Starting Chemo February 2013

It's still so slow...like watching paint dry. I'm so impatient. I still had some left. I never shaved my head and it didnt all fall out, about 99% did but I held onto a few sporadic hairs so I had a bit of a head start.

Ash is very DRAB and gold can turn a bit orange on some people. Its not the natural you have to look for but the neutral color. Like a 9N(neutral) not a 9ash Or 9warm or 9G( gold) If you like Gold then go for it!! You may want to go with a little ash for a platinum blond if your hair is dark as you are trying to counter the gold. If your hair is grey DONT use the ash as it wont cover the grey as well.  Ash gets rid of Gold but can be Drab. If your hair is ash and drab/grey Gold gets rid of that. So if you are ALL grey its ok to use something a little warm. My hair is coming in dark with just a tiny bit of grey so I would go Neutral for myself if I just wanted to cover up the grey. If I was 100% grey yes I would go with a warm brown. Neutral is just in the middle of it all so it has equal parts of all the colors in it. Its "safe" if you are not sure what to use. Hard to understand Im sure.  I have just under a half inch of hair but it is growing fast and very thick so you cant see scalp anymore. I said screw it and am not going with a wig or hat. I am DONE with them even though I look like I just buzzed my head! I just dont care anymore!!!

I'm ready to go naked as well.  I have a good buzz cut going on but it is light (blonde with grey) and so it looks like I'm still patchy bald.  I don't care anymore.  I'm over the scarf and being sickly.  Mostly I'm over the cancer.  Time to move on.

DizzyMom - I can relate on the hair and on the make-up! I can't go topless yet - its about 1/2 inch and gets smushed under the wig but I have cowlicks here and there that show scalp and look like bald spots! I just can't go to work without my wig yet..

I was so lazy this weekend I didn't get a chance to color but have the box and am ready when the mood strikes. I can't believe how much grey I have, I'm grateful to have hair coming in but it makes me feel old!



It's funny, every morning I try to apply mascara but there's nothing there, just some really short hairs. I think it makes me look tired without mascara or lashes to put it on!

Hello Ladies give the Rimmel London waterproof GEL eyeliner a try. I think I got it at walmart. It works GREAT! stays on all day unlike the regular liquid stuff that runs if your eye even waters a tiny bit. You do have to use makeup remover to get it off, but it does come off Ok at the end of the day. It just last all day and looks great. Its cheap too!!!

I joined a Livestrong program at the YMCA and today was my first day. It's a **Free** 12 week exercise program for cancer survivors. I think I'm really going to like it. One of the women who also had BC and finished chemo same time I did had really impressive re-growth. If you didn't know, you would just think she had a cute short hair cut. So eager to get to that myself!

I have a CT scan tomorrow and bone scan next week to compare to pre-treatment. There were some questionable spots on my sternum the first go 'round. I hope they are still there as that means it isn't mets.

Dizzy does **free mean something?  Hope all is well with your scans

Dizzy mom: hope your CT scan was clean and your bone scan goes well too.

I want to thank all of you ladies for being there during my treatments. I haven't posted much, but have read the posts and been SO encouraged and helped by them. I will start radiation on Tuesday and am hoping the radiation page will be just as helpful as this one has been. I will continue to stalk this one I am sure. 

I have a blog and wrote one on chemo treatments. Here is the link if anyone is interested. And again, THANK YOU ALL!

http://lessonblessings.wordpress.com/2013/07/03/chemo-101/

LW so glad your color turned out!! I have a friend who does hair replacement for men. I ran into her last night and asked her if she could help me out. (I was topless) she said sorry its no where near long enough! Boo Hoo!! I also ran into an old friend who I have not seen in a year. He said "Mary what did you do to your hair" REALLY?? Like I would shave my head like this for real?? Most people I run into say OMG what is going on with you? Not why did you cut your hair like that!! Oh well. Im sure he felt real stupid for saying that.  LW hair extensions can really wreck your hair so careful with that. Im staying away from them. My sister has them and it has really broken her hair off.

I REALLY want to go topless but I look like I have the mange.

Changed my profile pic. Im not computor savy so didnt know how to crop my daughter out of it but oh well. Topless is my new look!

Oh my goodness Tangles - you look so cute! I wish I had the nerve you do..

my hair is growing weird in the back - anyone else? from the front it looks ok - maybe 3/4 inch and mostly growing straight back but it definetly has a mind of its on because I can't brush it any particular way -but the back is just goofy fuzzy hair some spots 1 inch, some 1/2 inch...I also have such a low hair line its on my neck..glad its coming back but don't know how I'll ever go wigless - this is almost as bad as first losing it..