The Joys of Both Hair and No Hair

Hair!  I'll NEVER take it for granted again.  When I hear someone complain or comment about their hair it makes me smile inside (if they only knew how lucky they are to have hair).  Bad color, bad cut, bad hair day, just doesn't matter it all beats absolutely no hair!!! 

Don't get me wrong I found some positives of no hair such as:

• No shaving - I had the silkiest legs you can imagine
• Wigs - No hair gives you the opportunity to try some new styles that are a little crazy.  If you gotta be bald why not have a little fun with it
• Doo Rags - I always felt like such a bad ass chick with mine, would NEVER have put one on  prior to no hair
• The biggest positive (Rocky appreciated this one) it takes no time to "get ready" when you have no hair.  No hair to wash, dry or style!  It shaved a good 30 minutes off "getting ready" time. 

Not so positives:

• The first time a clump of hair falls out in the shower.  It's hard to express the loss, it made cancer a reality.  Prior to it falling out you can still look in the mirror and see you but when it is gone you don't recognize the person staring back.
• Losing  eyebrows and eyelashes!  You look sick, end of story, you look like a sick person
• The first few months it started growing in it was like little old man hair - a bald spot and receding hair line.  It was hysterical (now, not then) almost bought stock in rogaine!

It is now coming thick, dark and curly.  It used to be fine, light brown and straight.  Everthing about chemo hair is true!  It's like a present - you never know what you are going to get but appreciate just getting it.

Over the weekend I asked Rocky if he thought there would ever be a day when I didn't think about cancer.  He said...not until your hair grows out because every time you look in the mirror it will be a constant reminder.  Wow he really gets it.  I love you Rocky.  By the way he likes my new hair.....