Anyway so Saturday morning arrived, James was armed with his
clippers and for once was not worried about the mess I was about to make,
swiped away my suggestion of newspaper on the floor. It took about 5 minutes to
let him near my head as I was overcome with the giggles. I don’t know how men
go through having their heads shaved, it really tickles! And then all of a
sudden my hair was gone. Well it did actually take a while, and I think James
was pretty pleased with his barber efforts. A lot of people asked me when I
said I was going to shave my head which hairdresser I was going to and were a
bit shocked when I said James was doing it. Even the wig man! My thoughts were he
couldn’t exactly do it wrong, and he is probably the only one I would have
trusted to do it (well I would have trusted my mum too, but she wouldn’t have
been able to do it and most probably would have cried throughout!).
So the result was not as bad as expected although I was
pretty horrified with how brown and dark my hair looked. I was not happy
about that! So the deed was done and we raised and continue to raise an amazing
amount of money for the Breast Centre, so thank you all for that.
As we had a day of summer we went down
the beach, me in a coat and Ugg boots (it’s always a bit chillier by the
beach and I don't like being cold), and my wig. After a little walk we went to the arcade and tried to win
some Nemo teddies for our nephew on one of those grabber games (Nemo or Dory as
we won Squirt last time). We didn’t win. I think it’s rigged as every time
James got close and found Dory, and I got excited and started jumping up and
down, the claw dropped her. Very disappointed.
Once we got home I took my wig off and blimey my head
noticed the difference. Brain freeze! So for the last few days I’ve been
alternating between my wig, head scarves and bare head. I think the scarves
make me look more poorly at the moment, I suppose partly it’s because I just
associate them with cancer. I don’t actually mind having a naked head but do
not want people staring at me when I go out (and it’s very cold without hair) so
have yet to brave that!
I have of course done some baking over the weekend, and had
a very green fingered Sunday which I finished off today by repotting my
chillies (hopefully spicy ones for my love of spicy food) and planted some
cherry tomatoes. This all needed to be done prior to chemo cycle 2 tomorrow as the
next few days will most probably be spent with me laying on the sofa doing my
jigsaw, what a geek I have become….
You are beautiful! And so is your writing, wishing you lots of luck with your treatment. A fighting spirit and a positive outlook seem to be naturally yours, what a stroke of luck. Be kind to yourself and gentle too, lots of nurturing in whatever form that takes.
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Angela Bradshaw ( friend of Tanya's )