Fuzzy's Romp Room

crog - I am doing fine.  Leaving this weekend for the next vaccine injections in D.C next week.  We are taking my in-laws up so my FIL can see the WWII Memorial - he is a Pacific Theater veteran.  We will have dinner with DS and his girlfriend - should be fun.  The boat thing was fun - but today I have a LOT of sore muscles.  Don't use those paddling muscles for a lot of other activities, so they are sore!  I am really hoping that you make good progress and can get back to some sense of normalcy very soon!

Veggy....another cancellation????I hope this done works out beta...gonna charge my broom up for the ride.....

Anyone want to be picked up just let me know

Where is Lauren?

I sent her a pm but no answer

Anyone hear from her?

Hugggs to everyone.

Grannydukes loves all of you

Hey ladies just need to get this out of my system...just washed my hair and it is coming out by the handful?!?! I am soooo not ready for this, i know probably none of us are, but just feeling really crappy right now. Im only day 12 so wasnt expecting it just yet. Have an appt thurs to get it cut/buzzed havent decided which yet, think it might be gone by then anyway :-( Supposed to go to LGFB tomorrow morning but think i might call and cancel..

Love u all.....

The first time I donated 13 inches of my hair. I still had enough for a cute style. Then on day 13 it fell out in handfuls. I had it shaved as close to the head as possible. I let myself cry just a little bit.

Trying to figure out where the forehead ended when putting on foundation was quite interesting. I hated wigs (it was summer). I wore one once and hated it. I felt fake. I wore hats and scarves (sometimes). DH wantd me to wear one whenever we went somewhere. Whenever I went out alone I went bald. I kept my head up but never looked at anyone in the face. 

Like Fuzzy I hated it when I lost my eyebrows and lashes. I really felt like I was sick. 

I am really dreading it this time around whenever it shall happen. 

Hugs!

My friend and I were buying a fleece hat at a craft fair for a woman having chemo. When we explained what it was for, she GAVE us the hat. She said she always did that for women having chemo. What a sweetie!

Veggy I celebrate- your words of acceptance----a boob is not worth your life----I can say this b/c had I not acted when I did and did what I did, I would not be writing to you now. If someone needs to have an explanation of that statement I will write it . I just don't want to be repetitive when everyone knows the story. I have no idea what shoe will drop tomorrow, but I do know the decisions made 2009, are the reason I'm still here.

Rider--love and hugs--so get the hair thing, as we all did going through it. MY twin was my guide. She had BC when we were 46. I was dx'd when I was 59. She had been guided by others and guided me. When the hair starts dropping ---just shave it. I did, BUT there was a difference. My body did not tolerate chemo---first dose almost killed me--WHY?---No one was willing to play Sherlock Holmes at the time. It was drug interaction between cytoxan and Norvasc/amlidopine( antihypertensive). I found this out on my own research 10 months later. The only reason I mention this is b/c I would recommend to anyone see if your body tolerates chemo first.  Then cut your hair off.

But you haven't identified intolerance of chemo

So, shave baby shave, it prevents a whole lot of negative thoughts when the hair is all gone at once. Then think scarves versus wigs----personal opinion----(duh what were the rest of the opinions)-------In the 60's and 70's scarves were very artistic as they were in the 1920-30's-Had a interesting day at the BC support center that provide scarves--I was playing with them. First there was one volunteer and progressively there were four. They asked where I had learned what to do with scarves---I said the "60's flower child",  but it was all the decades and much more. I had happened to keep most of my scarves from that time period---so I had allot to play with.

Rider lovey not minimizing your loss, seeing yourself bald is a shock, but your life is worth more than your hair.

I think BCO is quite active now b/c of typing responses, puter only does that when BCO is full. Hope this is enough info to help------Rider- love you sweets----sassy

Rider, jumped right to a response to you and then went back, our fuzzy family has given you great advice and feelings all around about hair loss. Sweetheart, I know you can feel our care for you, each of us, we are a fuzzy family. I think your probably going to cry at this point----you are going through an emotional time, It sucks. But know that we love you --sassy

My friend's friend told her that her pretty showed through more after she shaved off her hair. I thought that was pretty cool.

My foob feels full, so I'm wondering if it could be truncal lymphedema. It sure bothers me. I held it most of the day. This evening I finally told myself that I guess this is how it is going to feel and I need to get cool with that. It helped a little. Tomorrow will be a fairly busy day, so perhaps I will not notice it as much.

Take good care all.

Fuzzy I have a pic and can't  load of DH and I bald at the same time, but it sits in the bow window, Essa would so get into this Bow window b/c it has a a very old seamtress manequin that I have my wedding dress on. I was in 5 weddings. Told Dh that if there were any fights the wedding was off.  His mom though a fit when I told her what I wanted to do-----1972 garden party hats and Halter dresses. Halter dresses were very new at the time or at least the word was. I siad after the phone call "if you want to marry me it's two weeks from today". It was accomplished. Whats different about the dress is it unbleached cotton, and has an 1800 look.. 12.99 at Hudson's in Detroit. Could have bought the same dress in the bridal department right next doo( 25 ft away) for much more. But wouldn't do it. ESSA into old concepts even at 21y/o. That dress is on the manniquin (seamstress body). Essa there is a word for it? The hat was onsale for 3.00$ . What a deal--eh? diverging like crazy, but what is in this bow window is all very old stuff--wish I could send a pic. Anyone into old stuff would be delighted. Essa -you'd go crazy for the old stuff. -------Sil showed up at the wedding in a halter dress that was very revealing--I put my head in my hands and said to myself ---fuck that's what caused  the snit by MIL. t The dresses I wanted were up to the neck with cut away shoulders. DUh..... lesson learned. Took us years to get our anniversary straight, b/c it was 2 weeks from Saturday.  Okay loveys, I told a story, hope it makes sense.

Yes Fuuzy, we are a family group here or what can be called a cooperative group. It happens all over BCO. For those that develop a most safe , loving place to go on the  threads---sociologists would describe it as a psuedo family group.  So, Pseudo babe--- we are a family----another word--LOL --we could be called a tribe. Fuzzy's the cheif.