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PJ-Sin

Last Exodus wrote:

Hey Shana. How you guys doin? Have you spoken to Hippiemom? Hope she is ok...

I have not spoken to her..I'm getting ready to send her a Pm because I'm a little concerned too. I might have to take a trip to Columbus. I think thats where shes from.

giventofaith

Shanna,

I am so sorry to hear that things are going so rough. I am keeping you and Mackenzie in my prayers. I have found knitting helps me pass the time when I am stuck sitting and waiting. I do simple things that take very little of my attention but it gives me something to concentrate on when I need it. A great way to get started if you don't know how is the Klutz book for knitting. I learned from that and it comes with everything you need to get started and even make something.
My heart is breaking for all that you are going through.

Love,
Meredith

PJ-Sin

giventofaith wrote:

Shanna,

I am so sorry to hear that things are going so rough. I am keeping you and Mackenzie in my prayers. I have found knitting helps me pass the time when I am stuck sitting and waiting. I do simple things that take very little of my attention but it gives me something to concentrate on when I need it. A great way to get started if you don't know how is the Klutz book for knitting. I learned from that and it comes with everything you need to get started and even make something.
My heart is breaking for all that you are going through.

Love,
Meredith

It's funny that you said that because a mom and I were just talking at the Dr. the other day and though that would be a great thing to do. I have a really hard time finding little beanie hats that Mackenzie can wear inside. Everything that I see is huge and made for the snow or is a baseball cap and they itch her head. I guess we better start gathering up hats for ourselves too.

giventofaith

My Husband totally supports me but my girls are not quite sure. They are afraid that I will be an embarassment and that thier friends will laugh. I try to explain that it will be good but you know kids. Anyway, most of my friends think that it is so brave and are very supportive. I think that there is nothing brave about it, it's just hair. And like you I wonder if I will let it grow back. It's something that I have thought about before and this was just what I needed to get me to do it. And let me say I would do just about anything to help so that you and your family didn't have to go through this.

giventofaith

If you go to lionbrand.com they have some good easy hat patterns that are made specifically for chemo patients. They are very soft and I think they may even come in different sizes. They also have a charity connection so if you get crazy good at it you can make a million and donate them. I make blankets for Project Linus and prayer shawls for frinds and friends of friends. Speaking of which I would love to be able to send you one. I have no Idea how to pm or anything but if you send me info on how to get one to you and what color/s that you would like I would be honored to make one for you.

Meredith

PJ-Sin

giventofaith wrote:

My Husband totally supports me but my girls are not quite sure. They are afraid that I will be an embarassment and that thier friends will laugh. I try to explain that it will be good but you know kids. Anyway, most of my friends think that it is so brave and are very supportive. I think that there is nothing brave about it, it's just hair. And like you I wonder if I will let it grow back. It's something that I have thought about before and this was just what I needed to get me to do it. And let me say I would do just about anything to help so that you and your family didn't have to go through this.

Thank you..It is really hard. I am just newly married and it kills me every day that this is how we started our marriage. I know it was already hard enough for Jason to walk into a ready made family and deal with a child with medical problems. But then there is my late husband who everyone still talks about. And now Mackenzie is sick again. I too have gotten some weird questions about my hair. I found out that some people that were donating were doing so to support the cause but didn't really think I'd go through with it. My girlfriend and I were talking about it in the store the other day and a lady stopped to ask what it was all about. Then she just gave my a funny look and walked away. I have had friends laugh at the letter that I sent out because in it I said that I was going to put aside my own vanity. But thats exactly what I'm doing. Whether we want to admit it or not, no matter how much thought we put into hair and makeup, if we had to go without it it would be a huge adjustment.

PJ-Sin

giventofaith wrote:

If you go to lionbrand.com they have some good easy hat patterns that are made specifically for chemo patients. They are very soft and I think they may even come in different sizes. They also have a charity connection so if you get crazy good at it you can make a million and donate them. I make blankets for Project Linus and prayer shawls for frinds and friends of friends. Speaking of which I would love to be able to send you one. I have no Idea how to pm or anything but if you send me info on how to get one to you and what color/s that you would like I would be honored to make one for you.

Meredith

Your computer skills sound like mine. the only way I figured out how to navigate the message board was to have Jason show me and now I'm on here more than he is. I'm sure he is thrilled. My address is 6900 Highway N
O'Fallon, Mo. 63368 I know I shouldn't be putting this on here but I don't really have anything for people to steal and somehow I don't think those kind of people are on this site.

giventofaith

I have had some people laugh and the thing I hear the most is "are you REALLY going to do that?" And I say yes, why wouldn't I. I know I will get a lot of looks and comments but I am trying to look at it as not only an opportunity to raise money but also to educate and raise awareness. It sounds like I am such a Pollyanna but I am soooooo not. Somethings just touch my heart so hard that I can't not do anything and you have done that.

