Comments on: On hair http://edubuzz.org/blogs/guineapigmum/2008/05/02/on-hair/ A Parent's Perspective from a Ross High Mum Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:26:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: guineapigmum http://edubuzz.org/blogs/guineapigmum/2008/05/02/on-hair/#comment-874 guineapigmum Tue, 20 May 2008 21:23:40 +0000 http://edubuzz.org/blogs/guineapigmum/2008/05/02/on-hair/#comment-874 Lin - thank you so much for your comments. I have a friend in the village who had early stage ovarian cnacer about 10 years ago and has sailed through. People like you and her I hold out as beacons for myself. When I was first diagnosed, I searched the web but couldn't find much in the way of personal comment and stories (although I'm sure it's there somewhere), which is partly why I've written in so much detail. I wanted to know that it needn't be all bad and when I couldn't find much, I wanted to tell that story to other people. Pig - I'm sure curly hair will be very flattering. Of course, anything would be better than this egg shaped bald pate. (And no, that e doesn't have an accent). Lin - thank you so much for your comments. I have a friend in the village who had early stage ovarian cnacer about 10 years ago and has sailed through. People like you and her I hold out as beacons for myself. When I was first diagnosed, I searched the web but couldn’t find much in the way of personal comment and stories (although I’m sure it’s there somewhere), which is partly why I’ve written in so much detail. I wanted to know that it needn’t be all bad and when I couldn’t find much, I wanted to tell that story to other people.

Pig - I’m sure curly hair will be very flattering. Of course, anything would be better than this egg shaped bald pate. (And no, that e doesn’t have an accent).

]]> By: Pig in the kitchen http://edubuzz.org/blogs/guineapigmum/2008/05/02/on-hair/#comment-872 Pig in the kitchen Mon, 19 May 2008 21:26:29 +0000 http://edubuzz.org/blogs/guineapigmum/2008/05/02/on-hair/#comment-872 oooo, your terrible brother! curly hair would be lovely, come on the hair re-growth! Pigx oooo, your terrible brother! curly hair would be lovely, come on the hair re-growth!
Pigx

]]> By: Lin http://edubuzz.org/blogs/guineapigmum/2008/05/02/on-hair/#comment-871 Lin Mon, 19 May 2008 14:46:16 +0000 http://edubuzz.org/blogs/guineapigmum/2008/05/02/on-hair/#comment-871 Yay for you on so many fronts, not the least of which is being finished with chemo, growing hair again and having great numbers on your CA125. I had an early stage ovarian cancer diagnosis seven years ago and feel nothing but fortunate to have survived and remained cancer-free. You'll hear it in people's voices when you say ovarian cancer..."oh, that's a bad one." But you and I both know, as cancers go, it's a damned good one, as long as it's an early stage diagnosis. Now it's time to get with all the good times that await you. And as far as my hair goes: the soft, thickish lambswoolie pelt that I first grew in gradually assumed a more regular (for me) pattern of growth. My hair is still softer than it ever was and thinner (it was very thick) and part of me wonders if perhaps this is just a function of age (I'll be 60 this year). It looks very similar to before, but it's different. Every time I read a happy ending like yours, I'm over the moon delighted. Yay for you on so many fronts, not the least of which is being finished with chemo, growing hair again and having great numbers on your CA125. I had an early stage ovarian cancer diagnosis seven years ago and feel nothing but fortunate to have survived and remained cancer-free. You’ll hear it in people’s voices when you say ovarian cancer…”oh, that’s a bad one.” But you and I both know, as cancers go, it’s a damned good one, as long as it’s an early stage diagnosis.

Now it’s time to get with all the good times that await you.

And as far as my hair goes: the soft, thickish lambswoolie pelt that I first grew in gradually assumed a more regular (for me) pattern of growth. My hair is still softer than it ever was and thinner (it was very thick) and part of me wonders if perhaps this is just a function of age (I’ll be 60 this year). It looks very similar to before, but it’s different.

Every time I read a happy ending like yours, I’m over the moon delighted.

]]> By: guineapigmum http://edubuzz.org/blogs/guineapigmum/2008/05/02/on-hair/#comment-870 guineapigmum Wed, 14 May 2008 15:58:24 +0000 http://edubuzz.org/blogs/guineapigmum/2008/05/02/on-hair/#comment-870 Did they keep their curls, EM, or did they grow out? Sorry for not replying PM - I must have missed your comment whilst in sunny Wales. I don't remember trying to curl my hair in my yoof. It was long, and I expect I wore a caftan to go with it. I don't think I'll mind curls, but I probably won't go for a purple rinse. Hair of any sort will do. Did they keep their curls, EM, or did they grow out?

Sorry for not replying PM - I must have missed your comment whilst in sunny Wales.

I don’t remember trying to curl my hair in my yoof. It was long, and I expect I wore a caftan to go with it. I don’t think I’ll mind curls, but I probably won’t go for a purple rinse. Hair of any sort will do.

]]> By: Expat Mum http://edubuzz.org/blogs/guineapigmum/2008/05/02/on-hair/#comment-869 Expat Mum Wed, 14 May 2008 15:26:28 +0000 http://edubuzz.org/blogs/guineapigmum/2008/05/02/on-hair/#comment-869 I have three friends who now have the most fantastic, and thick, curly hair after chemo. Used to cost me a fortune to achieve that look in my 20's. I have three friends who now have the most fantastic, and thick, curly hair after chemo. Used to cost me a fortune to achieve that look in my 20’s.

]]> By: potty mummy http://edubuzz.org/blogs/guineapigmum/2008/05/02/on-hair/#comment-854 potty mummy Sun, 04 May 2008 12:53:58 +0000 http://edubuzz.org/blogs/guineapigmum/2008/05/02/on-hair/#comment-854 Don't know about you, GPM, but I spent a lot of time, effort and cash in my younger university years on trying to get curly hair. Oh, sweet innocence of youth... Don’t know about you, GPM, but I spent a lot of time, effort and cash in my younger university years on trying to get curly hair. Oh, sweet innocence of youth…

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