On Mon 12/5/11, I had my follow up visit with Dr. L (Chemo dr) where he pronounced that I was doing well and gave me my prescription for Tamoxifen.
That means I still have to get an Herceptin Iv once every three weeks until at least May/June 2012 and take one Tamoxifen pill, daily, until, 2016.
On the hair front…
This past weekend, (Sat, 12/10/00) Sheldon and I went to a small gathering at the home of our friends, Moody and Irina. I chose this to be my ‘revealing’ moment. I’m so tired of wearing the wigs. It gets very hot underneath those things, and I also felt kind of like a fraud, trying to ‘trick’ people into believing that I was perfectly healthy with a full head of hair. Anyhow, I was really nervous because up until now a very, very small number of people have seen me bald! I couldn’t believe that I had not only showed 6 new people my fuzzy head but I stayed wigless for a few hours! It may not seem like such a big deal, but you have to understand that I have never in my life had hair this short. I was born with a head of fluffy hair and up until the 1990s-early 2000s, I had never cut my hair any shorter than shoulder length.
I want to thank Irina & Moody, June & Chris, and David & Jonathan for making me feel comfortable on Saturday. You guys made me much more relaxed about my vanity, so much so, that I am going to post a photo today.
Most of you have only seen me in at least one of my lovely hairstyles lately: a) The Chassidic mamala style, b) The cute, curly, Flatbush Avenue Lace-front party style, and c) Natasha, the Rusky spy style. Now, I present to you my “Britney is a crazy bitch style”, aka- “this is my real hair”!!!
I had my last chemo on 9/14/11, but the first 3-4 weeks following, the chemo destroyed the little growth I had. (An accidental double entendre?) So, this is about 9 weeks of hair growth.
(Oh, yes, I forgot to add the story about when my eyes took turns swelling up during the radiation process. I think I'm allergic to a certain brand of baby powder. But, that's a story for another time... Please excuse how my eye lids look in this pic. The swelling is mostly gone by now. This photo was taken last week.)
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