Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

My hair is definitely on its way out. Which is weird, but actually not that bad. What's weird about it is simply how easy it's coming out, I literally will just run my fingers through and a clumps will come out - doesn't that just sound delicious? hahaha. I washed it yesterday and by the end of my shower I basically had the equivalent of a toupee at the bottom of my drain... mmmmmmm. So last night I took some last ditch pictures with my photobooth (one of the very cool features of owning a mac) to preserve these final stages....




I had a second bone marrow biopsy done yesterday evening which was oh so much fun. Like the first one, it wasn't painful per say, but just uncomfortable. The biopsy is done so they can take samples of the inside of my bone marrow to see how my blood cells are regenerating. But because of all my chemotherapy (which has been destroying all of my blood cells) they had to take a bunch of different samples to make sure they were getting a good overview of the marrow, rather than simply taking one sample that happens to come up clear. So that kinda sucked just cause they had to go in a few times, but it was fine otherwise. And obviously good that my cells were coming back clear so.... no official results but preemptively the biopsy went well so I'm happy with that.

So now I'm glad to have those two procedures over with and am back to just coasting, watching my hair fall out. My nurses are telling me that I have a good head though, no weird cones or anything so that's good I guess, haha. I also found the Hermes scarf tying guide online so I'm brushing up on my headscarf skills. Now I just need to get one!

I had lots of visits over the weekend which was nice too. My aunt, uncle and cousins drove up from North Attleboro on Saturday for lunch which was great to catch up with them.


Then on Sunday my parents came by along with Matthew which was really nice. Despite APs, SATs and all that fun stuff Matthew has managed to squeeze in a bunch of visits with me which has been fun. Except of course this weekend since when he came I decided to finally get nauseous from my chemo.... sorry Matthew! It's fun though for my parents and friends, even though you're in the hospital it can often be a surprisingly nice break! Here's Matthew and my Dad clearly enjoying a relaxing visit with me:

So there you have it, a basic weekend update... till next time!