My hair

As mentioned yesterday, the radiation will cause my hair to fall out in the areas where the beams are aimed -- near the crown of my head and at the base of my skull. That doesn't seem like a big deal to me and under normal circumstances I would leave my hair alone and try to cover the bald spots with all the stuff that's up there -- and there's a lot! Unfortunately, though, my decision when I turned 40 to color my hair (which until then I swore I would NEVER do) has come back to bite me in the butt. I can't color my hair if I'm getting radiation, because my scalp will be too sensitive. So what does one do when one has dark brown hair and has no idea how grey she really is?? She orders a wig and plans to cut her hair very short.

So, I will have my hair cut on November 16, which is the day before my treatments should begin. Over the course of the next four months, as my hair falls out and then eventually grows back in, I will discover exactly how grey I am and then I'll have to decide whether to color it again once I'm able to. Decisions, decisions. In the meantime, I ordered my wig, so in public at least I'll still have long hair, and it will look much better than mine ever did on a daily basis. And to those of you who may be wondering, I'll still be a brunette. No blonde or red hair for me. As a friend recently pointed out, I still need to match my eyebrows!