Hair

Forgot to mention in the update I posted earlier today -- I seem to be growing hair. It feels like peach fuzz, but it's the same color it was before, brown on top and white on the sides. (That works out just fine with long hair, as long as you don't pin it back; then all the white shows. I'm going to look like I've gone a lot grayer now, though, until it grows long again.)

It seems early, though. I've been growing it since I started taxol, which is exactly opposite from what I expected..... I heard that if I didn't lose my hair with the adriamycin, I would most certainly lose it with the taxol. So what does it mean that I'm growing hair while on taxol? YOu know what I'm worried about..... that it means it's not working. I did ask the doctor about it last time I saw her (a week ago yesterday) and she said it's a normal thing..... However, she was not clear on whether it's "real" hair or intermittent hair, which will go and come again later. I suppose it could be either......

I guess there are a lot of "normal" things. I have a new friend who I met on the infusion unit who goes to the same oncologist -- who says she has shrunk two bra sizes and our doctor told her that's normal, too. Probably something about less estrogen. She likes the new size -- I guess she was huge before, because she's quite large now. Maybe it's a normal thing for large breasted women.... my size is just the same as always -- well the same as after Matthew finished nursing, which is a little smaller than before he was born. :-D (He's still the better eater!)

One more thing -- I have been hearing that LOTS of people are reading this blog. That's great! However, I get no comments here, day after day and week after week. I did, in the beginning. I think you can post a comment by clicking on the thing that says "0 comments." If when you click on it it says 1 or 2 or something comments, then you can read what other people have said in their comments when you click on it.

I'm just saying this in case people don't know how to post comments. I suspect a lot of people know and just aren't doing it -- but I would LOVE to have comments posted! It would make me feel like someone really is reading this and it's not just another form of mental masturbation, which is what it feels like sometimes..... though I do get email responses from a few people, which are nice, too.