The holiday season really came up quickly this year. Even our Thanksgiving trip sort of caught me by surprise with how SOON it seemed to suddenly BE HERE!
The pain in my wrists has gotten intolerable, especially the right one. I called the hand surgeon last week, and have an appointment Thursday for another round of cortisone injections.
The first injections were a year ago, and they lasted about 6 weeks. The second round was in March, and they lasted 4 months, after a medication change.
I have had another medication change (in September?), so maybe this round will last longer. I can hope.
I just need the pain to stop.
Natural therapies aren't touching it, and I am sick of having to constantly have pain killers in my system.
The pain killers only take the edge off, too.
I am wearing braces again when I do house work.
The pain is keeping me from sleeping, I can't hold a pen or write normally, typing and mousing hurt, I drop things because my thumb can't grip...and what do I do all day at work? Write, type, mouse, and handle papers.
I have trouble chopping and cooking, doing laundry, and I am afraid to even try to play my instruments.
Please join me in praying, sending energy, hoping, wishing that the shots will work quickly and completely.
Once again, the hormone blockers have been the worst part of this entire cancer treatment process.
I splurged yesterday, and went to a real salon for a haircut.
My hair has grown out so much lately, and was pretty raggedy looking, even though I went to a cheap walk-in place last month for a trim.
You get what you pay for, I guess!!
I had my new stylist put in some layers, and today, I will play with styling it.
Interestingly, she cut off a lot of hair, and now it actually looks darker. You couldn't really tell by looking at my hair, but it seems that the original regrowth was white, but as you follow the strands closer to my scalp, they are colored again!!
Plus there's all this wave action going on that I didn't have before. I love it!
Chemo does weird stuff.
Anyway, as it grows, my eventual goal is a medium length, "modern shag" style. This will allow me to make the most of the new waves. Provided that the waves don't go away like the white has!
From the side, BEFORE
From the back, BEFORE
From the side, AFTER.... She styled it so fancy!
From the back, AFTER. LOVE THIS!
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