Greetings everyone....thank you for still being on board and following updates on Kimmy! Today, she had her second infusion and all went well. In fact, she went to the grocery store and got some errands done right after. Her attitude is to get things done while she can. Smart thinking!
I think she fully expects to have the weakness, feeling tired, thing come back on the 3rd day after. Therefore, this time around, my parents are going to take the trip to Goodyear on Sunday to help out. Kimmy already said mom is going to have her hands full helping Nikki put together a 3-d model of a kidney! Oh the joys of 5th grade projects. Like I said earlier, this is a silver lining folks...
Speaking of silver linings, I spoke to Kimmy this evening and she said something that made me smile. She told me that since I wrote about finding the silver linings in her new reality, she has really tried every day to find something that would be just that. She found one....she said that the hair on her legs where she shaves is just about gone. Woo hoo! No shaving! And just in time for spring and summer! Yep, ladies will attest to the fact that this is a true silver lining. Please accept this is as SL #3! There may be more, but some she may keep close to the vest, this one she shared with me.
So, on the topic of hair, I decided to look up it's definition.
Hair: Any of the threadlike pigmented structures that grow from follicles beneath the skin of mammals and consist of layers of dead keratinized cells.
ewwww. That sounds kind of nasty. Who wants dead keratinized cells on their head when you really think about it? Not Sinead O'Connor, Not Charles Barkely, Not Michael Jordan, Not Kelly Slater, Not Demi Moore in G.I. Jane, Not Howie Mandel, Not The Dalai Lama, Not Kevin Youkilis, Not Kim Nelson.
Get the picture? Well, you aren't going to get one here yet.
Kimmy isn't ready to share her new look sans tresses and I respect her wishes. She took matters into her own hands. After the loss of hair chunks and pain on her head that was driving her mad, she said Enough! She started with the clippers thinking she would attempt the Ellen D type hair, but the clippers weren't doing the job. She said she then took the scissors and just started whacking away. At one point, she had to sit on the edge of the tub because she was laughing so hard at how she looked...random hair pieces here and there made her look like a mangy dog. She said it, not me! Next, she took the clippers and went for the straight buzz cut. She did it all on her own. Sitting here thinking about it, I think it would be quite the liberating feeling to do what she did. I'll have to ask her about that.
This is a defining moment. You hit one out of the park here Kimmy. Considering the fact that you told me a few days ago you wouldn't do a short cut in transition, you can imagine my shock. I'm proud of you seester. You took the bull by the horns.
So, for now, she's wearing baseball caps. There is comfort with no hair when visiting the docs office today but out shopping around is going to take some getting used to. She said it's hit or miss if people look at her for a tad too long. I suggested to get some of the tattoos our kids like to wear, the kind you wet with a sponge and apply. Maybe a few of those going up her neck combined with her doc martens, and folks will just think she's part of that new era metal militia. I thought I was pretty clever.
P.S. Kimmy herself said she has a pretty round head!
Public Sevice Announcement: Don't stare at bald women. Bald men are accepted in society, a bald woman means there is something wrong. So what if there is? Just offer up a smile. No hidden meaning attached, not laced with pity, because she will be able to tell.
To steal the closing of my favorite Mark and Brian...
Be good humans.
Jessie
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