OK I’m gonna sound like a total nut, but it fills damn good to take a cool shower in 90 degree weather without a hair on my body. It fills good to be able to come home and take off my hair. It feels good not to have to shave, and my eyebrows can be whatever shape or color I want them to be, lol. But seriously, I know that loosing hair is MUCH, MUCH, more important to some than others, I’ve had short hair, long hair, and somewhere in between throughout different periods in my life, and I can’t say that loosing my hair was the end all for me. If you are one of the many that worked so hard on a healthy full head of hair only to loose in in almost one fail swoop to BC, I am truly sorry. I pray that all of us can suck, squeeze, ring, and stomp every positive thing we can out of this life changing thing that has happened to us. So, I am looking forward to a brand new, totally natural, thick, full head of hair. Until then, take lots of nice long showers and baths and appreciate how good the water fills rolling down your skin.
By the way, if you are so brave as to go out without your wig or scarf, I say go for it, what a huge lesson in self confidence. If you can hold your bald head high and not give a cats claw about what everyone is thinking about you, imagine the amount of confidence you’ll have in your everyday get up, if that happens to be something other than bald.
RIGHT ON….I AGREE WITH YOU COMPLETELY. Of course, I am 35 years older than you. You are only 3 months younger than my twin daughters. My bald head never bothered me in the slightest but it did bother one of my daughters. They were juniors in high school when it happened. I tried to wear something on my head when Cheryl was around. My husband, my other daughter and my son didn’t care. I hated the wig or any of the stuff I had to wear on my head. IT WAS SO HOT and as you said, it felt so good to pull it off and go completely bald. I didn’t look all that pretty but it sure did feel good.
My hair started falling out one morning and was completely gone by bedtime. It came back in curly, but to my dismay, my curls didn’t last.
I was hoping it would come back in black instead of grey but that didn’t happen either….lol.
I see you are taking Adriamycin. You may do fine on it depending on the amount you are taking. It damaged my heart muscle but I would rather have my heart muscle damaged than to be dead. I was taking very large amounts of it during the first 2 treatments in 1994. I had a blood clot in my right arm and they had to cut back on the dosage.
I took tamoxifen from 1994 to 1999 but after the 2nd time they gave me Arimidex. I took that from June, 2006, to January, 2007, and my doctor and I decided to stop it because it was not too good for my bones.
Well, hang in there, my friend, and keep fighting. I have been battling for 14 years and I PRAISE GOD FOR EACH YEAR.
My thoughts and prayers are with you.
Hugs,
Joyce
I totally agree with you, I have not and do not plan on getting a wig, when I go out and worry about my poor little very white bald head I will cover it with a sun hat. I find living this summer without having to shave an enourmous blessing!
Welcome to our family!
Teri
When my hair came out, I really had planned to go au natural. But, I teach first graders and some of them had a hard time dealing with it, so I wore caps all year. (I’m not a scarf type of gal.) The good thing was that I got to wear all kinds of crazy hats to school since I teach little ones. I had a neat hat for every holiday and even wore a laminated birthday visor just like my students. My favorite cap was black and it had sequins spelling out ‘No Hair Day’. So, yes, I support everyone on whatever choice they make about their new found bald head. Do what feels right for you and make minor adjustments when you’re around loved ones who are having a hard time dealing with the new you.
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My hair started falling out one morning and was completely gone by bedtime. It came back in curly, but to my dismay, my curls didn’t last.
I was hoping it would come back in black instead of grey but that didn’t happen either….lol.
I see you are taking Adriamycin. You may do fine on it depending on the amount you are taking. It damaged my heart muscle but I would rather have my heart muscle damaged than to be dead. I was taking very large amounts of it during the first 2 treatments in 1994. I had a blood clot in my right arm and they had to cut back on the dosage.
I took tamoxifen from 1994 to 1999 but after the 2nd time they gave me Arimidex. I took that from June, 2006, to January, 2007, and my doctor and I decided to stop it because it was not too good for my bones.
Well, hang in there, my friend, and keep fighting. I have been battling for 14 years and I PRAISE GOD FOR EACH YEAR.
My thoughts and prayers are with you.
Hugs,
Joyce
I totally agree with you, I have not and do not plan on getting a wig, when I go out and worry about my poor little very white bald head I will cover it with a sun hat. I find living this summer without having to shave an enourmous blessing!
Welcome to our family!
Teri
When my hair came out, I really had planned to go au natural. But, I teach first graders and some of them had a hard time dealing with it, so I wore caps all year. (I’m not a scarf type of gal.) The good thing was that I got to wear all kinds of crazy hats to school since I teach little ones. I had a neat hat for every holiday and even wore a laminated birthday visor just like my students. My favorite cap was black and it had sequins spelling out ‘No Hair Day’. So, yes, I support everyone on whatever choice they make about their new found bald head. Do what feels right for you and make minor adjustments when you’re around loved ones who are having a hard time dealing with the new you.
ah nicely said, thumbs up for the post