Tuesday, April 21, 2009

I still have my hair, but...

...the curls are missing. It still has a few waves, but it won't curl. I first noticed my straighter hair two months ago, but put it down to the fact that this winter is so dry and my hair does require some humidity to curl. I wasn't feeling well enough to fuss with it, and spending so much time in bed means that it doesn't always look its best anyway.

But now I'm sure. My hairdresser is leaving it a little longer because she says it won't flatten out in bed so much, so it should be curlier than usual. But after my last haircut, there is definitly no curl left. It started to rain during our walk today, and it should have had my hair turning frizzy.

A friend mentioned someone she knew whose brown straight hair fell out during chemo and it grew back in black and curly. Later it grew back as it had been before. So I guess I just have to wait until all of the chemo is out of my system and hope my hair grows back with its usual curls.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

RN here, came across your blog and wanted to suggest getting a port. Really they should not use hand veins for chemotherapy. A port can be a real arm saver. One stick for labs, chemo, etc. You can numb the site with emla cream before it is accessed. A "power port" can be used for injecting contrast during scans etc. Blessings to you in your journey.