How will I look bald?
Next week I will commence 18 weeks of chemotherapy, then I will have a mastectomy, then the radiation option will be discussed/argued then I’m on anti-hormone meds for 5 years (my tumor feeds off hormones!). With successful chemo and surgery I’ll be classified as being in remission, I will not get the all clear for 10 years! Everyone want to come to my 40th??
The list of possible side effects is unbelievable and not something I’m going to focus on - I’ll focus on those that effect me once I begin. I will lose my hair - that’s a guarantee! Sis L asked me today how I felt about that and I couldn’t answer - it’s still in the surreal box. The biggest thing that struck me this morning was the number of women who were bald, wearing their bandanas walking around the clinic. I never and just can’t picture myself like that… It screams what people refer to as ‘cancer patient’…Perhaps the shock of it will come when the first chunk of hair falls out but for now I simply can’t imagine it or how I will deal with it…
On the positive front, as L said, at least I don’t have a big deformed ear! 😂😘