Lita57

Your daughter is so pretty! I like your spikes but you look good in the wigs. Mrs. Beasley you are not. Were you a redhead as a child?

I like the first. You look adorable

You both look beautiful! I hope the opera carries you to a magical place and that you can take your mind off things if only for a bit.

Wow you and DD dressed to the gills, gorgeous picture! Either wig looks good on you, which do you feel more like yourself. For a moment I thought actually the 2nd was more you, you could probably comb it so many different ways, have some fun!!

Great pic of you and your daughter - you both look fantastic!

I do like the first wig as you look great with bangs.I completely understand though wanting to feel comfortable in your look. (I'm wearing a wig that I bought and had thinned out a lot as my natural hair is thin, so didn't want to look poofy which was not like the real me.) I'm wondering if your own hairstylist could take either one of those wigs and cut them to give you more the style you want.

You and your daughter are beautiful, Lita. Glad you are having a night out with her and dinner as a family after.

I like the first wig but also the suggestion to go to the hair stylist and have one trimmed up. Do you have some soft and cool hats? The boutique at UCLA has some cute ones - they stock head covers that anyone could wear and then figure out how to help us wear them. I'd be glad to pick one up and send it to you.

Thinking of you as you gear up for more radiation this week. Much love.

Thanks for all the tips, and yes, I have some soft hats, too.

I am not a natural red head. My real hair color (b4 grey) is a mousy ash brown.

Right now, I'm just trying to figure out what looks good on me that I feel comfortable with and STILL have a sense of the real me that I can live with.

The opera was fun, but I didn’t care for the story line of Cosi Fan Tutti...men betting on women's fidelity and fickleness doesn't say good things about out gender. I have season tix for this season, so I hope I can make it to the other operas in the coming months. Puccini's La Rondine is in November. Hopefully I can work it in between chemo sessions. La Traviata is slated for early next year.

Also hoping this whole brain radiation will buy me several more months, but I have to prepare myself in case things take another turn. My biggest brain tumors are more than two inches in size, so I have no idea how much or even IF the rads will shrink them down that much. I'm relying on CBDs to help with inflammation and holding some of the cancer progression at bay. Haven't heard back from the Shelter Project yet...they are supposed to provide free CBDs to cancer patients. It's a long waiting list. To take as much stuff as the MMJ dr wants me to take will cost between 2-3K per month. She wants me on high grade CBD, but not too much THC because THC can actually FEED and stimulate some forms of bc. It's a big balancing act, but I'm willing to try it because I've heard excellent anecdotal evidence.

Hoping for a few hrs sleep...titrated another 5 mgs up on the Namenda/Memantine Alzheimer's med tonight, so we'll see how I do on that. So far, none of the rads fatigue has kicked in yet, and my hair hasn't fallen out in patches yet either. Gotta enjoy my punk look while it lasts.

Thanks for all your warm thoughts, and sleep well, ladies,

L

I really like the first wig, it looks very natural on you in my opinion.  The second one is attractive also, but I really, really like the first one. 

Good luck with your continued radiation.

Beautiful photo of you and your daughter, Lita. And like most of the others, I think the first wig looks great on you -- very natural. That was so thoughtful of Dianarose to send them to you.

Here's to a good week of continuing treatment! You probably get tired of hearing what an inspiration you are, but you truly are.

Lita, I wouldn't have guessed that the first image was a wig. The look is so natural. A big thumbs up on wig option #1!

Thanks, everyone. I like the ball cap with hair idea, too.

Today is Day #8 of brain rads....only 3 more zaps to go. I'm still pretty dizzy when I stand up, so I'll probably have to be on the steroids for a little longer to help with swelling/inflammation/edema, etc.

I'm not even worried about lack of sleep anymore. One of my DH's old friends used to say, "You can sleep when you're dead!" Ha ha. Guess I'll just have to take that to heart for now.

Have a great Monday...it's a brand new week!

L

Lita, you rock both wigs and the punk look--as well as that elegant pre-opera updo. Bet those wigs can be styled to reflect your personality.

I'm not a Christian, so the prayer I'm about to post may seem a bit odd, because it's partly in Hebrew. Two nights from now, when the first three stars have appeared in the sky, Rosh Hashonah, the Jewish New Year, begins. It is said during a service at which a passage from the Torah (the first 5 books of the Bible) is read, but I'm sure the Eternal will cut us a little slack right now. . This is the Reform hymn version, adapted by composer Debbie Friedman:

Mi Sheberakh Avoteinu, m'kor ha-bracha v'Iimoteinu ("May the One who blessed our patriachs & matriarchs")

May the source of strength who blessed the ones before us

Help us find the courage to make our lives a blessing, and let us say Amen.

Mi sheberach Imoteinu, m'kor habracha l'avoteinu

Bless those in need of healing with r'fua sh'leima:

The renewal of body, the renewal of spirit, and let us say Amen.

And the traditional New Year greeting: l'Shana Tova Tikoteivu.--May you have a good year, and be inscribed for blessing in the Book of Life.

Hugs and some virtual challah, apples & honey for you!