After my second hair shaving today … you can see how the hair is starting to fade in patches. Pretty excited for this phase to end and just to have a bald head. Deep breaths, all in due time.
Woke up today feeling much better than Day 2 last time through! Stomach was feeling more settled, headache seems under control, I'm getting my fluids down and staying hydrated. The weekend was starting great. I was fatigued, but after a relaxing morning managing to motivate for a walk with Heather.
I decided to take a shower before we set out… and that brought an unexpected challenge. Over the last couple days we'd been seeing my hair thinning, weeks after it had been predicted to happen (remember, they said that my hair would DEFINITELY fall out between days 10 and 14 after the first treatment). We weren't surprised that my second treatment would be the final blow to my hair follicles. Day 23 and I'm finally losing the battle to hold on to my thick hair. It had been just over 2 weeks since I'd shaved my hair… and it was growing back. I was digging the G.I. Liz look and cruising around with my nearly bald head and fun earrings (yes, I just made a positive comment about girly things like earrings … LOL). As I was in the shower, my stress level skyrocketed when these small hairs were breaking away from my head in massive amounts. I had hair on my hands, face, down my body … yuck! I freaked out! Thankfully I have the amazing Heather Dooley, who knows how to calm me. She interrupted my shower and shaved what hair I had as short as her clippers would allow and I set back out to finish my shower. It made a huge difference. One thing is for sure, I sure was right that my hair literally falling out in clumps was gonna freak me out. I didn't think it would get me so bad, being so short… but man, it really sent me on a freak out. After my shower, I was able to calm down and Heather and I did take a nice walk around the Third Ward and we managed to get in 5,545 steps, 2.39 miles, and 34 very active minutes. That's major progress from last treatment, when I wasn't able to motivate for a walk until Monday. Two days progress, Yes! The AC may be kicking Vlad's butt, but I'm doing the important things to make sure I'm taking care of my heart and doing what I can to help mitigate any heart damage from the meds.
We've got this Heather Dooley! Today you were my hero… and now I'm ready to embrace the final loss of my hair. Goods news… it's time for me to start wearing all of my adorable and amazing scarves and hats! Yippie =)
I decided to take a shower before we set out… and that brought an unexpected challenge. Over the last couple days we'd been seeing my hair thinning, weeks after it had been predicted to happen (remember, they said that my hair would DEFINITELY fall out between days 10 and 14 after the first treatment). We weren't surprised that my second treatment would be the final blow to my hair follicles. Day 23 and I'm finally losing the battle to hold on to my thick hair. It had been just over 2 weeks since I'd shaved my hair… and it was growing back. I was digging the G.I. Liz look and cruising around with my nearly bald head and fun earrings (yes, I just made a positive comment about girly things like earrings … LOL). As I was in the shower, my stress level skyrocketed when these small hairs were breaking away from my head in massive amounts. I had hair on my hands, face, down my body … yuck! I freaked out! Thankfully I have the amazing Heather Dooley, who knows how to calm me. She interrupted my shower and shaved what hair I had as short as her clippers would allow and I set back out to finish my shower. It made a huge difference. One thing is for sure, I sure was right that my hair literally falling out in clumps was gonna freak me out. I didn't think it would get me so bad, being so short… but man, it really sent me on a freak out. After my shower, I was able to calm down and Heather and I did take a nice walk around the Third Ward and we managed to get in 5,545 steps, 2.39 miles, and 34 very active minutes. That's major progress from last treatment, when I wasn't able to motivate for a walk until Monday. Two days progress, Yes! The AC may be kicking Vlad's butt, but I'm doing the important things to make sure I'm taking care of my heart and doing what I can to help mitigate any heart damage from the meds.
We've got this Heather Dooley! Today you were my hero… and now I'm ready to embrace the final loss of my hair. Goods news… it's time for me to start wearing all of my adorable and amazing scarves and hats! Yippie =)
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