In life I have not wanted for much. Nor have I been the kind of person to covet what others have...until now. I find myself sitting in the hospital waiting room and staring at other people's hair. Yup you guessed it <I am sure the title helped> I have "hair envy".
Each day I look closely at my eyelashes and eyebrows for any sight of growth. My head still has the fuzzies but no sign of "real" hair. Unfortunately, each day I have been disappointed. I haven't spent much time googling things throughout my journey but the other day I did google how long before my hair grows. The common consensus is that it starts growing 6 weeks after your last chemo and within two months you will have 1 inch of growth. Which means that I should have almost an inch of hair growth...and obviously I am going to be the exception to the rule.
I am sure my hair follicles are still dizzy with the chemo drugs that coursed through my veins as I still have "war wounds" visible from the chemo injections. So in the meantime, I decided it was time to switch things up and get a new wig. I have decided to call her Cindy. It may not be real hair but it is kind of fun to be able to switch up the styles so easily without having to wait during the growing out stage. Now if I could only find a way to encourage my real hair to grow...maybe it needs fertilizer...you would think that with all of the shit I have been through, it would be growing out of control.
Look up stinging nettle tea - I tried it but I can't say that it hurried things up any. From mid March til Heather's wedding was all the hair I had. Check the photos.
ReplyDeleteI actually can feel some of the real hair growing...tiny but finally coming in. Still lots of bald spots and no eye lashes and eyebrows starting..but I keep wishing..thanks for the tea advice..only 3 more readiations to go:)
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