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rhondalea · 10-04-2011, 04:53 PM

Well, I can't make this topical, but during most of my drive time, I reach over my shoulder and grasp the bottom of the headrest. Great for stretching the arm and the chest. I do both arms, but with most of the attention to the node side.

Oh wait, I do have another one that*is* topical...

...when you find yourself tweezing in all the usual places (i.e., under your non-existent brows and at the chin) even though you don't have a single hair on the rest of your head (or any of the other places one would normally hope to have hair).

I had my eyebrows tattooed in between surgery and the start of chemo. I love them, but when the Taxol decided to finish what AC barely got started (long after the rest of my hair was gone), I discovered that I was still growing fine blonde (okay, white) ones underneath the brow line. Bizarre. No, make that ridiculous.

I still have to shave my legs--the hair is very sparse, but there's nothing quite like a tiny bit of stubble, plus one long hair growing beside one's kneecap.

Cancer is definitely not for wussies.

10-04-2011, 04:53 PM	#5
rhondalea Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Somerset, NJ Posts: 487	Re: You know you're a BC survivor when... Well, I can't make this topical, but during most of my drive time, I reach over my shoulder and grasp the bottom of the headrest. Great for stretching the arm and the chest. I do both arms, but with most of the attention to the node side. Oh wait, I do have another one thatis topical... ...when you find yourself tweezing in all the usual places (i.e., under your non-existent brows and at the chin) even though you don't have a single hair on the rest of your head (or any of the other places one would normally hope to have hair). I had my eyebrows tattooed in between surgery and the start of chemo. I love them, but when the Taxol decided to finish what AC barely got started (long after the rest of my hair was gone), I discovered that I was still growing fine blonde (okay, white) ones underneath the brow line. Bizarre. No, make that ridiculous. I still have to shave my legs--the hair is very sparse, but there's nothing quite like a tiny bit of stubble, plus one long hair growing beside one's kneecap. Cancer is definitely not for wussies.