Saturday, May 1, 2021 10:39 AM

'Chemo Brain' is definitely working overtime. As you are about to witness.

 Overall, feeling good since my day at the hospital. Still a little light headed (hung-over), can last 72 hrs. Doing all that I'm supposed to, to get through whatever is supposed to begin soon, ie: nausea, mouth sores, fatigue & hair loss, to name a few.

  This part now, is all about the 'going bald' thing! (Dark humour!) So I don't blame you if you leave the blog now!

  Jokingly, I told Larry, that in a couple of weeks, we could take the same photo as above, with my hair and the blossoms gone. He didn't think it was funny. So, him not happy that I've been letting my 'greying' roots grow out, won't be a problem soon. Look at the money I'm saving on shampoo & hairspray.

  So, where is that wig, I ordered a month ago, that was going to be here in 7 - 10 days? The tracking information is in Chinese, so that doesn't help at all. Maybe that's a way of putting things into perspective. A wig? Scarf? Turban? Hat? or how about 'Au naturel"… just plain BALD? 

My friends who have done all of the above during their own chemo journey, pretty much have said they threw the wig out the window and managed quite well with a scarf or the 'Bald is Beautiful' look. The cliché "You are more than your hair!" does not at all work for me. Or how about "It's only hair?" said by someone who spends a lot of time at the hair dresser.  I must say though, that "It's only hair, is more and more what I'm thinking, considering the larger picture "Oh ya! Chemo kills cancer cells!!! It's only hair!"

  My hair, I've been told will start falling out anytime, from one to two weeks. Larry is not enjoying my sudden bursts of ideas for a 'reveal'. All these ideas of nervous humour, are helping me get more used to 'what will be'! Everything from quietly transitioning (Me quiet?) to a zoom reveal party. What an extreme, maybe something in-between.

  I can write this today, because the chemo side-effects are minimal, and my brain is still buzzing, kinda in party mode.

  If you stuck with this weird blog entry up to now, God bless you for your patience/tolerance…? Love for sure!

BTW: If I really do think I need a wig, and the one I ordered doesn't come, I have, as a back-up, my "Nana Claus' white curly wig, that everyone says looks so good on me! Well…. Maybe not!

I love you, take care. Hope you're having a great hair day! If not! "It's only hair!" xoxoxo