2013 wasn’t the best year for me so I’m happy to be in 2014.
At least I will be finished with
treatments sometime this Spring.
The holidays sucked.
Neal came down with a terribly bad cold just before Christmas and of
course I got it too. It’s really a nasty
one and knocked both of us on our tails. We mostly just sat around coughing and
blowing our noses. On New Year’s Eve we had a bottle of champagne and were in
bed by 9 p.m.
Other than being sick, things are still going pretty well.
One of the oncology nurses told me that my hair might begin
coming back while on Taxol, but the opposite has happened. I have even less stubble on my scalp and now
my eyebrows and eyelashes are gone. I
miss my eyebrows. Now that this cold is
starting to clear up, maybe I’ll feel like practicing with an eyebrow pencil.
My brows have always been so dark that I never needed one before.
I’ve also started having some nail issues. One of my fingernails is starting to come
off. It’s a common side effect of Taxol
so it is not a surprise. I’ve had only 3 treatments so far with 9 yet to come
so who knows what will happen to my nails.
“Chemo nails” are as common as “Chemo brain”.
As always the net is a huge source of support and
information. The best site so far is www.breastcancer.org The discussion groups there are populated by
women from all over and with about every variation of the breast cancer
experience there is. There are women who
don’t have cancer but are fearful of it; and at the other end of the spectrum
are those with Stage 4 cancer and multiple metastases; and everything in
between. It’s a great place for
learning, for getting advice, and the cancer humor (yes, humor) is priceless. They
are my new BFFs.
I wish you all a happy and healthy new year.
I'm glad you've found people to learn from, commiserate with and even laugh with. As for the eyebrows, Whoopie Goldberg has been puling off that look for years :)
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