again...
On chemo.. I felt a bit " angelic " for a while, but looked ..well I tried not to think of how I looked ! Luckily I was working in a place where I wore a hair net, and I stayed home more also, as tired, so could rest.
Good luck...
Me too Penny!
- I wish there was a like button on here like there is on Facebook - I have enjoyed reading them all!!
you know when you're on chemo, when you think there really isn't any difference in taste between regular milk and soy milk! (drank it happily for 3 months, and then the taste buds came back!)
