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gypsy
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12 years ago

Day 15

Well it's just on 2 weeks and like clockwork my hair is coming out. A few days ago I went and had my hair clippered down to a number 3 as I was getting head sores and easier to treat with short hair. It was such a good idea as it has given me a chance to get use to short hair, wearing hats, scarves etc. Plus it's easier to shed hair that is 1cm long compared to mid length hair. Another upside is I am loving showers and no maintenance. I went on Monday to the Olivia Newton John Cancer and Wellness centre at the Austin for a 'Look good feel better' workshop. What a wonderful day spent with volunteers that I can only call 'angels'. I then went onto get a wig, I was prepared to get something a little different than my regular 'do' but nothing really suited except for a wig that was very close to mine. Mind you I think I will only the wig on some occasions, happy to wear a scarf, hat, turban. Today I went for another blood test in readiness for my oncology review on Friday. Nurse said my blood is pretty thin and not clotting, so hopefully the results will be ok tomorrow.Over the past 2 weeks I think I've had every side effect listed for TC chemo, however it hasn't been that bad a ride. A lot better than I thought. Xx
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    gypsy
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    12 years ago
    My hair has been dyed blonde for as long as I can remember when i had it clipper end it was a steel grey colour. To my surprise my 22 year old said he liked it. So I'm going to see how I go, if enough of us women stand tall with not dyeing our hair we may start a trend:) xx
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    gypsy
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    12 years ago
    There has to be some positives out of this and the hair maintenance is definitely one of them. I have just gone and brought some nice scarves so looking forward to getting a bit glammed up and 'owning' it. Xx
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    mgndam1603
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    12 years ago

    I loved the money I saved on hair products and appointments througout my time without hair.

    I did think that I would leave mine natural it came back silver but as soon as I got back to work I started backat the hairdressers. My compromise is that I have foils put over the silver no base colour at all.

    Of course I do keep bragging about having curls, I am rocking them. For 56 years I had straight hair and how its beualtiful curls, I hope I keep them.

    Donna

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    mgndam1603
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    12 years ago

    I loved the money I saved on hair products and appointments througout my time without hair.

    I did think that I would leave mine natural it came back silver but as soon as I got back to work I started backat the hairdressers. My compromise is that I have foils put over the silver no base colour at all.

    Of course I do keep bragging about having curls, I am rocking them. For 56 years I had straight hair and how its beualtiful curls, I hope I keep them.

    Donna

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    Hazel_M
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    12 years ago

    Glad to hear you are doing well with the chemo, and yes, I am quite used to no hair maintenance. I also enjoyed the lgfg workshop, the volunteers are angels. Take care, 

    Hazel xx

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    gypsy
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    12 years ago
    I agree about the over active imagination, I guess that is normal, when you don't know what lies ahead. I hope I don't have any delays but I guess there is one thing I have learnt is that at the moment I don't have a lot of control over my body, except for my mind and trying to do the right thing as far as exercise and eating healthy. I have always had very thick hair so the showers are the best, don't think I've ever been so clean:)
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    yetbeung
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    12 years ago
    Im loving it too, sadly as l get hot flushes & sweat alot it's not lasting as long as l'd like...oh well, can always have it done again! I just wanted to do something different, that didn't make me feel cancery. l found any massage has been wonderful throughout my treatment - l'm not working so l can't afford professional ones, but even the $2 for 5min massage recliners at the shopping centre are brilliant, as you'll probably get achey days, & days when you need to turn your brain off for even that 5 min & unwind!
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    gypsy
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    12 years ago
    Love your henna tattoo it is really beautiful. Thanks for the advise re the scalp massage/treatment. I suffer from pretty bad headaches/migraines so I am going to follow your advise as I think it can only help. Xx
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    yetbeung
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    12 years ago
    ...when you feel up to it, once all the hair comes out, go & get your head massaged at a hairdresser. It sounds a bit silly, but l've been to my old hairdresser a few times now, & l have a nice glass of wine while he massages my scalp for ages over the basin with warm water, a scalp treatment, & a chat about this & that...all whilst in a massage recliner...it's lovely! I can't really do that now as l've had a henna tattoo done on my scalp & lm trying to preserve it by not wetting it too much. I never wear hats, scarves or wigs as l think it makes me look more like a cancer patient than a bald head! But, l realise not everyone feels this way, & the look good feel better workshop really emphasised that to me. Hopefully you find something that you're happy to wear and feel good in! Best of luck with it!
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    gypsy
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    12 years ago
    I'm also rethinking the short hair for later on and I may even stay au natural as far as colour. I've been dyeing my hair for ever and when I got sheared last week the little hair left on my head was a steel grey, to be honest I quite liked it. Xx