The Long Haul & Hair Loss Reflection
The Long Haul It’s been a while since I’ve written anything here. I thought my story would wrap up neatly with the original TCHP chemo, surgery, radiation, and a shiny little pathological complete response at the end. Instead, I’m still in this—round five of T-DM1 chemo (KADCYLA, for those who want the medical spelling). My doctor cheerfully reminded me that in two more sessions, I’ll be halfway done. I hated that framing—halfway of a long, grinding process. Then my sister-from-another-mister (late-in-life bestie, choose your label) cut through it with humor. She said, “You’re in the single digits now.” And I liked that. Single digits. Nine more to go. It feels more like a countdown than a sentence. I have a lot to catch everyone up on and I have started that blog, but for today I wanted to finally post a blog I had started writing in July and never finished. So “HAIR” (pun intended) it is. Hair We Go Again When my hair first started falling out during TCHP chemo Februa...