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another type of anniversary
It has been three years since my last chemo treatment.
Reflection Confessions: Dealing With the Physical Aftermath of Breast Cancer Treatment
It has been a little over a year since I lost my hair from chemo. Check out those bangs. *pleased*
one year
I started chemo one year ago today. I went back and read the entry I wrote about it.
It’s weird how different my problems are today than they were on this same day last year. Time is both a blessing and a curse.
IT HAPPENED TO ME: Cancer Made Me Ugly, And I Couldn’t Be Happier About It
Without my hair, my eyebrows, my breasts, my beauty, I felt exposed in a way I’d never felt before – completely vulnerable, like a shaved deer in the headlights.
**This really hit home.
IT HAPPENED TO ME: Cancer Made Me Ugly, And I Couldn’t Be Happier About It
25 weeks post chemo: before and after my hair cut yesterday.
Look at all that hair! Yay!!!
It’s the little things
I’m now 21 weeks post-chemo, and I just used a blow dryer for the first time. It felt both weird and awesome.
When I wake up in the morning, my hair looks crazy. It’s getting harder to style. Little pieces stick out and do their own thing, despite the use of multiple products designed to tame them. It feels great to have these normal problems again.
