Is There A September 2011 Chemo Group?

Shelly,  The milk of mag. bottle said dose for an adult was 2 to 4 TBS.  I just put 2 T in about 6 ounces of prune juice and mixed it up!  Hope it works for you as well as it did for me.

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I am better today without fever!  I woke up throughout the night with really itchy tingly scalp!  Combed my hair which is already short and a lot more than normal came out.  The reality is sinking in and freaking me out!!   I ordered a couple sleep caps on ebay and a scarf hat that says "chemo sucks" for fun.  I am scared to be bald.  Although this entire experience seems worse until it happens so I will get through this part too. Hope you all have nice Sunday.

Sara ♥

Chemobrain - Yes, why are the frozen vegetables in the refrigerator?  Why does it take 3 trips to the bathroom to get the anti-perspirant on?  Why do conversations flit from here to there and then 5 minutes later I remember, well, here's the part I wanted to tell you.....and complete the story?  Was I always like this?  Not this bad.

Wow - everyone is shaving their heads this weekend!!  I am on Tuesday.  I got my wig through the hospital so they set a hair shaving/wig fitting appointment a day or so before the day most people lost their hair.  i haven't lost any so far - and I am on day 12.  I hope I can make it to tuesday. 

I certainly don't want to invade or make anyone feel uncomfortable... but I would love to see pics of any or all of my newly shaven or headfull of hair chemo sisters.  I will be attaching before and after shots!! If I can find out how to do it. 

Kate

I'll try to post mine, Kate. I havn't posted a pic yet. We'll see if I can make it work. My Hubs and I shaved each others heads .

Sara, So glad to hear you're feeling better!  Itchy, tingly has been my middle name for the past few days.  I picked up my halo wig yesterday in preparation, but couldn't bear to get the full wig yet.  Thought I'd only thin.  I think this hair thing is the worst part.  At least with surgery and chemo, you have a date, you go and then you carry on.  I took pictures of myself this morning with the self-timer as if it was the last supper.

P.S.  I rode to the golf course today and back.  I forgot about the electrical voltage over there and my buns were getting shocked left and right ;-).  I'll PM you later.

Kelliregi and Lee Ann, It must be head shaving day in our little world.  My husband was going to do me (so to speak) and today my hair is just falling out like crazy.  I got a call from a girlfriend today who told me that a very nice salon by our mall will do the cut for free when you donate to Locks of Love.  Well, I've been planning to donate all along and I figured if I don't get over there today, there won't be anything left to donate.

Why did I think this wasn't going to happen?? I can't believe I was in partial denial.  Maybe because I kept hearing that SOME don't lose it.  I posted the other day and ask the entire BCO if there was anyone who DIDN'T lose it.  I heard back from many and it seems that only ladies with the regime of CFM will thin and not lose.  Oh well, doesn't matter.  I have my blonde halo (cream toffee to be exact) and I'll order my long red/brown locks tomorrow.  Time to move on to the healing process.  The sooner the hair is gone, the sooner we move to the next stage.

Happy Sunday Everyone!

All these posts about constipation, and I gotta be the odd one out. 

 Immodium is my friend today, but I do think the Neulasta is at least keeping my white counts from crashing.  I hope.  

I don't think I'm much help for posting pics. I'm a Mac girl. I pulled my pic off of FaceBook and onto my desktop. Then I control/clicked on the pic, clicked on "more Info" and got a URL fro the "Where from" line. I cut and pasted it into the box for posting pics. I got lucky and it worked.

Bluejay - I'm in the same boat - the opposite of constipation. I've only had to use the Imodium for one day though. Good luck with your WBC!! 

Kate - Great idea.  And thanks girls for sharing.  I don't have a camera so I'll have to have my neighbor take a picture tomorrow (Packer game is on now and you do not disturb a Wisconsinite during a Packer game).  Can't wait to see all the pics from those who are willing.  Thanks Kelli and Lee Ann for stepping up to the plate so fast and giving the rest of us courage.  You look great!!!

I did walk topless with the dogs and my sister today around the neighborhood.

Kelli: Hope your husband wasn't as upset about the game outcome today as mine! Ouch!

You ladies are really rocking the bald!!!  I have second treatment on Wed and thought I would do the shave on Thursday...but might do it Tuesday when my neice styles my wigs.  Why is the hair so hard to part with...I kissed my boobies goodbye no problem...guess cuz the hair is not cancerous and trying to kill me

Maggie

Belle- I'm also very sad to hear about your family's tragedy. I can relate to the day you had and agree with Kimberly....it's hard to be "up" all the time with everything we are tackling, not to mention the roller coaster of emotions directly related  to some of the treatments we are receiving. Just like the crying and breaking down seems to come out of the blue, so do the better moods. Hoping you wake up tomorrow feeling much better.

POWER TO THE BALD CHICKS! You all look awesome and since I have been bald a few weeks longer and have seen not one other bald gal I opened this tonight and it was like seeing my own kind- very comforting. Will post mine if I can figure out how.

Kimberly- late Happy Birthday!

Belle- My second chemo made me very depressed and weepy and I am usually a very even keeled person. Some mornings I still wake up and think is this really for real. It is up and down I have been great for the past 4 days and if I don't look in the mirror I almost feel back to the old normal. Like CJRT said think of what we have all been through since dx. Who wouldn't be a little emotional.

I have the opposite problem of being stopped up we had company the other night and I jumped up ran for the door bowled my son over while everyone sat there with their mouths hanging open. I returned 15 minutes later after a shower and a change of clothes sat back down and calmly said "pass the potatoes please" I am learning to take everything in stride.