Show us your nuts! (Nude nuts that is...)

Do you live in Paynesville? My husband's aunt, whom I'm very close to, lives there. Her name is Jan Hunt (late 60's). Her husband is Colin. They are very active in the sailing club. Jan came over ( to Perth) last year to help out when I was having chemo. Lovely people.

Good luck with your treatment and I'm glad you can have it in Bairsdale. Lovely place.  Take care and I'm thinking of you.

Alison xxx

Couldn't agree more.....I have had so many positive comments on my "new look" and have decided at age 41 that it was time for an image change anyway..have bought some gorgeous long black boots and teaming them up with leggings and tunics and looking very funky if I may say so myself. Not sure if people are just being kind to me or if they expect me to look like s**t after chemo. I must brush up on the lyrics of "Nothing Compares" as I'm getting a lot of "Sinead O'Connor" comments!

Have a grreat weekend

nic

xx

Nic, you look wonderful, I am hoping that when my 8mm fuzz (from my crew cut) is gone I look as good as you and Joey.

I don't actually mind my crew cut, it is so much easier and doesn't look too bad, I went out yesterday without a hat on _ to the hosptial fo rmy oncologists appointment and then to grab some groceries at a localshopping centre (small one and in middle of day, when less crowded), I got a few strange looks, but I DON'T care, they are the ones with the problems NOT ME.

I had the sore tongue thing too and found that sucking on icy poles (in my case mini calypos) was amazing, helped to cool and numb my sore burning tongue, but be careful not to hold it in one spot for too long becasue youdon't want frostbite on your tongue.

I used to live in mirboo North, so have been through Sale and Bairnsdale etc MANY MANY times, and I still have family around the hazelwood/ Morwell area, so come through on occasion to visit (although it has ben awhile since I have ben down your way).

Good to hear you are doing well, I am doing pretty good with side effects too. Saw my oncologist yesterday and he is happy with my progress, so I am on for Monday (Cycle 2) and have to keep taking the last of the antibiotics (another 3 1/2 days worth) to makes sure the infection is DEAD.

I was told that reflux can be a side effect of some chemo drugs and they can give you something to help with it (I already take something as I have reflux from med's I take for another condition), and they really do help the reflux, so maybe you could get something to help with that.

I have eating issues in that I have NO appetite, I force myself to eat, but am only eating small portions. Things I used to love I now DETEST (like eggs I cannot STAND the smell or thought of eating cooked eggs and I used to love omelettes and scrambled eggs (just typing this makes me shudder, and feel sick, I smelt some cooking the other day when I went shopping and had to leave the area, becasue the smell made me sick).

Well I got my buzz cut yesterday. my hair is now 8mm long but looks shorter because my hair is so fine it doesn't stick out, but it sort of lays next to my haead. I actually don't mind it. Kind of feels funny and looks OK and thank goodness no more tying myself in knots and choking on my below shoulder length hair. There was a delay in the plans, because I spent 11 hours yesterday in the ER with suspected pneumonia or gallstones, after lots and lots of tests they aren't 100% sure what it is but the only thing that showed up on the tests was anemia (expected due to the chemo) and some "gunk" in my lower right lung - which they think is a lower lung infection that is beginning to clear (I had an upper lung infection for a week and have been on oral antibiotics which I finished yesterday and they gave me another 5 day course, to make sure the infection dies). My neutrophil count was good, as were all of my other immune cells.

So we got to it last night instead and I am HAPPY, it feels so much better, it SO much neater and I am not leaving great handfuls of hair in trails behind me where ever I go.

I also have the brazillian by face washer occuring <LOL> haven't notice the arm and leg hair (although it is not growing very fast, so not having to shave etc very often) or eyebrows and eyelashes yet, but it is early days for me.

Photo(s)to come - didn't take any yet, because I was so exhausted yesterday - went to the ER at 4am (after the community nurses who I called told me I had to) with only 1 hrs sleep and got maybe 1-2 hours sleep in the 11 hours I was there, that coupled with my chemo fatigue, I could barely keep my eyes open, for most of the day. night, but not get any/ much sleep in the ER.

Well I got my buzz cut yesterday. my hair is now 8mm long but looks shorter because my hair is so fine it doesn't stick out, but it sort of lays next to my haead. I actually don't mind it. Kind of feels funny and looks OK and thank goodness no more tying myself in knots and choking on my below shoulder length hair. There was a delay in the plans, because I spent 11 hours yesterday in the ER with suspected pneumonia or gallstones, after lots and lots of tests they aren't 100% sure what it is but the only thing that showed up on the tests was anemia (expected due to the chemo) and some "gunk" in my lower right lung - which they think is a lower lung infection that is beginning to clear (I had an upper lung infection for a week and have been on oral antibiotics which I finished yesterday and they gave me another 5 day course, to make sure the infection dies). My neutrophil count was good, as were all of my other immune cells.

So we got to it last night instead and I am HAPPY, it feels so much better, it SO much neater and I am not leaving great handfuls of hair in trails behind me where ever I go.

I also have the brazillian by face washer occuring <LOL> haven't notice the arm and leg hair (although it is not growing very fast, so not having to shave etc very often) or eyebrows and eyelashes yet, but it is early days for me.

Photo(s)to come - didn't take any yet, because I was so exhausted yesterday - went to the ER at 4am (after the community nurses who I called told me I had to) with only 1 hrs sleep and got maybe 1-2 hours sleep in the 11 hours I was there, that coupled with my chemo fatigue, I could barely keep my eyes open, for most of the day. night, but not get any/ much sleep in the ER.

Hi Nic!  You look fab with a nude nut!

maybe we should suggest buzz cuts for all in times of drought....4 minute showers would be down to about a minute (esp for chemo patients..no hair anywhere else to get rid of) !

nic  x

Hey Nic40

Well done babe.  You are one of the ones that would be beautiful with or without hair, be proud and walk tall.

I know what you mean about not having to wash your hair and saving billions on products.

I used to dread having a shower cause the whole hair thing used to take forever, not now hee hee

Hubby can't believe I can have a quicker shower than him now.

Mich x