Bald is cold!

Good Morning, Beth and All!

Bald is cold! I never realized just how cold until the "melphalan wallop" finished off my still-luxurious- head-of-dark-brown-hair-at-the-age of-64. In fact, I lost every hair on my body: I looked and felt like a plucked chicken; didn't have to shave for 2 months - smooth as a baby's butt. If you had it before the chemo  however, you will get it back.  Bald before simply means bald after!

To heck with the wigs! Any woman showing the obvious signs of chemo therapy should be saluted. You just might enjoy watching the reactions of people around you....you can separate out the twerps from the humans. You are permitted (nay, you are REQUIRED) to kick the twerps.

You should be curious as to what happens when it does come back in, though. There could be (notice: could be) some interesting changes. No, it probably wouln't come back green, but there could be texture changes. I always had brown, straight hair, but when the new growth started, there was an obvious tendency for the hair to grow toward the top of my head from the sides. I am forced now, to wear it "military short." Otherwise, the crest that is formed right down the middle of my head makes me look like a Rhodesian Ridgeback or a White Leghorn Rooster. You can look forward to the event with some anticipation! (LOL)

Keep your sense of humor: it's the best way to combat terror.

Best regards, as always,

Bob Oberle,  Chantilly, VA - SIEP on Monday reports "normal protein electrophoresis, no monoclonal proteins detected". All chemistries and hematology results "in the green." Whew! Seven full years of CR  and counting! (February 2010 Update)

Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.