Nov 3, 2010 | Uncategorized
(from a year ago… I wrote this as I was a little more than half way through chemo) It’s the Monday before my fifth treatment on Wednesday. My life has taken on this new, abnormal chemo-pattern. This is the day I begin fighting anxiety and start having...
Oct 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
(I wrote this about a year ago. It was a really rough time for me) Patrick Swayze died today. I cried. It was the mourning of a fallen comrade, another victim on the battlefield of cancer. I wept for him and for myself. It’s a blatant reminder that many...
Oct 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
“I told you,” my doctor was exclaiming as he wagged his finger in my face. I wasn’t sure if this was going to be a scolding or an encouragement. “I told you, you would look great without hair.” A grateful smile was appearing on my...
Oct 7, 2010 | Uncategorized
(This was the big day in Aug 2009) The wig looked terrible. How could I have loved it so much when I bought it? What was wrong? It was not hanging right, seemed so flat. We were minutes from walking out the door to go to church and this last step of putting on my...
Sep 29, 2010 | Uncategorized
Luke 12:7 “Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.” That verse has taken on a whole new meaning for me today. Let’s just say there are way less follicles to count. My...
Sep 9, 2010 | Uncategorized
(end of August, 2009…) My hair is abandoning me. Leaving my head as fast as it can. Not even willing to stick around for the second treatment. I’m not sure how to handle it. There’s no plan of attack that I’m comfortable with. Do I cut it...
