Hair Today Gone Tomorrow

Okay. One of the worse side effects of chemo is the loss of your hair. Mine started coming out about 2 weeks after the chemo. It did not come out all at once. But it was coming out in clumps. I was afraid to drive with the windows down for fear I would be bald by the time I got where I was going. After a couple days of this I was over it. I called my hairdresser (and long time friend) Joey. He told me he was available 24/7 to handle my hair loss. I picked up a wig at the cancer killers and he said he would style it for me. So he arrived with scissors, etc. At first, we thought maybe he could just cut it really short. But, after much deliberation, I decided I was tired of fighting it. My good friend, Sue, came over to lend her moral support. She is a 15 year breast cancer survivor. SO, Joey got out his trusty clippers and proceeded to buzz my head. I have about 1/8 in of hair still. I was glad they were both here as we laughed and had fun and it was really not as traumatic as I thought it would be. What was scary was how gray my hair is. I have been coloring it so long that I was unaware it was so gray!! I have had some friends tell me "embrace your gray hair" I THINK NOT. As long as there is Joey or a Sally's somewhere I will never have gray hair. I look so old - well at least as old as I am and I don't like that.
Joey had me put the wig on and he cut and shaped it for about an hour. It still looked like I had a cocker spaniel on my head.
He came back the next night and tried again. Richard came over too and we had dinner. Richard found a wig and wore it most of the evening. It looked like a mullet - everytime I looked at him I had to laugh. After much laughing and talking we decided there was no way the wig was going to look like anything but a wig (or a cocker spaniel) so we went online and Joey helped me pick out a wig - which my BFF Lisa is buying for me. I tell you, God has blessed me with so many angels. I will go to work tonight with my "new do". Hope I don't scare everyone - after all, halloween is over!!!
BUT, the bright side of hair loss is that it happens all over your body - I don't have to shave my legs for about 6 months. CANCER ROCKS!!!!!