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My momma is bald now

on 7/28/2007 at 10:02 am in Supporters - Friends & Family

Well two weeks to the day after my moms first chemo treatment, her hair started falling out and within a week after that she is bald. I saw her yesterday after not seeing her for two days and it was something I cannot explain. She looked sick because her hair was so thin with bald spots, barely there, and falling out by the wind breeze! I am not going to see her for another two days and I know on Sunday she will be bald. I am really scared and i did not think I would be. Seeing her so different and insecure makes me so sad. We try to keep laughing about it all, but this is so real. It is so real. My mom has cancer and she has lost her hair with her chemo. I just can't get my mind around it this morning.

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HEY GIRL HAVEN'T HEARD FROM YOU I AM GETTING WORRIED BOUT YOU ALL I HOPE YOU ARE HANGING IN THERE AND KNOW THAT I AM THINKING ABOUT YOU AND PRAYING FOR YOU TALK TO YOU SOON

by amanda214 on 8/4/2007 at 11:26 pm

I feel your pain...

Mary

by luvumom60 on 8/1/2007 at 7:12 pm

I can so relate to what you are saying and I'm the patient! I had my hairdresser cut my own hair extremely short because I could not stand to see it fall out. That was last Friday and on Saturday I had patches of bald spots. I was so worried how my hubby and boys (age 20 and 18) would react that I didn't even consider how I would relate. I was the one that lost it, not them! I think the biggest thing is that it makes it so real, I have cancer. I can't get my mind around it either. I am now wearing a wig that is longer than my normal hair and feel so strange! We too try to kid about it all because it takes too much effort to be sad/depressed about it. I'm trying to tell myself that this is a "temporary" situation only and that in 4 months I will again be me! I think the biggest thing I am praying for is that I'll remember the real me inside hasn't changed, just my outer appearance. Cry if you must, let your Mom cry if she must and let's all try to move on, past the outer appearance and be thankful our "insides" haven't changed. The world makes us think the outer is more important but we all know that's not true. Let us let the inside us shine through like never before. I will pray for you and your mom! Lori

by Lori on 7/30/2007 at 1:13 pm

That has to be such a shocking thing to see. It is understandable that you are scared. I'm glad you are both keeping high spirits about it. I'm sure your positivity about the situation is helping her cope. Thanks for sharing!

by Rachel on 7/30/2007 at 9:02 am

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