Chemo girl!!!!

hair

Ok so I'm confused. I now have at least 1/4 inch of hair on my head now. Good right? Except I have exactly 1 bottom eyelash on my right eye, and none on my left. And the ones on the top I can count on one hand. And I have about 10 hairs each for eyebrows. So why is one place growing hair and the other disappearing? I'd rather just be bald with brows and lashes...

http://www.hotchickswithnoeyebrows.blogspot.com/

What can't you find on the internet?

Hair restoration?

http://www.ishrs.org/surgical/surgical-eyebrow-eyelash.htm

Chemo 5

Well it was last week. And it sucked.. I felt crappy all weekend which was a major buzzkill. This weekend was supposed to be loaded with activities: Northwest Folklife Music Festival on Friday, Sat, and then the Sasquatch Music Festival on Monday. Parties and camping in between. I had all these plans... and no stamina. Friday I felt so crappy and nauseous after my morning class that I skipped my afternoon one and slept until 7pm! All my friends went to Folklife that night and I stayed in bed. Saturday I made it out for a few hours, but was beat after 4 hrs in the sun and skipped another good afterparty to go to bed early. The same thing on Sunday. I finally felt pretty good Monday and so drove 2 hrs to the columbia river gorge for Sasquatch. I had planned on camping but trying to figure out how to park overnight and meet up with people wasn't worth it. The day was warm and beautiful and finally I felt good. The shows were pretty good, including Ben Harper who was amazing from about 10 rows back! I was excited because I also got to meet up with my fellow blogger Adam- we kicked it most of the day and shared our frustrations ;)

All in all, I'm totally ready to be done with this shit. It's been such a long process. Months of planning my calendar around one-week of "sick" days. Who else gets to plan when they are gonna be feel like crap?

The Gift of Cancer

I came across another cancer blog and found section that I thought was perfect to describe my feelings and what cancer has given me:

I have realized just recently that when I am thinking positively, I am thinking about things that are real . . . the love and support of friends and family, the knowledge that my body is healing from the chemotherapy treatments, and most of all, the tremendous opportunity I have, thanks to my illness, to stop the speed of life and take time to reflect on what is important.

If you want to check out his blog:
http://lymphnotes.blogspot.com/2008_04_01_archive.html

Orcas Island Pics

This is the view of the surrounding islands from Mt. Constitution, the highest peak in the San Juans











Sunset by the fire













Digging for clams














View of our beachfront cottages