PJ-Sin

Well I think that personally we're gonna look really hot with no hair and if people don't like it then they probably aren't the kind of people we want as friends anyway

hippiemom

Me with no hair: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v230/hippiemom/1141398685_l.jpg

Not great, but not horrible either. And just wait until you find out how nice it is not to have to screw around with your hair every day. Just make sure you have a couple of nice hats, because it gets chilly.

Nothing to fear, ladies, and it's for a good cause

norm

When my mom had had it with her hair falling out she had it shaved off. My siblings were wary of what she would look like since our whole lives we've only seen her with her huge blond hair. But we all thought she looked great. A woman with no hair brings out the true beauty of a woman.

PJ-Sin

cutback wrote:

When my mom had had it with her hair falling out she had it shaved off. My siblings were wary of what she would look like since our whole lives we've only seen her with her huge blond hair. But we all thought she looked great. A woman with no hair brings out the true beauty of a woman.

You are wonderful. So nice to hear someone talking like that!!! What did your mom have?

PJ-Sin

hippiemom wrote:

Me with no hair: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v230/hippiemom/1141398685_l.jpg

Not great, but not horrible either. And just wait until you find out how nice it is not to have to screw around with your hair every day. Just make sure you have a couple of nice hats, because it gets chilly.

Nothing to fear, ladies, and it's for a good cause

Did you ever lose your eyebrows and eyelashes? Mackenzie is about as slick as they come. People are drawn to her bald head because there really is not a hair on it. None on the rest of her either. I have to say that when it grew back last time I was so upset that I didn't have my beautiful little head to kiss. When she relapsed the only thing that made me happy was that I knew I wouldn't have to wait to long before I could kiss it again. I was right! Now I'm sure that she doesn't love it as much as I do but I can't help it

angelica

PJ-Sin wrote:

cutback wrote:

When my mom had had it with her hair falling out she had it shaved off. My siblings were wary of what she would look like since our whole lives we've only seen her with her huge blond hair. But we all thought she looked great. A woman with no hair brings out the true beauty of a woman.

You are wonderful. So nice to hear someone talking like that!!! What did your mom have?

I agree. cutback is wonderful!

RavennaSeattle1911

well good luck


http://www.thepowerhour.com radio talks about healing stuff and some dr joe i think

hippiemom

PJ-Sin wrote:

Did you ever lose your eyebrows and eyelashes? Mackenzie is about as slick as they come. People are drawn to her bald head because there really is not a hair on it. None on the rest of her either. I have to say that when it grew back last time I was so upset that I didn't have my beautiful little head to kiss. When she relapsed the only thing that made me happy was that I knew I wouldn't have to wait to long before I could kiss it again. I was right! Now I'm sure that she doesn't love it as much as I do but I can't help it

I lost most of my eyebrows and my eyelashes got very thin, but I didn't lose them completely ... I think another month or so of chemo would have done it though, I didn't have much left there at the end. I didn't care for that ... I think my eyes are my best feature and they just looked a bit odd.

On the plus side, I loved not having any hair to mess with, and not having to shave my legs ... that part was great.

PJ-Sin

hippiemom wrote:

I lost most of my eyebrows and my eyelashes got very thin, but I didn't lose them completely ... I think another month or so of chemo would have done it though, I didn't have much left there at the end. I didn't care for that ... I think my eyes are my best feature and they just looked a bit odd.

On the plus side, I loved not having any hair to mess with, and not having to shave my legs ... that part was great.

Isn't it kind of sad that when we are young and have no children we take time to care for ourselves and look cute and now we couldn't give a shit? All my friends know that in the winter you just don't lift my pant legs because my legs don't ever get shaved. Hey if you don't like it you don't have to look right?

yellowled24

my love and hugs go out to any one and everyone who has been in contact or knows someone with cancer. Last year i shaved my hair all off for cancer research in Australia and it was a great feeling....so keep going ppl, support some who are less fortunate than many of us

PJ-Sin

yellowled24 wrote:

my love and hugs go out to any one and everyone who has been in contact or knows someone with cancer. Last year i shaved my hair all off for cancer research in Australia and it was a great feeling....so keep going ppl, support some who are less fortunate than many of us

You're in Australia? Thats awesome. I don't have a very big list of places to visit before I die but that is one of them. The beaches look stunning

PJ-Sin

Bump!!!