Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow!

I am to tired to reply individually but I appreciate your comment.

I was born with a head of hair, my mother (88 yrs old) said even the nurses remarked on how much hair you had and tied a pink ribbon in it.

So this is really my first experience and I'll get through it after all, I'm not the only one.

Thanks you all,

Doris

BlownAway60 said:

So sorry that you lost your

So sorry that you lost your hair. I still remember how hard it was for me to stand in front of the mirror in my bathroom and just keep pulling my hair out until there was none left. I guess that is why I make hats. "Cause I will never forget that feeling.

Hugs

Donna

 

 

 

My son drove me to my primary doctor (blizzard) and I wore your beautiful black hat.  My doctor said, "your hat is beautiful don't worry about your hair".   The nurse said the same and the clerk who checked me out.  

I had 3 compliments in an hour and then I went home and slept most of the afternoon and part of the evening.  Your hat did help a lot today.  Thank you and Thank New Flower for sending it to me.  I am for now sleeping in an old kerchief.  I have scarves that I forgot that i had too. 

Affectionally,

Doris

missrenee said:

Sorry about your hair, Doris

but as you said, you will get through it because you are one tough cookie.  Losing my hair didn't bother me so much--I found some beautiful scarves that I loved wearing more than the wigs.  Also, it was so easy to get ready in the mornings--no hair to have to style, no underarm hair to shave, no leg hair to shave and the coolest Brazilian bikini wax ever without the pain of having it waxed!

Embrace the new you--I'll bet you look like a real foxy lady!

Hugs, Renee

Thank you, Renee.

A friend wrote to me yesterday saying that I will be a sexy lady with my new looks.  All I could think of is Yul Brynner and Kojak and I never thought they were sexy but they were loved by millions.  

I did order a turban for bed as I have sleep apnea and have head gear to put on.  When I had a significant other, he never minded my devise.  I used to say to him, "don't you feel weird sleeping with a woman who has a tube and plastic mask on her face".  He would reply,  "no, doesn't bother me, glad you can breathe".   I guess it is in the mind of the person.

I'm adjusting and the cost of upkeep will certainly be a perk along with not shaving which I always hated.

Merci, Madame.  How is the French coming along?

Doris

Eleanor1 said:

It brought up memories as I

It brought up memories as I was reading your post. I just finished chemo and on my first week of rads right now. I still cry every now and then when I look at myself. My hair was always my crowning glory, it was thick, very long and jet black.like yours, I spent a lot of money taking care of it and it grew so fast with a natural wave. I am still waiting for it to grow and praying it will grow fast. I am starting to accept that it will take time and its a little bit better now. I just keep telling myself, this too will passed like chemo, like the side effects and looking forward to life after this.

Thank you Eleanor and I have heard that it can come back even better than before.  Your hair does sound like mine and I always thought it to be my best feature.  

I wish you an easy time with radidation.  I worked throughout rads and only had a few days that were difficult mainly because it was a weekend.  Had it been a weekday, I would have had the right stuff to put on the burns.  Mine were for my regional tumor in the axilla.  Radiation to the neck  is where the burns occurred.  The oncologist I had back then, forgot to order radiation for me that is why I never had it in the breast area.

Look ahead seem endless, looking back it went quick.

Best to you,

Doris 

telecomjd said:

So Sorry!

I am so sorry that you lost your hair.  It is a wrenching experience, and no matter how prepared you are for it, it still hurts.

I am less than two weeks out of chemo, and my hair is already starting to grow back.  I see little glints of light when I look in the mirror, and it is tremendously exciting to me.  So, there's hope on the other side of this, and -- at least for me -- I have not had to wait long to see a teeny bit of progress.  I hope that ends up being the same for you.

M

Hi M,

I hope for you it grows in fast and better than the original.  Hard enough to do chemo but I wish they could fix it that we didn't loose our hair with it.  As SeeGlass stated it is almost as bad as loosing a breast.  They can't see my missing breast but they can see my bald head.  

Should have prepared in the same manner as I did last time.  When there is a storm brewing, I prepare and it's my insurance of not having to use it.  I fill jugs with water and etc.  This time, I said, "wait, you might not need it".  Thank goodness for Donna's hat.  It would have been awful to go out in a blizzard as I had a doctor's appointment yesterday in a scarf.  I did find some beautiful ones that were given to me from last time and I never used them.  A silk one from Thailand sat in my drawer the one that I never open as it holds things to good to throw out but never used and a lovely one from India.  

We are never prepared and even if I had, I think this time it was a given.  My oncologist knew I would see it but didn't want to argue the obvious with me when I said, last time I didn't.  

Best wishes to you,

Doris