Hair Watch – Week 21

When I lost my hair due to chemo therapy, people would tell me that when it grows back, it comes in differently than your previous hair (BC – before cancer). What they didn’t say was that it could come back different on each side! I use to speculate on...

Hair Watch – Week 19

Not to brag or anything, but it is August and I’m sitting at a lake in Minnesota and the temperatures are in the 60’s during the day and low 50’s at night. My only complaint is that it is too cool to get into the water. Poor me. Steven has traveled...

My Mother

I have had a lot of support from family and friends during this journey through breast cancer, and one of my strongest supporters has been my mother.  She got on a plane all by herself after not flying for fifteen years in order to be here for my surgery.  She sat up...

Hair Watch – Week 17

Seventeen weeks since I stopped Phase II and the chemo that makes your hair fall out. Can you believe it?  When I had the last chemo on March 31st, my Mom asked me how long it would take for my hair to grow back.  I told her that I wouldn’t need my first haircut...

Hair Watch Week 15

I’m done with hats! Seriously. No more stocking caps. No more ball caps. Raquel can stay in the drawer. I have hair now and I’m happy to flaunt it. Granted, it is too short to need styling, but I do use shampoo and conditioner . . . a drop of each. I tried...