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February 5, 2007
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It’s probably been the most eventful birthday in a few years. Nothing too special happened today, just went out to the Look Good, Feel Better class. I got some beautiful makeup that I never ever in my whole life would have even looked at just because of the price tag. It’s going to be put to good use, none of it wasted :) Then a family friend took my sister and I out to see a movie. I wanted a comedy and the only one in theaters was “Night at the Museum”, which was; I must say the cutest plot ever, pretty entertaining.
I wore my wig today, since all yesterday I was just a big blob of Gem. <—Basically I was laying on the couch watching HGTV weeping every once in a while when I’d lift my head up and see all this hair on the pillow. At about 9:30, my mother called our hair dresser who lives right down the street and she came up to buzz it all off. I couldn’t believe how much better I felt once it was all gone. It hurts a lot less too, but itches like crazy with that wig on. O.o
I wanted to tear the thing off yesterday. (If it weren’t 14 and below here in Pittsburgh I’d go bald quite happily.) My mother and I were at the supermarket and she takes forever to chose from an array of any type of thing -.- so I was leaning on the cart constantly fiddling with my head I was just about to pop it off when I turned around to see a little boy about the age of 3 sitting in a cart and thought. “What would he think if a girl just went instantly bald? I bet his mother would be slightly upset depending on whether the kid laughed or shrieked.” So therefore I suffered through it for the sake of a strange toddler lol :p
Besides the outside, on the inside apparently I’m not well enough to have my scheduled chemo tomorrow. 15,000 is the normal blood count and I have 440. I’m indifferent about it being rescheduled. I was ready mentally to go for the second round, I even chugged 8 glasses of water already today in preparation buuuuut I assume that killing anymore good cells could be pretty hazardous so they pushed all three days back to next week.
Also a note to Tanya, thank you :) as a matter of fact all through high school I was set on becoming a writer until I took two college course English classes and decided that I loathe grammar and citations for life haha. So Web design it was.
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Thanks for your support -
Happy Birthday Gemma!
Gemmag – Get a nice warm fuzzy hat and forget the wig if it itches. I’ve read some of your blogs. You are doing great! Hang in there! Yes, you are young for this. So – as a mother of two grown daughters – let me say handling the suffering of our children is very hard. Your doctors will be honest with you. Just understand your mother hates to see you suffer. She wants you out dancing. Having a good time. Which you will be one day. Take care. I’m praying for you.
K. Lee Beck
Happy birthday! And let me just say that some of the best writers never took a single english class and have the worst grammar. I really believe some people can just write, regardless of what type of education they have.
Go to www.headcovers.com and look at their wig products. They have these cotton wig caps that I can’t live without if I wear my wig, otherwise the itching makes me rip them off in public! (yes, I have) I actually bought one of each kind of cap because they’re cheap and I want to be comfortable. I also have a boat-load of hats, and honestly I wear those the most. My favorite happens to be a 3$ black “burglar” cap from target.
Hang in there, you’re a tough woman. Keep us posted!
Tanya
I hated wearing wigs… so I didn’t. A friend made me a nice little chemo cap. I can knit one for you if you want. It was very soft and brown. The rest of the time I went bald. I got a tattoo on my head. It didn’t matter because I live in the city so no one really looked at me funny, and it was summer so I didn’t get cold.
I recommend the chemo cap.
Also, my blood levels tanked after my first chemo and my second chemo was rescheduled. They will probably give you something to prevent it from happening again after your second chemo.
keep writing. We are all rooting for you!