I'm gone for a little while, to regain my health.

Thanks Holly! I'm having a pretty good day today. I've only had a couple of rough days so far. I was having nausea and hives one weekend and couldn't eat or sleep. We looked up the side effects on the medication I was taking and figured out it was the statins. I called my contact and she told me to stop taking them. Both the nausea and the rash went away. It was a prescription attached to my file from the emergency room doctor who treated my in early September and I didn't even need the medication. I feel so much better now.
 
I was close to my sister in law, Cindy, who passed in 2003 after a 13 year battle with brain cancer. She was comfortable with her baldness around the family. It's just hair. It doesn't change who you are. I learned a lot from Cindy and the courage and dignity she conveyed through her battle.

Being prepared helps so much. Even talking with other chemo patients helps. They don't mind showing you their lack of hair. It will grow back.
My husband's attitude is to stick a hat on your head and use sunscreen!

As long as things fall into place, I fully intend to survive this glitch in my life story. I'm already looking ahead beyond this bump in the road, planning my future.
 
Duster said:
I got my head shaved on Tuesday. My hair has been coming out and my husband was brushing it. It was making us both depressed, so he said maybe I should just let it go. I decided that would be best. I have a wig that looks like my own hair and I have some scarves and turbans that I feel comfortable wearing. I had my 2nd chemo infusion on Tuesday. On the way home my husband called his sister to see if she had some hair clippers that he could borrow. She said she could do better than that and told us to meet her at the beauty shop she works at as a beautician. It was after hours with no one around. She gave me a crewcut! My ears stick out more than I ever knew. It's comfortable and it's not shaved so much as it is almost not there. That was so sweet of her to do this for me! I'm so grateful to her.

As my husband has a bald on the top of his head, he said we now have matching hairdos.
When my husband meets little children for the first time, they always want to know where his hair went. He tells them that he has a little car and rides in it with the top down. The wind blows through his hair and carries it away.

Then he asks when the child wants to go riding in his little car with him. He hasn’t had any takers yet. Guess I’ll have to tell them that I took a ride with him!
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The only side effect my son had from his chemo was that his hair fell out. When it grew back he was so excited because it grew back fine, instead of coarse. “My hair is wonderful”, he said 🤣. I hope it all goes as well for you as it did for him.
 
CinnamonSugar said:
@Duster when I read what you went through in your ambulance ride, I feel so angry I could spit nails!! I hope those clowns get their a**es fired.

On a calmer note, I hope your recovery is speedy and you have good news from your tests. Prayers for you....
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Thank you Cinnamon Sugar, for your well wishes and prayers. My husband tried to get the ambulance company to at least drug test their employees. He was able to get them to cut the payment bill in half though.
 
drifter said:
Duster you will be in my thoughts as I wish and pray you will have a complete and cancer free recovery.
My daughter has an uncurable cancer and I pray for her daily. I will add you to my prayers.
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Thank you Drifter! I'm so sorry to hear about your dear daughter. I'll send some prayers to both of you.
 
The Chemo Clinic gave me a complimentary wig. They had several to choose from and my husband said, “Get a blond sexy one!”
I found a beautiful wig that was my brunette color {without the gray} and styled very much like my own above the shoulder length hairdo.
I tried it on at home and it's perfect.

A few days later I was doing things on the computer in the office and saw someone tall with dark hair pass my door. “Who just went by?” I thought. " Is someone else in the house?” It was my husband wearing my wig and he kept popping in from time to time, looking like an old Beatle! That big silly really cheered me up!
 
Duster said:
The Chemo Clinic gave me a complimentary wig. They had several to choose from and my husband said, “Get a blond sexy one!”
I found a beautiful wig that was my brunette color {without the gray} and styled very much like my own above the shoulder length hairdo.
I tried it on at home and it's perfect.

A few days later I was doing things on the computer in the office and saw someone tall with dark hair pass my door. “Who just went by?” I thought. " Is someone else in the house?” It was my husband wearing my wig and he kept popping in from time to time, looking like an old Beatle! That big silly really cheered me up!
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I love this post. Thanks.
 
I don`t know how I have missed all of these posts but I am thrilled to hear that you are doing well! It really is about your attitude,I believe. A sense of humor never hurts either.

I am currently watching my sister battle stage 3 breast cancer and she is very determined to not stay on the couch and feel sorry for herself. I would like to go visit her but I would never find her home! Since her diagnosis in early September,she has driven (alone) from home south of San Jose,California to Wyoming to take her granddaughter`s dog to her. Drove there in a day and drove back the next for chemo. Driven from home to Washington State to evaluate a new litter of puppies. Flew to San Diego ,CA to help with the birth of a litter of 14 puppies. Drove to Boise,Idaho for a dog show. Yesterday she drove to Medford,Oregon to deliver a 13 week old puppy to it`s new mom. I get tired just thinking about it,and she is a year and a half older than me! After the chemo,she will have surgery,then radiation.I begged her to please take time to rest,but that`s not how she operates. I`m praying that it won`t all catch up to her.

Wishing you all the best for a speedy recovery.
 
Mrs. Robinson said:
I don`t know how I have missed all of these posts but I am thrilled to hear that you are doing well! It really is about your attitude,I believe. A sense of humor never hurts either.

I am currently watching my sister battle stage 3 breast cancer and she is very determined to not stay on the couch and feel sorry for herself. I would like to go visit her but I would never find her home! Since her diagnosis in early September,she has driven (alone) from home south of San Jose,California to Wyoming to take her granddaughter`s dog to her. Drove there in a day and drove back the next for chemo. Driven from home to Washington State to evaluate a new litter of puppies. Flew to San Diego ,CA to help with the birth of a litter of 14 puppies. Drove to Boise,Idaho for a dog show. Yesterday she drove to Medford,Oregon to deliver a 13 week old puppy to it`s new mom. I get tired just thinking about it,and she is a year and a half older than me! After the chemo,she will have surgery,then radiation.I begged her to please take time to rest,but that`s not how she operates. I`m praying that it won`t all catch up to her.

Wishing you all the best for a speedy recovery.
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What kind of puppies? 😍
 
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