Hair Today, More Hair Tomorrow

Yes, I'm still around. Sorry it's been nearly two weeks. Life is hectic, but really I haven't written because I've felt like I haven't had anything to say about cancer. Today I'm sad that it took the life of Farrah Faucett. It was good of her to document everything she endured. I'm not watching any of it! But of course, here I am, documenting.

I'm growing hair. On Tuesday I took a picture of its progress, and I've decided I will take and post a picture every Tuesday. We'll see how long it takes to return enough that I can call it hair rather than stubble or fuzz. Oh, here it is:

Today I meet with Komarnicky to finalize everything. I start radiation on Monday, not thrilling. Just get on with it. Get it over with. It's messing with my summer, what summer we have with rain everyday. Tonight I'm going with my book club to see My Sister's Keeper. Have you seen the trailers for it? In every one, Kate is completely bald. Can't they give the poor girl a hat or a wig, or do they think that would make her less cancery in the movie? They have to constantly rub it into the viewers' faces? Send her off to a prom with a gleaming head? I don't know. I loved the book, I'll let you know what I think after the movie. I can just say that I would not go to a prom, or even the market, with a gleaming head.

Oooh, here's another hot flash. Isn't there anything they can do? I'm trying to work out. I ran on Saturday, walked a couple days, and yesterday I swam. Still, hot flash, hot flash, hot flash!

While I have your attention, a brag! Allison graduated from 8th grade on Tuesday night, and earned two major awards (no, not a leg lamp). The first was the performing arts award, because really she is involved in all of the school's performing arts. Second was the Central Record Writing Award! Seeing her walk up for that award may have been the highlight of my year so far. She even got a $25 gift card with it. Of course, that went toward the care of the turtle. Oh well. On to Jason: last week I was invited to a poetry author's celebration in his language arts class. The kids each read poems they'd written. Jason's poems were amazing, and he topped off the event by performing with two classmates a rap he'd written about insects (he talked the teacher into letting them perform it). If you like Andy Samberg on SNL, you'd like Jason's rap. That's Jason's big influence lately. Anyway, he did a great job with the whole thing, and if I'd known it would be like that I would've brought my camcorder. Jonah starts camp on Monday! I am so excited for him!