Not Kojack yet

Tuesday brought my hair really close to being thin enough to see my scalp so that evening I made an appointment to shave my head for Wednesday evening. I spent a good part of Tuesday stressing about that appointment. Worrying about it being too soon. But, I figured I should wait until my shower Wed morning and see what my hair is like then.

I waited. And after my shower in the morning my hair was noticeably thinner. I thought I had flat hair before! And I could see the part in my hair across the room in the mirror 18 ft away. Wow. So, I called my best friend and had her come with me so I had some support, just in case I was a blubbering mess. LOL Luckily I wasn't. So after we went to Dairy Queen and had some ice cream. My mom and sister Jen joined us. We chatted and visited and then we went home. And just in case you were wondering, I had a head scarf on my head. I may have shaved my head, but I still had a buzz cut, I am not a butch! LOL

Every morning I have just a bit less hair than I did the day before. But there is still a lot of it left. It would look so bad if I hadn't buzzed the hair off, I would like for it to all go already, so I can quit worrying about hair all over the place. :D

Last week I met with my surgeon for follow up on my surgery. He is happy with the healing and won't need to see me unless the other doctors send me back to him in the future. :D Also, had my blood work done for my next treatment (on Monday the 2nd), met with my oncologist and found out that what I experienced 3 weeks ago really took a toll on me. My white counts are a bit lower than they like, and they said I had a hard time with the chemo, that it hit me hard. Wow, and I thought that was a mild reaction (as much as it obviously sucked), so I am not wanting to know what a really hard time is like. I really didn't think it was THAT bad, but it wasn't a picnic either. So I guess my expectations made it easier to handle the rough time I had?? LOL They are altering my treatment but increasing the anti-emetics and slowing the administration of the chemo drugs. Hopefully this way I won't be nauseated or drunk/hungover. But that means I will probably be in the clinic for around 5 hours instead of 3, oh well, I am taking lots of things to amuse me.

Now for some better news.
I went to Lethbridge yesterday with my dad and met my aunt for lunch. We had lunch at a nice little cafe downtown called Mocha Cabana. After our visit we went and checked out her new SUV, a Toyota FJ Cruiser. Very nice, I liked it a lot. Anyhow, my aunt gave me a gift to help me through my treatments, and it made me laugh with joy. She gave me art supplies! I told her it was funny because I just started drawing again about a week or so ago. So I am set, have lots to keep me in the sketching business for a long while. Add to that the books my sister sent me, I have many things to keep me occupied when I can't sit at the computer. LOL

Alrighty, now I have to go make some lunch for tomorrow and change the sheets on my bed before I go to sleep tonight. The chores never end!