It's not just my baby that's gone down the plughole

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EW EW EW THERE IS A DEAD RAT IN THE BATH - oh, no, wait. As you were. It's just ol' Burt again.

Useful Suggestions for hair loss have now expanded to include tea cosies. "A cat-shaped tea cosy," was the helpful addendum. You know what, we actually used to have one of those, but it didn't survive the last move. Ah, well. And then my friend Stuart posted a picture of his late wife wearing a tea cosy, so maybe it's not such a silly idea after all.

I have a young lady named Sam coming to the house on Monday to cut whatever hair she may be able to find by that time. She charges £20 for the service, and at this rate that'll work out at about £1 per hair, but never mind. I have put a buff on my Amazon wishlist, having first had to Google to find out what it was, and a friend has offered to bring me back a bandanna from Lanzarote - although I think the subliminal message there was 'Yay, I'm going to Lanzarote!', and who can blame her?

Okay, here is the Moral Story I was too tired to post yesterday -

Oh, wait: the Churchill has just phoned, their left hand, as usual, not knowing what their right is doing, wondering why I didn't have a post-chemo follow-up last time. (Answer: I did.) I'm glad Judy answered the phone, I really don't have the energy to deal with them. Mind you, it's a wonder she does, she's been working on the final revisions to her doctoral thesis all the time she's been running me backward and forward to hospital and generally being the all-round caregiver.

- Moral Story. Warning: this is the sort of thing that some people find inspiring, and makes other people want to throw up. I tend to fall into the latter camp. And yet, I share:

A woman looked into her mirror one day and saw that she had only three hairs left. (On her head, Little My, on her head, I cannot emphasise this strongly enough.) "Ah," she said, "today I shall wear my hair in a braid!"

The next day, when she looked, she had only two hairs. "Fine," she said, "I'll wear my hair in bunches."

On the third day, she had only one hair left, and so she wore it in a ponytail.

At last, she looked in the mirror, and found she was totally bald. "Hurrah!" she said. "Now I don't have to bother styling my hair any more!"

And the moral of this story - I told you there was one - is: attitude is everything. Although it might as easily be "whatever that woman was on, I want some of it."

I'll shut up about hair loss now. Maybe tomorrow I shall have Amusing Chemo Anecdotes, but, actually, I plan to sleep through as much of it as I can.

In the meantime: I do believe it's time for drugz. CODEINE, YAY!

... no, I don't think I have a problem. Well, okay, I might do, but I don't care.

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  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Loved the story. Hair? Oh dear... Sadly, not a lot you can do, and they do say laughter is the best medicine, well, Reader's Digest always said so anyway, and I believe it!

    I still have an even sprinkling of stuff left on my head, but it's very thin and doesn't feel much like my hair, and even though now cut very short, it still doesn't want to stand up for itself. It's also very cold. Forget buffs and Bandannas, I've been looking at fleece cosies! Comfort is all...

    If like me, you do manage to sleep through chemo, try not to snore. You'll wake up to everyone staring at you and sniggering behind their hands. True story!

    Drugs - just don't say no! They work, and that's what matters.

    Love, Ann x

     

  • Ah yes, plugging up plug holes is what I did best for a few weeks. Are you going for a short crop or a shave? Buffs or jersey material scarves are nice and soft and quite warm too! In the wig shop I also bought a specific head-wrap thingy which is nice and soft and already shaped etc. I also have, being a bit of a hippy, some ''funky'' scarves too. Time to experiment! :))

    Xxxxxxxxxx

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Hilary, I know you said head... but as I had 3 hairs elsewhere... I couldn't help but read.

    Sunny recommended a plait. That became a twist. I'm fine with a pnytail but then that would be Little Pube who is my hero so not so happy about no style.

    You have a good attitude and thanks for  having it. Cariad happens to have a tiara lying around... she could lend it to you if you fancy a bit of glamminy up.

    I thought you actually had a rat in the bath. Having cats and living in rural quaintness for years, this would not be impossible in LM's world. Now I have moved to civilisation, I would be very surprised to find a rat in the bath... I don't have a bath!

    Biggest hug to you

    Little My xxx

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    im now starting to grow back but i went on web site emma pickles she does these head scarves n hats  the hats are just pull on soft cool material and have loops going round the outside i got a black 1 and an off white 1 , but lots of scarves of various coloursi bought in charity shops cheaper, so if i was wearing pinkish clothes id thread the pinkish scarf threw my hat and i was told i looked gawgus haha boosts the ego no end but they were reasonable try the site out my hat was vermeer pattern about £12 didnt like wearing the wig  

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Hilary, I forgot to say, we had a pig shaped tea cosy. My brother wore it to my graduation. So cat tea cosy sounds even better.

    big hugs

    Little my xxx