Hair Today Gone Tomorrow

9/01/07

"Okay, in right at 2-3 weeks you will start to lose your hair.", said the nurse. "Lots of women cut their hair really short just so it won't be so dramatic. Your hair will come back when you finish chemo and sometimes it comes back just like before and in some cases it comes back curly. You just never know."

We began chemo August 1. By August 14 there was no real hair loss then in the third week, it came out. She had cut it into a very feminine hairdo and it looked cute. I admit it, it looked cute. Then it came out in combs, in the shower and on the pillow. More was present on the towel and on her shirts.

It is amazing the difference our hair makes in our perception of ourselves. She cried and cried and tried to put it aside. We got hats, caps and berets. We got scarves and hoodies and more caps. No matter it was the same.

I love her dearly and have come to grips with the hair loss but it is still so hard for her to get used to it. At one point in her life she had hair that came down to the middle of her back and swung as she danced and ran ahead of me on the track. I loved that hair.