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One more dawn, one more day... One Day More!

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Tomorrow morn, I'll hear from the hospital on when they want me to come in. So - heh - one last day of freedom before four days of confinement :P

 

I've been getting ready - since this chemo treatment will be more intense, hair loss is pretty much guaranteed. Everyone's been telling me to get my hair cut short in advance so when clumps go missing, it doesn't look as bad - so I did. Here is the new shorter haircut.

 

They've also been telling me I should get a hat. Now, I've NEVER been a hat person - it's actually more memorable the few times that I have worn a hat. And I definately didn't wanna get a baseball type hat (not that I really wanted to get a hat at all - I was fine with concept of going around bald). But then it was pointed out to me by my sister that I'm used to having a very thick head of hair - and I'll really notice the cold. So, went out and after going up and down the mall, found a very cool hat I liked at J Crew. Here are two pics of me wearing it - one front view and one side view.

 

I like it - if I lived in a colder area normally, I might even use it regularly, not just when I've lost my hair. In fact - bringing it to DC when Dan and I go in late January sounds like a good idea.

 

So - mainly been spending the last few days getting last minute chores done - all the bills are caught up, I wrote out a few thank you cards to people who sent flowers and stuff to me in the hospital (heh though have many more cards I need to do) and just generally got things set up so I don't have to worry about anything this next upcoming week other than dealing with the treatments. Also was nice to work on the wedding invite list a bit - hoping to send out "save the date" cards by the end of November.

 

Mood has been pretty good - one thing that's REALLY helped along those lines is that my appetite has been totally normal recently - actually been hungry and eating good size meals again. Last night, this was especially good as Dan made his FANTASTIC meatloaf - YUM!

 

Oh - don't think I posted this info yet - I finally found out the story with Stanford. My insurance has approved me for going - this will basically be JUST for the bone marrow treatment (ie, they take out my bone marrow, cull off the good part, grow it and after all the chemo and potential radiation kills my bone marrow, put back in the good grown bone marrow). I thought the appointment to go down there would be soon - but acutally my doctor wants me to go through one round of HyperCVAD-R first, so Stanford will be mid-November (which is why they haven't called yet to schedule - but they will as it gets closer). So that clears up the confusion of when I'm going down there and why they hadn't called yet.

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Mark Arbour

You look great with or without the hat. Is that a picture of Dan with a horse in the background? ^_^

 

Good luck man. Good vibes are flowing your way.

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SonoLuminus

You do look great- very fashionable. The picture of the naked guy with a horse in the background is a bit distracting, though. ;) And those tapestries look familiar. ^_^

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MikeL

Trebs,

 

Will be thinking or you this week; I hope all goes well. Your new, shorter haircut looks good...it's still longer than mine. The cap is really sharp, too.

 

The bone marrow transplant sounds interesting. I hadn't heard of that before, but it makes a lot of sense.

 

One thing I don't understand: Why would you and Dan plan a trip to DC in January? Nothing important ever happens in DC in January. :D

 

Take care,

 

Mike

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Rigel

Trebs--

 

One other idea is just to shave your head--so when the hair falls out, it'll just look like the bald look you're deliberately going for. Seriously, the hat idea isn't bad--I had a good friend who underwent chemotherapy for breast cancer, and she wore berets, cloches, and other head coverings that made a fashion statement her friends all admired. We were particularly fond of the styles that made Sue look like someone out of a medieval painting.

 

I've always been a hat person myself, with a collection of berets, "baseball" caps (though with other kinds of logos on them rather than ball teams), crocheted kippahs, panama hats, straw boaters and gamblers, even an occasional fedora, not to mention Svan, Bukharian and Azeri hat styles. Think of it as an opportunity to put on on a persona as a well as a lid. The straw hats or caps are what I wear in the summer, but the weather has just turned colder here, which got me to sport the tweed wool berets this weekend.

 

Maybe if you and Dan come to DC in January, we'll have to arrange an East-Coast GA get-together there then, in amongst all the other festivities. Inauguration Day immediately follows the Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend (except in Virginia, where it's Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson-Martin Luther King Jr.-Robert E. Lee Day--talk about schizophrenic holidays), so lots of people might have a long weekend suitable for travel and celebration. If we can arrange to meet up, I promise to model some of my headgear.

 

Good luck with all the medical treatments, and keep planning for the future.

 

--Rigel

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Guest Taea

Trebs, you look great! I can't get over your haircut; it's hot. But then, we military girls have a thing for short hair.

 

Love the hat, and make sure you look into a nice leather fedora. Or, maybe one of those Jack Sparrow bandana wig get ups. /nod

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Darammer

Trebs... your new hat has turned me gay. I'm now gay for you. And I will wear my beret in solidarity with my new crush. RAWR!

 

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Trebs

Dar - as always - I love ya...

 

On another note - hospital just called - bed is ready so leaving in just a few minutes (need to finish coffee first - heh)

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