Monday, September 3, 2012

One third finished - with hair

Yes, I still have hair after 6 treatments, and one third done, with 12 to go, about 100 days left if all goes well. Even if I lose it at this point, I would survive. Hallie - my wig - is still waiting for me. I call her that because every time I put her on, I look like my cousin Hallie (who I love), and it looks just like her hair cut and color. Wasn't too bad last week, fatigue, tingling in my feet and hands, but tolerable. Started B6 100 mg which is definitely helping. Looking forward to my week off, to get caught up, take a hot soaking bath, clear my brain out, then to start over again. The weird part of it all is that we learn to live with the treatment and the routine of it, the side effects and so on for six months, then it's over and you move on, but with the fear hinting at the back of your mind at all times that this could return on any day and then what? Will the science be better or different? Can they get this into remission a second time? It is all unknowable.

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