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Showing posts with label coping with chemo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label coping with chemo. Show all posts

April 11, 2013

Highly Recommended: A Straight Razor Shave

Dad and I have been broadening our horizons a bit this week. Not only is he my new gym buddy (few men would be so brave in their sixties, I might add) but he and I went to the barber's for a hot shave of my bald head.

I had thought of my need for a close shave when I realized that the front of my hair had fallen out much more than the back and that I was looking mighty patchy. I wasn't sure if I could even get a smooth head shave, being a girl and living outside of Chicago... but you can! We headed over to Northtown Barber Shop on 1161 Northmount Dr NW, Calgary and were welcomed for a drop-in shave. The sweet Lebanese owners, pulled out all of the stops for me and even recommended Nioxin hair products once I was done chemo to help my hair grow back-in thick and quickly. I learned that Nioxin was initially developed just for us chemies.

A shout out to my nurse Debbie Lamb, who floats between multiple clinics, just like Elle, and who said that she stayed up late last night discovering youngladyoldcancer.com. I was so flattered and now I know what it feels like to be famous, wonderful! So in conclusion, if you're losing your hair and you want to get the smooth effect then I recommend a hot shaving cream and straight razor experience. I can't wait for Kill to rub sunscreen onto my little bald head this summer! Yay!

p.s. If you see me in the flesh then I recommend that you rub my newly shorn head. It feels very velvety and you now have my permission :).






March 22, 2013

Keeping with the Game Plan

I haven't posted this week because I've been having so much fun. Seriously, within 3 days of chemo treatment I felt great again. I'm lifting more weight at the gym, conquered that ab machine and have just been staying vigilant with my skin post-steroid treatment that goes along with chemo (gives you many pimples.) I know that it may get harder as the treatments progress but for now, I'm golden.

I also loved how many comments there were on the last post, I feel incredibly special and I liked all of the article suggestions! Even though things are so fabulous right now there are a few things that I want to keep in mind for myself:
  • No coconut ice cream before bed because I got seriously hunted in my dreams last night
  • Eat out less when I feel well enough to cook
  • Keep taking 10 drops of vitamin D a day to manage my back pain, it's working so well
  • Get ready mentally for hair loss and actually purchase one of those cute, Gabalmania Korean wigs online
  • Do laundry
  • Play with Kill because he was so sweet those few days after chemo when I felt like I swallowed a balloon full of fabric softener (not as bad as you'd think and it all stayed down)
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Please vote on your favorite wig from the following. These bad boys are half synthetic and half human hair which is perfect because they're not too pricey but you could still use a curling iron on them. I'll also post some full human hair ones this weekend.
Happy fin de semaine (French for weekend!!)

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