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NEDenise · 10-05-2011, 10:36 AM

Well, Halloween seems like just the right time of year to go looking for that multicolor treasure.

It's funny, my niece, who is 4, is waaaay more concerned about the fact that my hair fell out than that I have cancer. She heard someone say something to me about being sick and immediately corrected them. "Aunt Denise isn't sick, the medicine fixes her...but it makes her hair fall out."
I finally instituted a pink bracelet plan so she could keep track of how long until my hair came back. One bracelet for each round of chemo. I think she thought that when I got #8, my hair was going to pop back out like a chia pet! If I had a dollar for every time she counted those bracelets...I'd be rich!

Here are photos of her when we were playing beauty salon the other day. The blonde hairpiece is to help her get in touch with her "inner Barbie". She is so precious!! And she just loves her Aunt Denise! She really keeps me smiling!
Good luck in your quest, Lisa!
Denise

10-05-2011, 10:36 AM	#7
NEDenise Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Philly Suburbs Posts: 1,709	Re: Hair styles I wish I had known while undergoing ... Well, Halloween seems like just the right time of year to go looking for that multicolor treasure. It's funny, my niece, who is 4, is waaaay more concerned about the fact that my hair fell out than that I have cancer. She heard someone say something to me about being sick and immediately corrected them. "Aunt Denise isn't sick, the medicine fixes her...but it makes her hair fall out." I finally instituted a pink bracelet plan so she could keep track of how long until my hair came back. One bracelet for each round of chemo. I think she thought that when I got #8, my hair was going to pop back out like a chia pet! If I had a dollar for every time she counted those bracelets...I'd be rich! Here are photos of her when we were playing beauty salon the other day. The blonde hairpiece is to help her get in touch with her "inner Barbie". She is so precious!! And she just loves her Aunt Denise! She really keeps me smiling! Good luck in your quest, Lisa! Denise Attached Images __________________ 1/11-needle biopsy 2/11-Lumpectomy/axillary node dissection - Stage 3c, ER/PR-14/17 nodes 3/11 - Post-op staph infection,cellulitis, lymphedema,seroma,ARRRGH! 4/12/11-A/C x 4, then T/H x 4, H only,Q3 weeks 8/26/11 finished Taxol!!! 10/7/11 mastectomy/DIEP recon 11/11 radiation x28 1/12/12 1st CANCER-VERSARY! 1/12 Low EF/Herceptin "Holiday" :( 2/12 EF up - Back on Herceptin, heart meds 4/2/1212 surgery to repair separated incision from DIEP recon 6/8/12 Return to work :) 6/17/12 Fall, shatter wrist,surgery to repair/insert plate :( 7/10/12 last Herceptin 7/23/12 Brain Mets %$&#! 3cm and 1cm 8/10/12 Gamma knife surgery, LOTS of steroids;start H/Tykerb 8/23/12 Back to work 12/20/12 Injure back-3 weeks in wheel chair 1/12/13 2nd CANCER-VERSARY! 1/14/13 herniate disk in back - surgery to repair 1/27/13 Radiation necrosis - edema in brain - back on steroids - but not back to work - off balance, poor cordination in right arm 5/3/13 Start Avastin to shrink necrosis 5/10/13 begin weaning steroids 6/18/13 Brain MRI - Avastin seems to be working! 6/20/13 quarterly CT - chest, abdomen, pelvis - All Clear! 7/5/13 finally off steroids!! 7/7/13 joined the ranks of the CHEMO NINJAS I am now Tekuto Ki Ariku cancer assassin! 7/13/13 Symptoms return - back on steroids 7/26/13 Back on Avastin - try again! 8/26/13 Not ready to return to classroom yet :( But I CAN walk without holding onto things! :) 9/9/13 Brain MRI - fingers crossed “ Life is a grindstone, and whether it grinds you down or polishes you up is for you, and you alone, to decide. ” – Cavett Robert